Valtellina Superiore is a less known nebbiolo variety wine from the very north of Lombardy.
Grown on the foothills of the Alps nebbiolo grapes (there called Chiavennasca) produce lean, medium body reds, which don't have much to do with Barolos or Barbarescos.
I drunk this "Mazer" by Nino Negri last April in Milan. It was a curious wine, which made me very intrigued by Alpine red wines. Garnet color, definitely structure over fruit, smelled of vanilla, violets and sweet spice... Dry, but with a persistent presence of mellow fruit, sweet cherry compote... This was a very elegant, confident wine with a lot of personality, not your typical Tuscan crowd pleaser... (45 Euro in a resturant, 16 in store retail).
With the wine we had a typical Valtellina pasta Pizoccherri, which is whole buckwheat tagliatelle served with potatoes and Swiss chard (you can see the last bite of it in the picture above:), and a very delicious serving of fresh buffalo mozzarella.
Grown on the foothills of the Alps nebbiolo grapes (there called Chiavennasca) produce lean, medium body reds, which don't have much to do with Barolos or Barbarescos.
I drunk this "Mazer" by Nino Negri last April in Milan. It was a curious wine, which made me very intrigued by Alpine red wines. Garnet color, definitely structure over fruit, smelled of vanilla, violets and sweet spice... Dry, but with a persistent presence of mellow fruit, sweet cherry compote... This was a very elegant, confident wine with a lot of personality, not your typical Tuscan crowd pleaser... (45 Euro in a resturant, 16 in store retail).
With the wine we had a typical Valtellina pasta Pizoccherri, which is whole buckwheat tagliatelle served with potatoes and Swiss chard (you can see the last bite of it in the picture above:), and a very delicious serving of fresh buffalo mozzarella.
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