Tuesday Blind Tastings
Oakdene Peta's Pinot Noir 2018
Bellarine, Australia
Price: $40
Rating: 95
Source: Cellar
Description: Deep salmon colour. Raspberries, strawberries, mushrooms and forest floor on a lifted nose. The palate was rich and savoury with beautiful fruit, fine tannins, good length and a dry finish.
Tasting date: 12 January 2021
480.Castello Calosso is a name to watch for when shopping for Barbera dAsti. Recently, ten top wine producers of the Asti region collaborated to try to produce what they would deem the best Barbera in the world. They grow their own fruit and vinify it in their own wineries, but they all subscribe to a shared set of standards and use the same label design. 132 1000 BEST WINE SECRETS 481.Dolcetto is a native red grape of Northwest Italy that produces fruity, affable wine of the same name. Dolcetto is dry, low in tannin and acid, and tastes of fresh mixed berries and almonds. Best drank youngmeaning within a year or two of the vintage noted on the bottleit is great midweek quaffer to pair with almost anything. 482.Look for Dolcetto dAsti by Corino. This producer makes wines of consistently good quality with clean, ripe black cherry, blackberry, and raspberry fruit; hints of violet; and a kick of spice. 483.The Moscato grape makes a sparkling wine called Moscato dAsti, which works well as an aperitif or refreshing accompaniment to a dessert of fresh pineapple. Its delicate, light-bodied, medium-sweet, and low in alcohol. 484.La Spinetta makes a lovely Moscato dAsti called Vigneto Biancospino.