2010 Travaglini Gattinara

This wine is in a bottle that has a very weird shape, so that might be the first thing that catches your eye. But, don't stop there, pick up the bottle, take a risk and buy it.
Gattinara is a wine district (D.O.C.G.) in the northern Piedmont in Italy. This is the area that produces wine from the Nebbiolo grape. I found much more information online at the Travaglini Gattinara Site. In 1920, Clemente Travaglini established the winery that bears his name. Since that time, the winery has been in the family and the fourth generation of Travaglinis, Cinzia Travaglini and her husband Massimo Collauto are the current stewards.
The wine is made in the following way:
Winemaking: crushed and macerated for about 15 days in stain-less steel tanks at controlled temperature. The wine is aged for 3 years, 2 years in Slovenian oak of different origin and size, then rest in the bottle for 3 months.
With 6 years of age, the wine had very soft tannins. The deep color of the wine and the berry notes that create it's bouquet and flavor, makes it a perfect paring for a hearty beef stew.
But, back to the bottle shape, I've extracted this information from their website:
An exceptional wine deserves an exceptional bottle. It was with that in mind that in 1958, Giancarlo Travaglini set out to create a bottle that was also a work of art. This special bottle, exclusive to Travaglini, was designed to grace the most prestigious tables in the world. The shape of this bottle naturally catches sediment during pouring, allowing the wine to be served directly from bottle to the glass without decanting.
We paid around $30.00 for this wine, so while it doesn't qualify for my Wines Under $20 Tab, it is an excellent value for a Nebbiolo.