Tried this last night from my recent Idlewild shipmens:
- Idlewild Brachetto FoxHillVnyd/MendoCnty (12.4%) 2022: Very light/dark rose color; really lovely very fragrant/perfumed strawberry/cherry/Brachetto light earthy/dusty classic Piedmonte Brachetto slight licorice/pungent bit smokey beautiful nose; fairly tart/tangy very strong Brachetto/strawberry/cherry very floral/spicy slight earthy/dusty totally dry/no frizzante bright/floral flavor w/ light brisk tannins; very long bright/floral Brachetto finish that mimics flavor; a dead ringer for Piemonte Brachetto; everything you want from this variety; a really lovely Vin de Soif. $42.00
More gibblefruck from TheBloodyPulpit:
- I love Brachetto wines from the Piemonte. The strong strawberry aromatics make it so attractive. Sam absolutely nailed it on this wine. Best served slightly chilled. Not a wine worth pointificating about, just knock it back w/ gusto.
Tom
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Thanks Tom, love this wine, been through 6 bottles already! It sounds crazy but all my notes have descriptors of a very fine Burgundy yet it doesn’t taste like Burgundy or Pinot Noir. Agree, this is one delicious wine!
Tom
I’ve never thought of it before, but brachetto seems like it would be a great blending grape, adding perfume. Given the lowish alcohol and color, would it work with zin in small doses? (There may well be in some old field blend.)
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Could very well John, the aromatics would certainly lift something like Zinfandel.
Paging @H_Wallace_Jr the absolute best “blender” of grapes that I have ever seen.
Tom
In Piemonte, it is often used as a blender in Barbera and seems to give it an aromatic lift. Never seen Brachetto as a blender in Calif because there’s so little of it. I can see where it would be a good blender w/ Petite Sirah.
Tom
Sounds like it could act like cinsault or counoise.
John, yes, similar or even more based on my latest tasting of the two varieties you mentioned. Though it has been several months since I last had a Cinsault. (A Sandlands Cinsault).
Tom