{"id":10854,"date":"2013-12-17T18:54:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T18:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10854"},"modified":"2013-12-18T10:41:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T10:41:53","slug":"and-joanna-simons-wine-of-the-year-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/12\/and-joanna-simons-wine-of-the-year-is\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;and Joanna Simon&#8217;s wine of the YEAR is:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2009-BAROLO-Vigneto-Albarella-Andrea-Oberto-18859-00.html?pack=23385&amp;term=albarella+2009&amp;page=\">2009 BAROLO Vigneto Albarella Andrea Oberto<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Joanna Simon\u00a0wrote in the WineGang Mid-Month newsletter, her WINE OF THE YEAR is<\/p>\n<p><b>Andrea Oberto, Barolo Vigneto Albarella 2009<\/b><br \/>\n<em>Barolo (Piedmont), Italy, Dry Red (Cork), 14.5% abv<\/em><br \/>\nThe tasting of the year for me was a Quinta do Noval and Noval Nacional port tasting, the same six vintages of each, but as retail stockists are as common as hens&#8217; teeth I&#8217;ve chosen this fragrant, expressive Barolo instead. It has such sweetness and succulence that it&#8217;s deliciously drinkable already, but its seamless freshness and deep resource of dark chocolate richness and savoury, meaty concentration will take it effortlessy into the next decade. 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