United Cellars Italian Tasting
Pyrmont
Tasted Tuesday, August 20, 2013 by chatters with 843 views
Introduction
Big Italian tasting organised by United Cellars. Standard elbows at a dawn.
Flight 1 (30 Notes)
I just did everything in my own approximate guess of weight...and on what I could negotiate my way to the tasting table of, of course!
Closing
I was surprised at just how good some of these wines were for their price point. Impressive stuff!
2009 Dario Coos Delle Venezie Vindos
Italy, Delle Venezie
Medium minus intensity aromas, marzipan, almonds…oxidised? Citrus and spice. In the mouth medium plus alcohol, meaty, zingy with some phenolic grip. Meh.
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2011 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Vermentino Casanova della Spinetta Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Peach, stone fruit with medium plus intensity aromas. On the palate, spicy tang and slight bitterness over stone fruit - good nose, bad mouth…for me.
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2012 Allegrini Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie Corte Giara
Italy, Delle Venezie
slightly metallic and slight fruit (melon), tight, dry, bitter, meh.
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2012 Pieropan Soave Classico
Italy, Veneto, Soave Classico
Herbs over citrus and almonds. On the palate there is some fruit and citrus note, herbs and a long finish. Simple, yes, but lovely
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2010 Sartori di Verona Soave Classico
Italy, Veneto, Soave Classico
marzipan/almond over spice and cream…more of the same on the palate - very creamy mouthfeel. A touch over blown for me and a tiny bit flabby
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2009 Umani Ronchi Rosso Conero San Lorenzo
Italy, Marche, Rosso Conero
black over red cherry, slight herbaceousness.IN the mouth Juicy blackberry, cherry and red cherry joined by firm, grippy tannin and alcohol warmth on the finish. The wine is balanced and the flavour components bounce of each other well. Very nice
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2009 Pietro Rinaldi Barbera d'Alba Bricco Cichetta
Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d'Alba
Caramel, vanilla, cherry, clean/polished nose. Medium plus acid cherry dominated by caramel and vanilla then spice and slight oxidation
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2011 Fontanafredda Piemonte Barbera Briccotondo
Italy, Piedmont, Piemonte DOC
Slight leather, cherry tending to menthol hints. On the palate cherry over leather, medium plus acid licks the mouth and slight & fine tannin on the long finish. Very nice.
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2010 Ca' Marcanda (Gaja) Promis Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
light candied red fruit and more of the same in the mouth. Well made but dull.
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2010 Vigne Marina Coppi Sant' Andrea
Italy, Piedmont, Colli Tortonesi
slight candied cherry fruit, spice and medium fine tannic grip. A touch short. Okay
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2011 Albino Rocca Piemonte Rosso Di Rocca
Italy, Piedmont, Piemonte DOC
Jammy plum, red berry, slight cedar. On the palate red and black berry and plum. Medium plus tannin exhibits itself in tongue grabbing grip. It finishes a touch bitter and the fruit drops a bit too quick
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2009 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Il Nero di Casanova Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Farmyard funk, herbs, meat (Brett?), cherry…balanced…short note, nice wine.
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2009 Poggio al Sole Chianti Classico
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Medium minus intensity aromas of cherry, berry, slight spice, leather. Medium minus flavour intensity with flavours of cherry fruit…with medium plus acid and tannin. Long. Not bad. Hmm.
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2010 COS Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico
Italy, Sicily, Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico
Very perfumed with peppercorns, cream and red fruit. In the mouth there is red berry and peppercorn. Very lightweight…interesting.
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2009 Monte Antico Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Perfumed notes under slight cherry, herbs, touches of blackcurrant. Medium plus acid, cherry, leather but all a bit meh
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2011 Cigliuti Dolcetto d'Alba Serraboella
Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba
Plum, slightly candied, slight farmyard over cherry. Medium plus tannin and plum flavours but a bit meh.
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2009 Prunotto Nebbiolo d'Alba Occhetti
Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Nebbiolo d'Alba
medium minus intensity aromas of toast, plum, leather & rose. Medium plus acid and tannin, medium minus flavours of plum. Clean, nice.
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2010 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Langhe Nebbiolo
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Farmyard, crushed dried flowers, plum perfumed notes, Medium plus tannin and acid, plums, long but there is intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish which, for me, throws things out of whack
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2008 Cantina Terre Del Barolo Barolo
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Perfumed, rose, porty, new oak, spirituous. Nah
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2011 Fontanafredda Langhe Nebbiolo
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Rose, tar, slight leather, dried flowers. Medium plus acid, plum and slight cherry. Bit of a mid scoop. Then front of mouth grip from the medium plus tannins. Finishes a touch warm, but not overly intrusive, on the long, long finish. Very nice.
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2005 Fontanafredda Barolo Serralunga d'Alba
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Farmyard funk, slight cream, slight plum, rose, slight Brett (?), bacon fat/cold meats…In the mouth there is medium plus acid, farmyard, medium plus slight course tannin…nice but lacks a bit of complexity on the palate.
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2004 Prunotto Barbaresco Bric Turot
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
leather, slightly oxidised, slight farmyard, plum, tar, rich - actually, too rich, almost port-like, spice and vanilla…in the mouth the wine is tarry with medium plus tannin - very front of mouth - medium plus acid with flavours of animal and meat. Meh.
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2008 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Cicala
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Cream, vanilla, red cherry and berry, spice, dried flowers, high tannin - thick, ripe, tight…Medium plus acid. A pup. Slight cherry fruit and alcohol warmth, very savoury. Very nice but needs a decade or three.
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2008 Gaja Langhe Nebbiolo Sperss
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Muted (medium minus intensity) aromas of toast, slight bacon fat, slight floral notes, cherry and spice. The wine has medium plus acid and tannin - front of mouth grip dominates with notes of dried flowers. Hmm, a very well made, clean wine but not for $300+ AUD...
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2012 Italo Cescon Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio Vino dell'Amicizia Codroipo
Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Grave
slight stone fruit and grape, melon. Some front of mouth grip, melon balls, fresh acidity. Nice
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2012 Babo Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie
Italy, Delle Venezie
Cream/yoghurt (lees?) over melon and slight spice and mineral notes. The wine finishes slightly bitter.
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2009 Babo Toscana Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Medium minus intensity aromas of cherry, farmyard, herbs and funk. The wine is bone dry, medium plus acid and medium plus grippy, tough, tannin. Bit wet. Slight cherry. Meh.
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2010 Prà Amarone della Valpolicella Morandina
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella
cheesy, slightly meaty and, also, slightly confected over red cherry. The same in the mouth - a savoury meaty and almost oxidised quality with a candy floss and cherry boiled sweet note. It just seems a bit out of whack.
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2010 Tenuta Lilliano Chianti Classico
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Medium plus intensity aromas of caramel, red cherry, spice, sleight leather notes and farmyard funk. On the palate there is leather, cherry, medium plus juicy acidity and grippy tannin. I find the caramel note intrusive but otherwise very nice.
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2010 Fattoria Corzano e Paterno Il Corzanello Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
medium minus intensity aromas of berry and cherry fruit, slight spice. Medium plus acid, medium plus tannin but a bit light on from a flavour intensity point of view.
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