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Tenute Sella Bramaterra 2011

Bramaterra, Piemonte D.O.C., Italy

Community Score: 4.4/5
Community Reviews: 4

Price: $32.00

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 13%

Drink: 2015-2025

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Tenute Sella Bramaterra

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

If you like Barolo and Barbaresco, Piemonte has so much more to show you, from its northern climes.
This wine, from Bramaterra, was grown on dark volcanic porphyry on hillsides drenched with sunlight.
This wine has a lovely garnet colour.
One of the most striking things about the Northern Piemontese wines of Biella (and where they really distinguish themselves) are in the aromatics department.
This example is pretty complex. It is already almost a decade old, but it is still fresh-fresh-fresh.
Tons of florality; violet, cornflower, roses. It os firm and does require decanting (at least a half hour). The fruit open up with fig, red cherry, strawberry, cardamom, clove, truffle, red peppercorns, and red apple.
It is a touch more wild and broad than its neighbour, Lessona, which tends to be more delicate and pretty.
This producer is one of the main driving forces behind the revitalization of the Biella region. Before the Great Depression amd the Phylloxera scare, it was once a thriving and renowned region.
Bramaterra is one of the more important classifications for the wines of Biella. Biellese reds are built woth the same foundation as Langhe to the South and Vercelli to the East. Nebbiolo is the star, with Vespolina, Croatina, and occasionally Uva Rara or Bonarda.

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