No need to hot-foot it to the Big Apple…
…for your obscure Italian varietal hit, Herr Doktor. Not when oenopole’s around, though you may have to wait till summer for the next shipment.
Verduno Pelaverga 2009, Fratelli Alessandria ($24.30, oenopole)
100% Pelaverga. Clear light red. Nose of dusty strawberry candies, light spice (black pepper, cumin), terra cotta, dried wood and a floral note (violets?). A savoury and very dry welterweight. Not particularly fruity, more acidic than tannic. Substrate of dried earth and mineral flavours. Hint of chocolate on the slightly raspy, sour strawberry finish. 13.5% ABV. Lovers of light, tart, savoury Italian reds tailor-made for salume shouldn’t hesitate.
Brett happens 
Hey thanks! Summer 2011 was when I tasted this – http://www.facebook.com/weingolb/posts/10150333511057533 – I suppose can wait a few more months till summer 2012 for a second helping.
weingolb (@weingolb)
March 11, 2012 at 18:09
«Summer 2011 was when I tasted this»
I should have known you weren’t a Pelaverga virigin, and probably would have if I didn’t avoid Facebook like the plague.
carswell
March 12, 2012 at 13:32
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