Nebbiolo from Alba or the broader Langhe is a wine type that should be very appealing and broadly useful in theory, but often disappoints in practice on account of being thin, tart and astringent. This wine, by contrast, shows charmingly ripe, sweet fruit with expressive aromatics and juicy flavors recalling pie cherries and both red and black raspberries, along with a faintly spicy edge and no discernable drying from any oak that may have been involved in its vinification or upbringing (which seems unlikely). This is indisputably delicious and, clearly, a superb value.
