Colombera & Garella Lessona Pizzaguerra 2019

Name: Colombera & Garella Lessona Pizzaguerra 2019
Brand: T. Elenteny Imports [TEI]
SKU: SF-1-POV--022026-42
Price: 49.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$49⁹⁹

Colombera & Garella is one of Alto Piemonte's very best producers — Cristiano Garella's wines are picture-perfect representations of these varied northern terroirs, organically farmed and naturally made. Lessona Pizzaguerra is their top single-vineyard cuvée, a Nebbiolo-based wine from a high site of sandy maritime soils layered over crystal-rich igneous subsoils — a geology unlike anywhere else in Piedmont. The result has a kind of pointillist feel: detailed, fine, electric. Where Langhe Nebbiolo leans clay and limestone, Lessona's acidic volcanic-rooted soils produce wines of lower alcohol and unique mineral lift, sometimes with an almost sanguine iron undercurrent. Far more than just a Barolo alternative.

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Antonio Galloni

94 points

"The 2019 Lessona Pizzaguerra is a classy, nuanced wine. Crushed rocks, mint, tobacco, cedar and dried flowers give the 2019 strong savory and mineral inflections. Linear and driving in feel, the 2019 exudes energy in the classically austere style typical of the year." —Antonio Galloni

More about Colombera & Garella

C & G is one of the region's very best producers. Their wines are picture-perfect representations of the Alto Piemonte's varied terroirs. Their farming is organic and their winemaking natural, and nothing interferes with their deliciously elegant expressions of northerly Nebbiolo, Croatina and Vespolina.

Why the fuss about the Alto Piemonte? It's not just the northern spin, or the mountainous terroir. It's also a matter of soils. The Alto Piemonte's volcanic soils are much more acidic than the Langhe's soils, which makes for lower alcohol levels and gives the wines a whole variety of unique mineral notes as well, sometimes, as an almost sanguine irony undercurrent. Married to the floral aromatics and beautiful fruit, these are really special wines. They are not just "Barolo alternatives."

Wine Details

Grape Variety

Nebbiolo , Vespolina
Vintage

2019
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Organic
Style

Earthy
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Braised beef in red wine; roast veal with mushrooms; agnolotti del plin; truffle risotto; aged hard cheeses; roasted game birds.

Tasting Profile

Medium-bodied and elegant with vibrant acidity, red cherry and rose petal, chamomile and blueberry lift, fine-grained tannins, and a salty, mineral finish.