This is a new grape for me--Pelavarga. To date, I've never had Pelavarga before, but it's something that is right up my alley--another weird Italian grape. Indigenous to Verduno, which is an area of Piedmonte. $25 at K&L locally for the 2009. This is spicy wine with licorice and a little bit of candied cherry and plum thrown in for good measure. Well balanced, long finish and a touch of tannin round this out. I was definitely a fan of this wine and enjoyed it a good bit. Italy's indigenous grapes have long fascinated me more because of the fact that they've been preserved and are still regularly consumed and made into wines. Pelavarga (or at least this version) seems to have a lot more going on than some of the other random lesser known varieties that I have tried. It's particularly interesting to view this wine in the context of the Barolo and Barbaresco zones, as it speaks to the quality of this wine (and Italian culture) that it is still being made when the vineyards could probably very well be turned into nebbiolo. B+/A-
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