Luigi Nervi & Figlio Gattinara 1964 BFCM21ALL A martini works too

A martini works too

yet delicious

1990 was a benchmark vintage in the valley

more elegant spirit than apple-dominant Calvados

Trousseau and Ploussard grown on clay

Luigi Nervi & Figlio Gattinara 1964 BFCM21ALL A martini works tooA piece of living Gattinara history. Nervi is the oldest cellar in Gattinara, in the hills of Alto Piemonte, and through these decades it was run by the founding Nervi family, who built the estate's reputation across most of the 20th century before selling in 1991 (it's now owned by Roberto Conterno). This 1964 is mature Nebbiolo from that family era, a rare survivor. Old bottles like this are about texture, perfume and tertiary complexity, not fruit,