Acquavite d'Uva Malvasia 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Malvasia di Casorzo
Fruit Distillate	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This grape brandy is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of grape, white rose, pear, apple and honey with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, balanced sweetness, intense flavors, agreeable roundness. The finish is persistent with flavors of grape and white rose. A well made distillate produced with discontinuous bainmarie distillation.

Alcohol: 42%	13 °C (55 °F)

Issue 43, Summer 2006

Acquavite d'Uva Moscato di Canelli 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Canelli's Muscat Grape
Fruit Distillate	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This distillate is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of grape, peach, pear, apple, sage, banana, chamomile and litchi with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, very good correspondence to the nose, pleasing smoothness and balanced sweet hint. The finish is very persistent with long flavors of grape, peach and litchi. A well made distillate produced with discontinuous bainmarie distillation.

Alcohol: 42%	13 °C (55 °F)

Issue 34, October 2005

Grappa di Barbera 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Barbera
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of black cherry, blueberry, violet, plum, raspberry, licorice, hazelnut and beeswax, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, good roundness and balanced sweet hints. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum, black cherry and hazelnut. A well made grappa produced with discontinuous distillation at very low steam pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	12 °C (53 °F)

Issue 34, October 2005

Grappa di Barbera

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Barbera
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧

This grappa is colorless and crystalline. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of cherry, plum, violet, hazelnut and licorice, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, with perceptible alcohol pungency and which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, balanced sweetness, pleasing roundness. The finish is persistent with flavors of cherry, plum and hazelnut. A grappa made with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	12 °C (53 °F)

August 2008

Grappa di Brachetto

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Brachetto
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa is limpid, crystalline and colorless. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of grape, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, rose and blueberry, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, balanced sweetness, good roundness, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of strawberry, cherry and raspberry. A well made grappa produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	14 °C (57 °F)

June 2008

Grappa di Dolcetto

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

pomace of Dolcetto
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa is colorless and crystalline. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of blackberry, plum, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, hazelnut and violet, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, balanced sweetness, pleasing roundness. The finish is persistent with flavors of cherry, hazelnut and raspberry. A grappa made with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	12 °C (53 °F)

September 2008

Grappa di Dolcetto d'Acqui 1999

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Dolcetto d'Acqui
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of raspberry, cherry, cyclamen, rose and strawberry with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth is intense with balanced alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, pleasing and balanced sweet hints, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of raspberry, strawberry and cherry. A well made grappa. This grappa is produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	11 °C (51 °F)

Issue 31, June 2005

Grappa di Grignolino 1999

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Grignolino
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of cherry, raspberry, strawberry, cyclamen, rose and plum with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense and pleasing flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, balanced sweetness, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of raspberry and strawberry. This grappa is produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	12 °C (53 °F)

Issue 44, September 2006

Grappa di Malvasia 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Malvasia di Casorzo
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of grape, strawberry, rose, raspberry, violet, cyclamen and peach with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, pleasing roundness, balanced sweetness, agreeable. The finish is very persistent with long flavors of strawberry, raspberry and grape. A well made grappa produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	12 °C (53 °F)

Issue 46, November 2006

Grappa di Moscato

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Muscat Blanc
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose denotes intense, clean and pleasing aromas of grape, peach, pear, candied fruits, white rose and orange, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, pleasing roundness, balanced sweetness. The finish is persistent with flavors of grape, peach and banana. A well made grappa produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	12 °C (53 °F)

January 2009

Grappa di Moscato di Canelli 2002

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Canelli's Muscat
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

The grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of grape, peach, banana, pear, candied fruit, orange, sage, white rose and apple with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. The mouth is intense with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, agreeable and balanced sweet hints, good roundness. The finish is very persistent with flavors of grape, peach and banana. A well made grappa produced with discontinuous distillation at very low steam pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	11 °C (51 °F)

Issue 33, September 2005

Grappa di Nebbiolo da Barolo 2002

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Barolo's Nebbiolo
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose denotes intense, clean and pleasing aromas of violet, plum, licorice, hazelnut, black cherry and rose with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. The mouth is intense with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, agreeable and balanced sweet hint. The finish is persistent with flavors of black cherry, plum and licorice. A well made grappa produced with discontinuous distillation at very low steam pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	13 °C (55 °F)

Issue 32, Summer 2005

Grappa di Nebbiolo da Barolo

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Nebbiolo
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This grappa is colorless, limpid and crystalline. The nose denotes intense, clean and pleasing aromas of cherry, plum, raspberry, strawberry, violet, rose and hazelnut, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, balanced sweetness, pleasing roundness. The finish is very persistent with long flavors of cherry, raspberry, plum and strawberry. A well made grappa produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure.

Alcohol: 42%	13 °C (55 °F)

February 2009

Grappa Gran Riserva

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Barbera, Grignolino, Freisa
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This grappa shows a pale straw yellow color, crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of licorice, honey, vanilla, plum, violet, hazelnut, black cherry and chocolate, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, with perceptible alcohol pungency and which tends to dissolve rapidly, good correspondence to the nose, balanced sweetness, pleasing smoothness. The finish is persistent with flavors of honey, hazelnut, plum and licorice. A well made grappa produced with discontinuous distillation at very low steam pressure. It ages for more than 24 months in cask.

Alcohol: 42%	18 °C (64 °F)

August 2008

Grappa Stravecchia 1988

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Barbera, Grignolino and Freisa
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This grappa shows a brilliant golden yellow color, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean and pleasing aromas of licorice, vanilla, tobacco, honey, hazelnut, banana, plum, chocolate and black cherry with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. The mouth is intense with good correspondence to the nose, perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, pleasing smoothness, balanced sweet hint. The finish is persistent with flavors of licorice, hazelnut, honey and plum. A well made grappa produced with discontinuous distillation at very low steam pressure. It ages for more than 12 years in cask.

Alcohol: 42%	18 °C (64 °F)

Issue 32, Summer 2005

Grappa Stravecchia 20 Anni Baronne

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Barbera, Grignolino and Freisa
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

Grappa Stravecchia 20 Anni Baronne is limpid and crystalline, with a pale amber yellow color. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas of cherry, hazelnut, clover, vanilla, honey, chocolate, date, dried fig, licorice and mace, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, excellent correspondence to the nose, pleasing roundness, balanced sweetness. The finish is very persistent with long flavors of hazelnut, chocolate, dried fig and honey. A well made grappa. Grappa Stravecchia 20 Anni Baronne is produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure and ages for 20 years in oak casks.

Alcohol: 42%	18 °C (64 °F)

March 2009

Grappa Stravecchia di Malvasia 10 Anni Marquise

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Malvasia
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This grappa shows a pale amber yellow color, crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas of candied fruits, raisin, vanilla, hazelnut, date, dried fig, dried apricot, honey and tobacco, with imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, pleasing roundness, balanced sweetness. The finish is very persistent with long flavors of raisin, candied fruits, dried apricot and hazelnut. A well made grappa produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure. It ages for 10 years in oak casks.

Alcohol: 42%	18 °C (64 °F)

December 2008

Grappa Stravecchia di Moscato 3 Anni Princesse

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Piedmont

Pomace of Muscat Blanc
Grappa	Score: ✧✧✧✧✧

This grappa shows a pale golden yellow color, limpid and crystalline. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas of grape, peach, vanilla, honey, hazelnut, dried fig, tobacco and chocolate, with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency. In the mouth has intense flavors, with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, excellent correspondence to the nose, balanced sweetness, pleasing smoothness. The finish is very persistent wit long flavors of grape, peach, honey and hazelnut. A well made grappa produced with a discontinuous alembic still operating at low pressure. It ages for 3 years in oak casks.

Alcohol: 42%	18 °C (64 °F)

June 2008

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Casa Luparia

Piedmont (Italy)

Acquavite d'Uva Malvasia 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Acquavite d'Uva Moscato di Canelli 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Barbera 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Barbera

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Brachetto

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Dolcetto

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Dolcetto d'Acqui 1999

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Grignolino 1999

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Malvasia 2001

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Moscato

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Moscato di Canelli 2002

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Nebbiolo da Barolo 2002

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa di Nebbiolo da Barolo

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa Gran Riserva

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa Stravecchia 1988

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa Stravecchia 20 Anni Baronne

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa Stravecchia di Malvasia 10 Anni Marquise

Casa Luparia (Italy)

Grappa Stravecchia di Moscato 3 Anni Princesse

Casa Luparia (Italy)