Here are the final results for the ranking of the Piemonte Wines from the AWS Tasting on May 12

Piemonte Wine Tasting Notes

Here are the final results for the ranking of the Piemonte Wines from the AWS Tasting on May 12. Tasters were asked to rate the top 3 wines sampled that day. The same scoring system used last year with the Sangiovese tasting; 3 pts for a 1st place vote, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd was used. Unfortunately, it appears the instructions were not as clear as they should have been and a few of the ballots were returned with all 11 wines ranked 1, 2 or 3. Those ballots
Only one point separated all the wines with the exception of the bottom 2 (ranked/tied at 10th) that received no votes. The Sottimano Pajore Barberesco came in first by a one point margin over the Paolo Scavino Barolo wine. Here is the complete ranking.

LOCATION	WINE NAME	GRAPE	SOURCE	RANK
Station 1
1. Cortese	Icardi Cortese Di Gavi L'Aurora	Cortese	Spec’s	8
2. Cortese	Valditerra Gavi	Cortese	Spec’s	7

Station 2
1. Barbera d'Asti	Michele Chiarlo	Barbera	Spec’s	4
2. Barbera d'Asti	Camp Du Rouss	Barbera	Spec’s	10
3. Barbera d'Alba	Icardi Suri di Mu	Barbera	Spec’s	9

Station 3
1. Barberesco	Sartirano Barbaresco	Nebbiolo	www.gourmetwineshoppe.com	10
2. Barberesco	Fontanabianca Barbaresco Soi Burdin	Nebbiolo	www.drinkupny.com	3
3. Barberesco	Sottimano Pajore Bareresco	Nebbiolo	www.drinkupny.com	1

Station 4
1. Barolo	Paolo Scavino Barolo	Nebbiolo	www.drinkupny.com	2
2. Barolo	Sartirano Barolo	Nebbiolo	www.gourmetwineshoppe.com	5

Station 5
1. Moscato	Moscato d'Asti Castello Del Poggio	Moscato	Spec’s	6

Positive comments were made related to pairing the wines with the food items from the same areas. Additionally comments were noted that indeed, the food made a remarkable difference in the tastings of the wine itself. For those interested, the names of the unique Piemonte cheeses that are available on line at www.igourmet.com are listed below:

Toma Piemontese served next to the Gavi.
Boschetto Al Tartufo Bianchetto, the “Oh My God” cheese with truffles
Castelmagno cheese served next to the Borolo