Friday, 11 September 2026

A Couple Of Days In Piedmont - A Visit To Mauro Sebaste


This cantina has a very fascinating history that sums up that with focus, energy and willpower you can get far. They have 30 ha and makes ca 150.000 bottles per year.
Sylla took great care of me, showed me the cellar and poured these fine wines.

2021 Alta Langa Avremo
80% Pinot Noir & 20% Chardonnay, zero dosage. The nose is fresh and pure with notes of ripening peach, chalk and white flowers. Very delicate and handsome.
The taste is salivating and fine with notes of dry passionfruit, red apples and chrushed rocks. A very fine acidity. The first vintage of this gem was the 2018.
91p   (tasted 2026/09)


2025 Langhe Bianco Centobricchi
Made from Viognier raised in second passage tonneaux for six months. The nose is high and fine with notes of yellow apples, sponge cake and yellow plums. Very fine.
The taste is forward and fine with lovely yellow fruit, some hints of oak and a long, layered finish.
91p   (tasted 2026/09)

2022 Nizza Costemonghisio
This Barbera offers up a large scaled, forward nose with notes of ripe blackberries, dark flowers and sweet licorice. Very, very good.
The taste is rich and focused with a fine balance, sweet plummy fruit and a long, warm finish. 
89p   (tasted 2026/09)


2023 Nebbiolo d´Alba Parigi
A very fine, elegant nose with notes of rosehips, tobacco, shoe cream and ripe red cherries. Lovely.
The taste is pure and racy with beautiful Nebbiolo fruit, notes of violets, cool tobacco and rosehips. 4+ years.
92p   (tasted 2026/09)

2022 Barolo Trésüri
A very elegant, earthy nose with notes of hard cherry candy, coffee powder, forest floor and red licorice.
The taste is tight and fine with notes of dried cherries, sugared coffee, tobacco and sweet earth. Really fine. 6+ years.
93p   (tasted 2026/09)


2021 Barolo Cerretta
Cerretta have been hit really hard by hail during this (2026) vintage, but this 21 is a stunner. The nose is very deep, layered and intense with notes of ripe black cherries, fine tobacco, rose petals and a hint of chocolate wafers.
The taste is very tight, focused and just stunning with gorgeous fruit, taut tannins and a finish that goes on for over a minute. Great wine. 10+ years.
96p   (tasted 2026/09)


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