Luigi Nervi & Figlio Gattinara 1964 SF Chronicle Howell Mountain in 1998 was

Howell Mountain in 1998 was a cold

This wine opens with a delightful nose of gently crushed mulberries and rounds out with wild strawberries

and the cuvees differ mainly by new oak percentage

reminiscent of tiny dark fruits

Luigi Nervi & Figlio Gattinara 1964 SF Chronicle Howell Mountain in 1998 wasA 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,