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细节
RISTORANTE BAROLO
With its street-facing doors open wide and inviting interior garden space, Ristorante Barolo was a welcome slice of Italy on über-trendy West Broadway in SoHo. Proprietor Paolo Secondo had already tasted success in his native Genoa, having opened several locations of his I Tre Merli restaurant there. In 1990, he created Ristorante Barolo at 398 West Broadway between Spring and Broome Streets; for more than 20 years it would be a fixture in SoHo and play host to the fashionable and famous. Ristorante Barolo soon became known as a destination for approachable, authentic Northern Italian cuisine and a wine list full of the finest wines of its eponymous region. Indeed, the wine list became one of the deepest and most comprehensive Italian wine lists in New York, perhaps the United States. Respect for tradition dominated the wine selection and prices were very reasonable.
It is therefore our distinct pleasure to offer one of the grandest Italian cellars in recent memory: formats small, large and very large, some of the most established names in Piedmontese winemaking in near-comprehensive breadth from the last 35 years and some of the best from the rest of Italy and France to round out the collection.
Alla tua salute!
A Few Words on the Wines of Piedmont
The cellar of Ristorante Barolo boasts dozens of producers of Barolo and Barbaresco; each of these producers often produce several distinct bottlings representing different crus or named vineyard areas. The result is an often-confusing mixture of names and labels that show only slight differences, not to mention regional variations in spelling and all in Italian and sometimes the local Piedmontese dialect. So, by way of analogy the fine wines of Piedmont are best approached with an eye to Burgundy. Think of Barolo as the Côte de Nuits and Barbaresco as the Côte de Beaune, each with its own towns/communes and famed vineyards, and with producers making different wines from different vineyard sites while united by a common red grape, the Nebbiolo. While there is no official classification of the greatest vineyards of Piedmont as in Burgundy's Grand Crus, there are a handful of crus generally acknowledged to have the potential to produce superior wines, including the Brunate and Cannubi crus of the Commune of Barolo, the Bussia and Santo Stefano crus of Monforte d'Alba and Villero and Monprivato of Castiglione Falletto.
A few terms are specific to the wines of Piedmont and appear often on labels of wines from this region:
bricco bric- a vineyard's summit, where the snow melts first
sorì- top of a hill, south-facing
podere poderi- country estate, often referring to a winery
cascina- farm house or other country building
tenuta- a [land] holding or property
THE WINES OF GAJA
Gaja produces several different wines from vineyards in Piedmont, in both the Barolo and Barbaresco zones; prior to 1996 many of these wines were labeled as such but have since become blends of Nebbiolo and Barbera and thus qualify for only Langhe DOC.
In Barbaresco
Gaja Barbaresco DOCG
Produced since 1859, the year of the firm's founding; 100 Nebbiolo, sourced from 14 different Barbaresco zone vineyards; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels.
Costa Russi
A single vineyard acquired by the Gaja family in 1967. The name comes from the term costa, the side of a hill facing the sun, and Russi, a former owner's nickname; 95 Nebbiolo and 5 Barbera, though percentages change by year; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Sorì Tildìn
A vineyard acquired by the Gaja family in 1967 and first produced as a vineyard-designated wine in 1970. Tildìn was a nickname of Clotilde Rey, Angelo Gaja's grandmother. 95 Nebbiolo and 5 Barbera, though percentages change by year; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Sorì San Lorenzo
A vineyard bought from the parish of Alba in 1964, named after San Lorenzo, the patron saint of Alba's cathedral; 95 Nebbiolo and 5 Barbera, though percentages change by year; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
In Barolo
Sperss
Acquired in 1988, the Sperss vineyard, Piedmontese for 'nostalgia', was an original source of purchased fruit for the Gaja Barbaresco until 1961; roughly 94 Nebbiolo and 6 Barbera; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Conteisa (Conteisa Cerequio)
The name is local dialect for 'quarrel' and makes reference to the Cerequio cru, claimed by both the communes of La Morra and Barolo.
Roughly 92 Nebbiolo and 8 Barbera; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Darmagi
A relatively new vineyard, planted at the end of the 1970s. Its name, meaning 'what a shame' or 'pity', was supposedly the reaction of Angelo Gaja's father upon learning of Cabernet vines planted on a prime Nebbiolo site; approximately 95 Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 Merlot and 2 Cabernet Franc, aged 6 to 8 months in barriques, then 12 months in large oak casks; classified as Cabernet Sauvignon Langhe DOC.
Barbaresco--Vintage 1995
Piedmont, Gaja
Lightly bin soiled label, crowned capsule, signed bottle
1 double-magnum per lot
With its street-facing doors open wide and inviting interior garden space, Ristorante Barolo was a welcome slice of Italy on über-trendy West Broadway in SoHo. Proprietor Paolo Secondo had already tasted success in his native Genoa, having opened several locations of his I Tre Merli restaurant there. In 1990, he created Ristorante Barolo at 398 West Broadway between Spring and Broome Streets; for more than 20 years it would be a fixture in SoHo and play host to the fashionable and famous. Ristorante Barolo soon became known as a destination for approachable, authentic Northern Italian cuisine and a wine list full of the finest wines of its eponymous region. Indeed, the wine list became one of the deepest and most comprehensive Italian wine lists in New York, perhaps the United States. Respect for tradition dominated the wine selection and prices were very reasonable.
It is therefore our distinct pleasure to offer one of the grandest Italian cellars in recent memory: formats small, large and very large, some of the most established names in Piedmontese winemaking in near-comprehensive breadth from the last 35 years and some of the best from the rest of Italy and France to round out the collection.
Alla tua salute!
A Few Words on the Wines of Piedmont
The cellar of Ristorante Barolo boasts dozens of producers of Barolo and Barbaresco; each of these producers often produce several distinct bottlings representing different crus or named vineyard areas. The result is an often-confusing mixture of names and labels that show only slight differences, not to mention regional variations in spelling and all in Italian and sometimes the local Piedmontese dialect. So, by way of analogy the fine wines of Piedmont are best approached with an eye to Burgundy. Think of Barolo as the Côte de Nuits and Barbaresco as the Côte de Beaune, each with its own towns/communes and famed vineyards, and with producers making different wines from different vineyard sites while united by a common red grape, the Nebbiolo. While there is no official classification of the greatest vineyards of Piedmont as in Burgundy's Grand Crus, there are a handful of crus generally acknowledged to have the potential to produce superior wines, including the Brunate and Cannubi crus of the Commune of Barolo, the Bussia and Santo Stefano crus of Monforte d'Alba and Villero and Monprivato of Castiglione Falletto.
A few terms are specific to the wines of Piedmont and appear often on labels of wines from this region:
bricco bric- a vineyard's summit, where the snow melts first
sorì- top of a hill, south-facing
podere poderi- country estate, often referring to a winery
cascina- farm house or other country building
tenuta- a [land] holding or property
THE WINES OF GAJA
Gaja produces several different wines from vineyards in Piedmont, in both the Barolo and Barbaresco zones; prior to 1996 many of these wines were labeled as such but have since become blends of Nebbiolo and Barbera and thus qualify for only Langhe DOC.
In Barbaresco
Gaja Barbaresco DOCG
Produced since 1859, the year of the firm's founding; 100 Nebbiolo, sourced from 14 different Barbaresco zone vineyards; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels.
Costa Russi
A single vineyard acquired by the Gaja family in 1967. The name comes from the term costa, the side of a hill facing the sun, and Russi, a former owner's nickname; 95 Nebbiolo and 5 Barbera, though percentages change by year; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Sorì Tildìn
A vineyard acquired by the Gaja family in 1967 and first produced as a vineyard-designated wine in 1970. Tildìn was a nickname of Clotilde Rey, Angelo Gaja's grandmother. 95 Nebbiolo and 5 Barbera, though percentages change by year; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Sorì San Lorenzo
A vineyard bought from the parish of Alba in 1964, named after San Lorenzo, the patron saint of Alba's cathedral; 95 Nebbiolo and 5 Barbera, though percentages change by year; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
In Barolo
Sperss
Acquired in 1988, the Sperss vineyard, Piedmontese for 'nostalgia', was an original source of purchased fruit for the Gaja Barbaresco until 1961; roughly 94 Nebbiolo and 6 Barbera; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Conteisa (Conteisa Cerequio)
The name is local dialect for 'quarrel' and makes reference to the Cerequio cru, claimed by both the communes of La Morra and Barolo.
Roughly 92 Nebbiolo and 8 Barbera; 24 months ageing in both barriques and large barrels; classified Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.
Darmagi
A relatively new vineyard, planted at the end of the 1970s. Its name, meaning 'what a shame' or 'pity', was supposedly the reaction of Angelo Gaja's father upon learning of Cabernet vines planted on a prime Nebbiolo site; approximately 95 Cabernet Sauvignon, 3 Merlot and 2 Cabernet Franc, aged 6 to 8 months in barriques, then 12 months in large oak casks; classified as Cabernet Sauvignon Langhe DOC.
Barbaresco--Vintage 1995
Piedmont, Gaja
Lightly bin soiled label, crowned capsule, signed bottle
1 double-magnum per lot