Sips of the Week

This week Laurie interviewed Cesare Benvenuto of Pio Cesare Winery at the 2014 Hershey Food & Wine Festival. They tasted the following wines and talked about what makes the wines of Piedmont, Italy so special and legendary! Pio Cesare Arneis, Langhe, Italy Winemaker’s Tasting Notes: Slightly aromatic, with reach and ripe fruit, round, refreshing and crispy fragrance. Pleasant to drink. To be consumed rather young, 2 to 3 years maximum. Pio Cesare “Piodilei” Chardonnay, Langhe, Italy

Winemaker’s Tasting Notes:

Spicy, creamy, intense, persistent. Sweet, warm and ripe fruit, still fresh with a long finish. Long ageing potential.

Pio Cesare Barolo, Piedmont, Italy

Winemaker’s Tasting Notes:

A classic Barolo. Excellent structure and harmony, mild tannins and balanced fruit. It is immediately approachable, but it has a very long ageing potential.

Pio Cesare Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy

 Winemaker’s Tasting Notes:

A very classic Barbaresco, elegant with ripe and spicy fruit, great depth and complexity. The mild and ripe tannins provide this wine with gentleness and finesse, but also strength and opulence. Very long ageing potential..

 Sips of the Week can be found at Hair o’The Dog in Easton, MD or anywhere in the US by searching WineSearcher.com

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A classic Barolo. Excellent structure and

harmony, mild tannins and balanced fruit. It is

immediately approachable, but it has a very long

ageing potential.