No, not that Piedmont. The real Piedmont is the Foot (pied) Hills (mont) of the Alps in northwest Italy on the French border. The Piedmont is home to Italy's best red wines, sorry Tuscany, but this is my blog.
The 2007 vintage in the Piedmont is legendary great!
Well, the best wines of the region, the Barolo and the Barbaresco have yet to be released, but the everyday Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto have been released and they are Wowyummy. Copyright Wowyummy.
Normally these wines rarely have enough fruit flavor to balance typical intense acidity. In other words, not enough sweet to pull off a balanced sweet and sour sensation. The 2007s are so wonderful and easy to drink and wicked tasty, sorry about using wicked as an adjective but I am Boston bred, they can please a New World wine drinker as well as the classic Europhile imbiber.
Tasty with northern Italian cuisine, (bag the red sauce), they show especially well with mushroom influenced dishes. This vintage with its lush fruit flavors, smooth balance and just enough acid to cut into a properly butter/cream dish, offers enormous value. Expect to spend in the 10-20 a bottle range for top quality wine. The few more expensive ones I have tried are properly more impressive. The Enzo Boglietti Barbera blew me away. You can drink it now but at least 5 years of cellaring will be rewarded.
As for waiting for the bigguns to be released, I have a hold on my piggy bank, but the hammer is ready and poised above the porcine Pinkerton.
Oh, these wines are just ok with barbeque, but would be fabulous with a salami and cheese sandwich or sausages cooked on the grill.
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