2006 Sella Lessona 13.0%

Drank the remaining half of the bottle last night. Twenty-four hours in that most natural of aeration devices added an extra layer of vivacity to the fine bones (fragrance and lift were definitely there), but it still fell short on sensuality, on triggering that impulse to keep returning. All the better for those who love it so.
 
How long is the wine usually in barrel? (there is a bit of a parabolic dose-response to oak, as Nadi Foucault would tell you)
 
not sure I'd project the Zoppo against the "regular". They are pretty different wines and I must imagine (without knowing for sure) that treatment in the cellar is different as well. I did like the Bramaterra more than the "regular" Lessona in 2001, iirc.
 
originally posted by mlawton:
not sure I'd project the Zoppo against the "regular". They are pretty different wines and I must imagine (without knowing for sure) that treatment in the cellar is different as well. I did like the Bramaterra more than the "regular" Lessona in 2001, iirc.
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I don't think anyone was projecting. I was actually pretty specific about it. My understanding from Zul was that Dante wasn't there for the elevage, and the wines across the board were left in oak longer than usual.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
How long is the wine usually in barrel? (there is a bit of a parabolic dose-response to oak, as Nadi Foucault would tell you)
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Maybe you could step in for Nadi and explain further what is meant here, as it would seem unlikely that Nadi will be posting anytime soon.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Drank the remaining half of the bottle last night. Twenty-four hours in that most natural of aeration devices added an extra layer of vivacity to the fine bones (fragrance and lift were definitely there), but it still fell short on sensuality, on triggering that impulse to keep returning. All the better for those who love it so.
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Purity and sensuality don't always meet up for every beholder.

The greatness of the wine is that it isn't sensual. You can find a lot of sensuality closer to Alba. Here we have something different, and purposely so.

I'll go to the ballet tonight and think about why I like this wine.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
Bell curve of how much oak affects wine over time in barrel.
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I do understand what a parabola is, I was looking for a bit more specifics as to what those changes might be. But thank you.
 
Oh, I played strip poker with a nun the other day.

She didn't know we were playing, but that just made it more, so.

She had nice form, and seemed pure as snow, but she refused to show me any leg, no.

Oh, no, no, no, no leg did she show. And the next day no, no, no, no leg, no.

I wanted leg from a nun but she wouldn't, no, no, no.

It just goes to show, show, show.

You can't look for palm trees in the snow, oh.
 
originally posted by Cole Kendall:
A 2005 Lessona was fare more interesting on day 2 (or was it 3?). I would be in no great hurry.
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Interesting.
Maybe its the Vespolina that makes me think its a wine to drink now.

It is certainly appealing now without the big tannin structure of the more southern Nebbiolo wines. Our bottle was gone the first night.
 
Longer in new oak can moderate the effects, as Maria Jose could tell you.

It's paradoxical, and I haven't looked into the chemistry.

There is a decent amount of literature about it that I haven't read, as usual.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by Cliff:
I loved the 2001 Lessona on release and for a few years afterwords. My stash was not that big, but the few I had from about 2008 until last year didn't move me the same way. Maybe I just didn't hold them long enough, or maybe I just didn't get lucky.
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Huh. Cause I'm pretty sure 2001 is the year some people think is overoaked, owing to Dante's being away from Sella as duty called at Giacosa. The wine was left in barrels longer than normal.
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I would be interested to hear. I don't recall an oak signature.
 
With a bit of searching in re the 2001 Lessona, I find that Cliff has failed to like them before, that VLM advocates drinking it young while Oliver advocates drinking it older, and I am satisfied with it. All in this lengthy thread.
 
What's all this about Vespas? I say a new Cinquecento today, the license plate read "Abarth". We all have aspirations.
 
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