Feeling Wine & Food - El ABC del Vino in English

By Marina La Forgia Sometimes - very few unfortunately - I have the opportunity to taste wines here in Quebec that are not yet available in the market. I always thank those producers and agents who believe in my advise and bring me the opportunity to give them my appreciations, because each wine for me is a sensational discovery and a learning. There are wines like these three from the Piedmontese producer Sordo that are really fabulous but that we can not acquire, at least for now. Unfortunately, due to the bureaucracy and difficulty of the state monopoly that limits and governs our freedom to choose wines that "really" would like to buy, many great wines are left out of the party. Well, let's finish writing about my frustration of living in a place where the wine market is not free and the possibility of developing business opportunities in the industry is so difficult... I will concentrate on describing these three wines that I have tasted exclusivel...

Let me introduce you these wonderful barolos from Sordo. I had the chance to taste some of them a few months ago here in Montreal and they absolutely are wines to discover! Available only in private imports, represented by Fenzovino. Azienda Agricola Sordo Giovanni  become among the only wineries of the whole area of the Langhe to have 8 Barolo Crus. A huge variety!  ROCCHE DI CASTIGLIONE   Vineyard located in one of the best areas of the Municipality of Castiglione Falletto. Aspect South East Altitude varies between 320 and 350 meters. loam soil, loose surface and traces of limestone. A little more than a meter deep layers are hard layers of white-gray marl, dry and very compact bluish. Belonging to the Helvetian period.   PARUSSI   Vineyard is located in one of the areas already identified in  high wine vocation of the municipality of Castiglione Falletto. Exposure: West-South West Altitude varies between 270 and 290 meters. A...