Poderi Colla Nebbiolo d’Alba ‘Drago’ 8015822010603

Poderi Colla Nebbiolo d’Alba ‘Drago’ 8015822010603A fine aromatic nose with layers of redcurrant and ripe red fruit, mingling with spicy, smoky notes. A taut, structured palate with sour cherry, blossom, liquorice and notes of leather. A complex and elegant expression of Nebbiolo combining vibrant acidity, perfectly poised tannins and great depth of spicy fruit. Produced from Nebbiolo grapes cultivated in Poderi Colla's Cascine Drago estate in the Alba DOC region. The vineyards are around 350m above

Montagne Saint-Émilion is the most prestigious satellite of Saint-Émilion

On the palate this lively

Numanthia displays a ripe cherry color with ruby reflections

000 vines per hectare

This is then added to the first Criadera of the Oloroso Solera

31% Merlot

The wines it produces are complex

Selected yeasts are used for fermentation in stainless steel vats controlled at 25 - 30 degrees for 5 days

giving the berries space to develop

but by the beard of Zeus does it ever shape- shift into a soifalicious drink in the glass when all the panels of the vinous Rubik’s Cube align

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with a roundness and richness from the lees ageing that works in harmony with the finer tannins and cherry spice notes on the palate