Osteria I Nonni Fall Italian Tasting 2013
I Nonni, St. Paul, MN
Tasted Sunday, November 17, 2013 by rocknroller with 739 views
Introduction
This was the Fall Grand Tasting at I Nonni featuring a wide variety of fine Italian wines and some fabulous food.
Flight 1 (35 Notes)
Closing
WOTN 2010 Antinori Tignanello
NV Berlucchi Guido Franciacorta Cuvée Imperiale Brut 90 Points
Italy, Lombardia, Franciacorta DOCG
Tasting pour. I found this to be quite fresh with apple, crisp acid and some nice minerality. Medium plus finish as well. Well made.
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2012 Livio Felluga Friuli Colli Orientali Pinot Grigio 88 Points
Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Colli Orientali
Tasting pour. Light gold color. As Pinot Grigio goes this is pretty good stuff. Has some decent minerality that is bolstered by some depth of fruit, a bit on the tropical side, subtle oak influence. This offers some complexity compared to most of the drivel labeled PG. 88+pts.
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2011 Ca' Marcanda (Gaja) Vistamare Toscana IGT 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Tasting pour. Pale green-white color. Interesting blend of Vermentino/Chard/Sauv Blanc. very nice nose bursting with florals, citrus, and dry earth. The palate is bright and layered with citrus, grapefruit, lemon, and has a bracing minerality. Finishes quite long. Intriguing wine.
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2009 Cafaggio Chianti Classico Villa Cafaggio Riserva 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Tasting pour. Dark red color. Nose is bright cherry, ripe, berry, with some darker plum notes, wood spices, oak. The palate is approachable now with bright fruit, cherry, plum, berry, oak, spice, and round amiable tannins. Pretty nice. 90(+)pts.
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2008 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Tasting pour. dark red color. Complex nose, nice, roasted meats, smoke, savory, floral, minerals. The palate is layered, consistent, adds kirsch, medium body, long finish with velvety tannins. 93(+)pts.
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2009 Gaja Barbaresco 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Tasting pour, dark red color. This is pretty tight still, it does loosen up somewhat to show florals, leather, raspberry, light spice, earth. The palate is berry, spice, oak, and firmly tannic. Needs 2+ years. 91(+)pts. First bottle was corked.
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2007 Gaja Barolo Dagromis 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour. Spices, cinnamon, wood, cherry. The palate has new oak and firm tannins. This shows nice potential. 91-92pts.
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2010 Uccelliera Rosso di Montalcino 87 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino
Tasting pour. Ruby red color. Cherry nose with metallic notes, tart cherry palate, firm, grippy tannins. Young. 87(+)pts. Aging could soften this and improve it 1-2 pts.
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2007 Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Tasted twice. The nose offers a great perfume of sandalwood, leather, florals, raspberry, smoke, spice. The palate while young is now drinking considerably better than just a year ago. Nice depth and complexity, raspberry, cherry, layered fruit, leather, spices, long finish. Tannins are round, firmish but not aggressive. I like where this is going. 93+pts.
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2008 Azienda Agricola Vigin Barbaresco Noemy 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Tasted twice. Medium dark red color. Brown sugar, berry, cherry, ripe, vanilla. The palate has ripe berry fruit, tasty, vanilla, modern, pretty big, soft texture with nice depth of fruit, sliky tannins, approachable now.
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2007 Sottimano Barbaresco Cottá 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Tasted twice. Medium dark red color. Earthy, subtle oak, nicely floral, sandalwood, raspberry, cherry, medium body, kirsch, medium plus finish, quite firm tannins (some heat).
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2008 Fratelli Revello Barolo 90 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour. Nicely delineated nose of pure cherry, spices, oak. Primary, cherry, oak, big tannins yet.
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2008 Fratelli Revello Barolo Vigna Conca 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour. This is a nice step up from the base Barolo. Lots going on here, cherry, raspberry, strawberry fruits on the nose with licorice, and damp earth. The palate has a consistent array of red fruits with licorice, spice, earth, kirsch, silkier tannins and a long finish. 92(+)pts.
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2009 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sorì Ginestra 94 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Well I wish I would have taken notes on this one. The only thing I wrote down was "Great". 94(+)pts.
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2007 Lisini Brunello di Montalcino 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
This was a honey. Approachable, with nice fruit, cherry, leather, dried berry, spice, medium body and a long finish. Pretty elegant stuff.
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2007 Pertimali (Livio Sassetti) Brunello di Montalcino 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Tasting pour. Dried cherries and berries, underbrush, leather, firmer tannins, medium finish. Nose trumps the palate.
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2008 Ca' Rugate Amarone della Valpolicella 89 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella
I thought this has a very pretty nose with ripe dark berry fruits and floral notes along with spice, the palate was young and at least currently doesn't match the nose in finesse, firm tannins, medium finish. I do think this may flesh out and improve moderately with some time 89(+)pts.
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2007 Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
Italy, Abruzzi, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
Medium dark gold color. Tasting pour. Well this was certainly a curiosity. I'm not sure I would say I liked it, but it was definitely different. The nose offers nuts, pine nuts, earth, citrus. The palate strikes me as oxidative, nail polish, bitter nuts, citrus, melon, and a sense of alcohol on the finish. Hmmm. I would be curious to know if this is typical. Based on this tasting, 80pts.
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2010 I Vigneri di Salvo Foti Etna Rosso 90 Points
Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC
Tasting pour. This was drinking quite nicely. Ruby color, nice, cherry, very floral, pinot-like, light body, medium plus finish. 90+pts.
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2007 Baricci Brunello di Montalcino 91 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Tasting pour. Cherry, baked cherry, plum, smoke, some wood, medium body, cherry palate, spice, medium plus finish. 91+pts.
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2003 Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Italy, Abruzzi, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Tasting pour. For whatever reason, this didn't really come across as stellar today. It was good, but it did seem a bit on the simple side. Several others seemed to concur. Maybe this was an aberration. Score withheld. Impression today was 88+pts.
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2006 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Ca d'Morissio Riserva Monprivato 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour. Very nice red fruit, elegant, earth, mineral, leather. Showing quite well currently. 92+(+)pts.
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2005 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 90 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour. Earth, more subtle nose, tighter, red fruits, the palate is bigger, some alcohol showing, big tannins, wood spice. This still seems very youthful and not fully integrated currently. 90+(+)
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2007 Roccolo Grassi Amarone della Valpolicella 91 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella
Tasting pour. dark color. sweet nose of ripe red fruit, dried cherry, dried prune, anise, berry. Fairly dense on the palate, sweet edges to the lush red fruits. Chocolate, less raisin character, full body, nicely balanced and complex, long finish. 91+pts.
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NV Marchese Antinori Franciacorta Tenuta Montenisa Brut 88 Points
Italy, Lombardia, Franciacorta DOCG
tasting pour. light, orchard fruit, fairly crisp, good.
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2008 Prunotto Barolo 88 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Young with very gripping tannins, pure red fruits, spice and licorice notes. 88(+)pts.
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2010 Antinori Tignanello 95 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Tasting pour x 2. This was undoubtedly my WOTN. Very clearly a Wow wine, this truly impresses with an amazing nose, layered and complex, beautifully perfumed and continually showing something more, gorgeous black fruits, crème de cassis, deep dark red fruits, graphite, leather, chocolate and vanilla. The palate is full bodied while exhibiting a pure elegance to the vibrant lush fruits dark fruits, vanilla, chocolate, graphite, and delicate spices. This finishes long and seductively. 94 to 95 pts.
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2006 Pian Delle Vigne (Antinori) Brunello di Montalcino 89 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Tasting pour x 2. This oozed sweaty saddle leather, stinky barnyard and dank earth, all of which followed to a somewhat vegetal, barnyard palate, with grippy tannins. Tried this several times thinking it had to get better, but it stayed very one dimensional. 89(?)
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NV Borgo Maragliano Chardonnay Brut 87 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Asti, Loazzolo
Tasting pour. A little on the sweet side, apple, fairly simple. A decent QPR.
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2012 Kellerei Bozen / Cantina Bolzano Weissburgunder Pinot Bianco Dellago 88 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Tasting pour. Nose and palate offer ample amounts of lychee and grapefruit along with good acids and nice minerality.
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2010 Marjan Simčič Pinot Noir Selekcija 87 Points
Slovenia, Primorska, Goriška Brda
Tasting pour. Nose has blueberry, vanilla, floral; the palate shows blue and red fruits, slightly sweet, vanilla, medium body, underbrush.
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2008 Ca' del Baio Barbaresco Pora 88 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Tasting pour. This had a lovely nose, very floral, bright red fruits. the palate was still young and primary with red fruits and firm tannic structure. Shows good potential. 88(+)pts.
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2008 Andrea Oberto Barolo 90 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour x 2. I found this more approachable than many of the wines today. Nose features cherry, leather, violets, spice. The palate has a nice mouth feel, with red fruits, licorice and nice spice together with a medium finish. The tannins are not aggressive but are prominent. this is a wine you can drink now and not be disappointed.
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2008 Podere Ruggeri Corsini Barolo Bussia 88 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour. This was pretty closed down, cherry core with oak and firm tannins right now.
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2007 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo Cannubbio 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasting pour x 2. Nose shows kirsch, earthy, roses, raspberry, cherry, bright, mineral spirits. The palate is medium bodied, fairly silky texture, kirsch, raspberry, glycerin, licorice and spice. Medium plus finish.
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