2008 Produttori del Barbaresco Langhe Nebbiolo

The bottles I've had have not had any fizz to them.

So, does Produttori always use "innoculated yeasts" for this wine, or is it a one off event? I love the idea that I'd be able to continue to buy this wine at good prices because it didn't meet someone's litmus test for wine method purity.
 
The fizz was almost not there and was actually a positive. I visited in November and was told that all three levels are innoculated.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
lambent tongues of funk.
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Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk

The Bootsie Collins of Nebbiolo. What's not to love?

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
The fizz was almost not there and was actually a positive. I visited in November and was told that all three levels are innoculated.
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Interesting to know, thanks.
 
Residual CO2 left over from fermentation. It's more common with whites (most of the white Italian wines I import have at least a bit when young) but I've had red wines with a noticeable 'bead' around the edge of the glass before now.
 
originally posted by Oliver McCrum:
Residual CO2 left over from fermentation. It's more common with whites (most of the white Italian wines I import have at least a bit when young) but I've had red wines with a noticeable 'bead' around the edge of the glass before now.
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That does sound more like it, thanks.
 
It was more a sensation of fizziness, but I didn't suspect VA because it was pleasant and didn't have any of the vinegary aspects I associate with VA.
 
originally posted by VLM:

Is the fizz fizz or the sensation of a fizziness?

If the latter, it's VA.
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Not necessarily. The presence of lots of CO2 in the wine can give a tingle to the wine. I get that quite a bit in Ametzoi's whites and Beaujolais. VA should produce a sharp sensation in the nose.

Mark Lipton
 
So, does Produttori always use "innoculated yeasts" for this wine, or is it a one off event?
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Aldo seemed uninterested in ambient yeasts when we visited in March. There were commercial and control reasons, both of which were understandable.
 
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