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The February 2022 Auction: Part 1
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Estimate: $180
1 scuffed label.
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"Alberto di Gresy’s 2011 Barbaresco Martinenga hails from one of the greatest crus in Barbaresco: It opens like a wide amphitheater across a sun-drenched slope at 280 meters above sea level. Those ideal conditions have helped to shape a voluptuous and generous wine that never holds back. Its best asset is the bouquet that is complex and layered with pretty tones of dried cherry, licorice, leather and cola. The wine’s youthful berry flavors and bright acidity will flesh out with more time in the bottle."
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"Alberto di Gresy’s 2011 Barbaresco Martinenga hails from one of the greatest crus in Barbaresco: It opens like a wide amphitheater across a sun-drenched slope at 280 meters above sea level. Those ideal conditions have helped to shape a voluptuous and generous wine that never holds back. Its best asset is the bouquet that is complex and layered with pretty tones of dried cherry, licorice, leather and cola. The wine’s youthful berry flavors and bright acidity will flesh out with more time in the bottle."
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Italy grows more indigenous grape varieties than any other country and produces wine in all 20 of its regions. From Piedmont's Nebbiolo to Tuscany's Sangiovese, its finest wines pair structure and bright acidity with a strong sense of place.
In Italy's northwest, Piedmont is home to Nebbiolo, the grape behind the powerful, perfumed and long-lived reds of Barolo and Barbaresco. Fog-shrouded hills and calcareous soils define its greatest wines.
Produces Nebbiolo of slightly more elegance and approachability than neighboring Barolo, offering perfume, finesse and firm structure.
Produces pale but powerfully tannic and perfumed reds with tar, rose and cherry notes. The grape behind Barolo and Barbaresco, it is among the most age-worthy in the world.