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Piedmont Vintage Flashcards

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Piedmont

Excellent Vintages: 1960s

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1961 (A+)
1962 (A)
1964 (A)
1967 (A-)

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Excellent Vintages: 1970s

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1970 (A-)
1971 (A+)
1974 (A-)
1978 (A-)

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Disaster Vintages: 1980s

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1980/81, ‘83/84, ‘87

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Excellent Vintages: 1980s

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1982 (A)
1985 (A-)
1989/90 (A)

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Disaster Vintages: 1990s

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1991/92, ‘94

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Excellent Vintages: 1990s

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1990 (A)

1998/99 (A)

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Disaster Vintages: 2000s

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2002 was the only difficult vintage in the 2000s

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Excellent Vintages: 2000 - Present

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  • 2000/01, ‘04, ‘06/07/08

* ‘10, ‘13, ‘15/16

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1980 Piedmont Vintage

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Disaster Vintage

•Rain diluted the crop

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1981 Piedmont Vintage

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Disaster Vintage

•Snow was on the ground the final week all the grapes were harvested

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1982 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent vintage - with balance and finesse

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1983 Piedmont Vintage

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Disaster Vintage - Rainy Harvest

•Produced lightweight, early-maturing wines

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1984 Piedmont Vintage

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Disaster Vintage - Rainy Harvest

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1985 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - akin to 1978

•Rich, ripe and concentrated, yet elegant

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1986 Piedmont Vintage

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Varying Quality Vintage
•Barolo - Legendary hailstorm in May
•Barbaresco - Rot issues

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1987 Piedmont Vintage

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Disaster Vintage - Rainy harvest

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1988 Piedmont Vintage

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Good Vintage

•Over-hyped after the disaster of ‘87, but paled in comparison to 1989 and 1990

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1989 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage
•Ripe, opulent in supple
•Not as good (or as firm) as the 1990s

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1990 Piedmont Vintage

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Legendary Vintage
•A rare vintage with high standards across the board
•Firmer (and more long-lived) than the 1989 counterparts

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1991 Piedmont Vintage

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Disaster Vintage - Rainy, cold harvest

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1992 Piedmont Vintage

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Disaster Vintage - Rany, cold harvest

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1993 Piedmont Vintage

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Average Vintage

•Growers attempted to hype the vintage after the disasters of ‘92/93

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1994 Piedmont Vintage

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Poor Vintage - prolonged rainfall

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1995 Piedmont Vintage

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Good Vintage - a notch below ‘89/90

•Small crop due to hail

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Name 4 “Super Vino da Tavola” wines from Piedmont.

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  • La Spinetta ‘Pin’ Nebbiolo/Barbera
  • Conterno-Fantino ‘Monpra’ Nebbiolo/Barbera/Cab Sauv
  • Altare ‘Vigna Larigi’ Barbera
  • Gaja ‘Darmagi’ Cab Sauv
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1996 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Deeply colored wines

•Many challenges throughout the growing season, the quality was very surprising

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1997 Piedmont Vintage

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Good Vintage - Overhyped
•Hot growing season resulted in record ripeness levels, but low acidities
•Many were unprepared to ferment with such high sugar levels, resulting in stuck fermentations, high VA.

*Wine writers called it the vintage of the century

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1998 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage

•Balanced, structured, elegant wines

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1999 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Classically styled

•More tannins than 1998

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2000 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage

•Structured like 1999, but more rich, forward fruit

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2001 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage

•Very similar to the opulence of fruit from 2000, but slightly lower acidity

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2002 Piedmont Vintage

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Poor Vintage - rain, hail, and cool temperatures

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2003 Piedmont Vintage

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Poor Vintage - Heatwave

•Old-vine Barolo made exceptional wines

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2004 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Harmonious wines, close to 1964

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2005 Piedmont Vintage

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Good Vintage

•Balanced, elegant wines with ripe tannins

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2006 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Classically styled wines
•Similar to 1999, but a bit more density and richness

*Bruno Giacosa decided not to bottle his 2006 Barolos or Barbarescos due to personal reasons, not the vintage

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2007 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Aromatic wines with ripe, velvety tannins
•Hail and arid conditions resulted in low-yields, but good quality fruit

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2008 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Classically styled wines, still a bit austere
•Similar to 2010

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2009 Piedmont Vintage

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Good Vintage - Wines and fruit profiles similar to 2003 (stewed and dried)
•Hot and dry growing season, lack of rain caused water stress and vines shut down
•Quality is irregular

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2010 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Classically styled wines, still a bit austere
•Similar to 2008

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2011 Piedmont Vintage

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Good Vintage - Good, supple, ripe but not stewed wines–some with high alcohols

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2012 Piedmont Vintage

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Good Quality - The best wines are light with an acidic nerve, balance and freshness
•Hail destroyed many vineyards in Novello
•Unusually hot summer

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2013 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage ?? - early prognosis indicates the quality is similar to 2010s

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2014 Piedmont Vintage

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Poor Vintage - Cool, wet July with violent hailstorms in the Barolo commune

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2015 Piedmont Vintage

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Excellent Vintage - Great promise, even with some relatively low acidity levels
•Hottest July ever on record

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