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Default TN: back to wine- 64 and 01 Nebbiolo, white Burg, 2 roses, more

On Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 12:32:13 PM UTC-5, Mark Lipton wrote:
> O
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> > 2001 Sella Lessona
> > This was showing great. Dried cherries, cherry, orange zest, tar. A pointe. I should have a bottle, will dig out. A-/B+

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> I am not at all surprised by this showing. In June, we took a break
> from house emptying to celebrate my birthday at Chez Panisse cafe. We
> got a bottle of 2001 Sella Lessona San Sebastiano alla Zoppo from the
> wine list and it was rockin', about as lovely a bottle of Nebbiolo as
> I've had. Alas, (per Levi Dalton) Sella changed directions shortly
> after that and Cristiano Garella left for other projects. I'm now
> looking for Colombera & Garella wines to scratch that same itch.
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>

Ah, good to know. I've seen offers for Colombera & Garella but didn't know "lineage"