Tierra Adentro Nebbiolo Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

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 As I am diving more and more into the world wine, there are two kinds of different approaches from the people who are around me.

The ones who are afraid to bring wine whenever they are invited over to my place claiming that they can not bring any wine that can impress me and the ones who invite me saying that they have something that I definitely have to try.

No need to say that I prefer the second one.

That was exactly in this context that a Mexican friend of mine has written me saying that he has brought some wines from home.  I have to confess that I got immediately quite thrilled about it.

Along with amazing food I had the opportunity to try really good Mexican wines and this Tierra Adentro has definitely conquered me.

A cuvée of Nebbiolo and Cabernet Sauvignon it has tremendous density, very present tannins and enough complexity to make it interesting. Nebbiolo is definitely more present and confers it some pleasant cherry notes involved by a soft and persistent minerality. This ends up being softened by nice bell pepper notes coming from the Cabernet Sauvignon conferring it some more depth.

I almost feel tempted to provokatively classify this wine as some kind of a Super Piemontese just as they have done in Tuscany.

I know stories play an important role when you are dealing with wine, but one of my favourite feelings is when someone presents a wine from the region where they were born. This is something that enriches the whole sensory experience to a special level and strengthens friendships.

Before leaving, I share with you this beautifully bucolic poem by one of my favourite Mexican authors, Carlos Fuentes:


La tarde muere olorosa,
y vienen los campesinos
soñando por los caminos,
besos de madre y de esposa.
Con el alma fatigosa
de sembrar mieses y espinos,
llevan los cuerpos cansinos
y la sonrisa gozosa.
Y a mí que no tengo suerte,
ni esposa, ni amor, ni madre
y me duelen mil fatigas,
solo me espera mi muerte
cuando termine mi tarde
y me siegen mis espigas…


17,5/20
Country: Mexico
Region: Zacatecas  
Grapes: Nebbiolo; Cabernet Sauvignon
13,7%
Winemaker:  n/a

Website: https://www.vinostierraadentro.net/product-page/nebbiolo

Location: Hamburg, Germany

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