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Le Piémont Face À La Bourgo Un Pur Fantasme De Connaiss DÉGUSTATION // C’est là sur le doux relief du Piémont que le nebbiolo trouve ses subtiles nuances. R. D DES DEUX CÔTÉS DES ALPES Le Piémont face à la Bourgogne : un pur fantasme de connaisseur ! Mondialement célèbres, ces deux régions stars ne cultivent pas le même cépage mais sont souvent qualifiées de “vignobles frères” par les Piémontais. Qu’en est-il dans le verre ? Dégustation de Pierre Vila Palleja et Pierre Citerne a comparaison entre le Piémont En Piémont, l’idée d’isoler les vins des diffé- et la Bourgogne, souvent évo- rents crus, de revendiquer une origine parcel- quée comme “vignoble frère” laire n’est apparue que dans les années 60. Mais par les producteurs piémon- cette région du nord de l’Italie partage avec la tais, trouve-t-elle un réel écho Bourgogne un tissu agricole de petits proprié- dans le verre ? Voilà tout l’enjeu taires exploitant eux-mêmes leurs vignobles, de notre dégustation. dans un contexte très vallonné dont ils ont sin- LVersants, collines, parcelles morcelées à l’ex- gularisé, nommé, expertisé le moindre recoin. trême… C’est une réalité qui existe partout Fort de ces particularismes, le Piémont, avec les dans l’Ancien Monde, partout où le travail non Langhe, la région autour d’Alba qui rassemble mécanisé, la peine quotidienne du vigneron, les zones de production du Barolo (2 000 ha) et était la seule façon de définir le terroir. En s’ap- du Barbaresco (700 ha), est devenu la région la puyant sur le système des AOC, la Bourgogne plus prisée des amateurs de vins italiens. Plus a su valoriser comme nulle autre région des au nord et à l’est, les vins du Haut-Piémont siècles de labeur paysan. Avec 562 climats connaissent un regain d’intérêt largement – crus individualisés et reconnus – pour mérité. 28 000 hectares, ce vignoble est en effet cham- pion du monde du découpage parcellaire ! La Un millésime 2011 tout en fruit superficie minuscule de La Romanée, Grand Cépage roi du Piémont, le nebbiolo s’avère cru de 0,84 hectare, en est un exemple frap- un aussi brillant messager pour exprimer les Ce barolo du domaine Burlotto . Legay T pant, une réalité qui reste une énigme pour bon subtilités des terroirs que le pinot noir en possède la faconde et le charme des grands nebbiolos. Inoubliable ! nombre de producteurs étrangers… Comment Bourgogne… Peu colorés, les vins issus de neb- peut-on isoler une si petite parcelle et en faire biolo bénéficient en revanche d’une structure une appellation ? tannique et acide marquée. Ils se distinguent 120 ■ FÉVRIER 2018 - LA RVF n° 618 MATCH PIÉMONT ET BOURGOGNE Le célèbre Clos Vougeot incarne à lui seul la grandeur du pinot noir bourguignon. R. D Le Piémont face à la Bourgogne : un pur fantasme de connaisseur ! par la richesse et la finesse suggestive de leur style plus “international”, tel celui de Gaja, ont gamme aromatique, florale et balsamique tout aussi brouillé les pistes. en restant profondément fruitée. Question subsidiaire : la notion de style, “tra- Pour comparer ces deux vignobles et ces ditionaliste” ou “moderniste”, a-t-elle encore deux fameux cépages, une dégustation a été un sens ? Nous avons par le passé fait le point organisée à l’initiative de Pierre Vila Palleja. Le sur l’évolution de cette querelle épique qui lecteur l’abordera en tenant compte des effets enflammait le Piémont dans les années 80 de contexte. L’année choisie, 2011, est un mil- et 90 (lire La RVF n° 576, novembre 2013). Des lésime tout en fruit, accessible grâce à un pro- producteurs comme Sandrone ou Sottimano, fil mariant maturité et souplesse. Il s’avère plus atteignant une forme de “classicisme contem- abouti en Piémont qu’en Bourgogne, où plu- porain”, montrent que ce clivage s’estompe. sieurs vins souffraient de tonalités végétales Dernière observation qui intéressera le lecteur, et racinaires. Face à de grands bourgognes, certaines cuvées “village” ont particulièrement les Piémontais ont montré une ampleur, une brillé dans notre dégustation, des deux côtés de complexité et une richesse de parfum souvent la frontière : pommard de Nicolas Rossignol, supérieures ! morey de Dujac, gattinara de Nervi, barbaresco des Produttori di Barbaresco. Preuve que l’on Tradition ou modernité peut encore sentir la vibration de ces grandes C’était l’enjeu ludique de la dégustation. régions sans viser les sommets en termes de Allait-on confondre les Bourguignons et les prestige et de prix. Voilà une bonne nouvelle ! Piémontais ? La réponse est non. Pinot noir et nebbiolo offrent assez de singularités de forme et de saveur pour que la reconnaissance soit LES CONDITIONS DE LA DÉGUSTATION évidente ; ces deux cépages s’opposent plus Issus du millésime 2011, les vins rouges du Piémont qu’ils ne se ressemblent. Nuançons : les vins et de Bourgogne ont été dégustés à l’aveugle par de la Valtellina et du Haut-Piémont (dans notre Pierre Vila Palleja, Pierre Citerne, Olivier Poels, dégustation Gattinara, Coste della Sesia), plus Marco Pelletier (sommelier, propriétaire du restau- Icône de la Côte de Nuits, frais et graciles que ceux des Langhe (Barolo rant parisien Vantre) et Jérôme Gagnez (propriétaire ce pinot noir brille par sa classe . Legay T et Barbaresco), peuvent davantage lorgner vers de la société d’animation Vers le vin). La note reflète et sa belle ampleur. le pinot noir, voire vers le gamay. Des vins au la moyenne de celles des dégustateurs présents. LA RVF n° 618 - FÉVRIER 2018 ■ 121 DÉGUSTATION // Tous les vins sont ici présentés Finale légèrement ferme avec des 15,5/20 16,25/20 dans l’ordre de service. tanins accrocheurs. 56 € DOMAINE BERNARD CASCINA ROccALINI MOREAU ET FILS Barbaresco Roccalini Riserva 15/20 16,5/20 Volnay Premier cru Caillerets La robe orangée, claire, est bien celle PIO CESARE SOTTIMANO D’un haut niveau de finesse, ce volnay d’un nebbiolo “classique”. Dans un Barolo Ornato Barbaresco Currá convainc par la justesse de son fruit, la style de haute maturité, évoquant par Le nez se montre séducteur, dans Très belle impression à l’ouverture : délicatesse de son tanin et la qualité de sa sucrosité la cerise amarena et la une veine “luxueuse et moderne” : un nebbiolo disert et raffiné, qui se son élevage, qui amène une douceur confiture de vieux garçon, ce vin aux fruit noir intense, fourrure et boisé déploie en douceur, avec une réelle sans excès. Le fruit de pinot, pimpant arômes chatoyants profonds et typés chocolaté dominant. Derrière ces finesse – évocation de petits fruits et gracile, est escorté de notes cho- (orange confite, goudron, épices…) arômes quelque peu mondialisés, on rouges acidulés – mais aussi un sens colatées et de violette confite qui ne séduit par une douceur enveloppante retrouve une structure typée Barolo, évident du lieu. L’aération accen- prennent pas le pas sur une matière qui ne devient jamais lourdeur. Ce ample, avec des tanins et une acidité tue cependant le registre lactique, d’ampleur modeste. Env. 45 € domaine n’a commencé à vinifier marqués. 95 € avec un boisé qui devient dominant, qu’en 2004, mais la sûreté stylistique alors qu’il était indécelable à l’ouver- LE COUP DE et l’empreinte territoriale du Roccalini 14,5/20 ture. 110 € 2011 sont remarquables. 48 € DOMAINE DES FOUDRE DE LA HÉRITIERS LOUIS JADOT 14,5/20 DÉGUSTATION 17/20 Beaune Premier cru Clos des Ursules CENTOVIGNE DOMAINE Le vin est marqué par une empreinte Coste della Sesia Castellengo 18,5/20 HUBERT LIGNIER végétale, racinaire, qui ne masque Ce vin a partagé, tant sur son ori- BURLOTTO Clos de la Roche Grand cru cependant pas le fruit qui “pinote” gine (deux dégustateurs l’ont placé Barolo Monvigliero Belle matière, profonde et serrée, qui nettement. La bouche se montre déli- en Bourgogne) que sur sa qualité. Une explosion de fraise, d’olive semble encore dans sa prime jeu- cate, friande, d’une juste extraction. Certains ont été perturbés par l’im- noire et de truffe embaume le nez. nesse, entre fruits rouges frais et pré- portance de sa masse tannique, un La bouche se distingue par sa tendre sence chlorophyllienne. La classe et abord réservé, légèrement réduit. Il fraîcheur, la sensualité des tanins l’ampleur de ce vin signent un Grand affiche pour d’autres énormément et la magnifique longueur qui les cru de la Côte de Nuits pour la plu- de classe, d’élan et de pureté de accompagne. Un vin résolument à part des dégustateurs. Le vin peine fruit : une dynamique qui ne fai- part, qui a frappé les dégustateurs cependant à s’ouvrir à l’aération, res- blit pas à l’aération, au contraire. qui le découvraient et permis à tant figé dans un registre aromatique Expression d’un grand terroir de ceux qui le connaissaient déjà de très mentholé qui ne convainc pas sables marins du Haut-Piémont, ce l’identifier instantanément. Un pleinement. Env. 300 € vin illustre parfaitement le profil style induit par la longue macéra- plus svelte et tendu, parfois austère tion des raisins entiers, non égrap- 16/20 mais éminemment racé, qu’adopte pés, qui apporte paradoxalement VAJRA ici le nebbiolo. 37 € une grande douceur tannique au Barolo Bricco delle Viole nebbiolo. Irrésistible et volubile Une nuance terrienne caractérise 15,5/20 séducteur, il semble aujourd’hui à ce vin dense et vif. La bouche est PRODUTTORI point, contrairement à la plupart pleine, précise, dotée de tanins pré- DEI BARBARESCO des autres ténors du Piémont. 80 € sents mais élégants, qui prolongent Barbaresco la sensation minérale. La finale gour- La cave coopérative de l’appellation 15/20 mande est ponctuée par une belle Barbaresco confirme sa bonne répu- CHÂTEAU saveur de confiture de fraise.
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