Vina di Tavoloa - the People's Wines of Italy Sydney

An opportunity to try some Italian wines a little more off the beaten track than the normal Piemonte, Sicilian and Tuscan fayre.

• 2016 Azienda Agricola Toblâr Ramato Venezia Giulia IGT

  Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Venezia Giulia IGT

  Mineral; quite wet stone initially, cream, butter, a little muted spiced pear and pear skin. Savoury, textured, fruit a little muted on the palate. Hmm

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• 2016 Tenuta di Aglaea Terre Siciliane Bianco

  Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane

  A little peach and peach stone with a waxy, slightly meaty quality and a little sweet spice and fresh herbs. Juicy, fresh, waxy textured, a little almond meal. Hmm.

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• 2017 Fontaleoni Vernaccia di San Gimignano

  Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, Vernaccia di San Gimignano

  Grapefruit, tomato leaf, beef, a slightly metallic note, a little bees was, a little sour, savoury and waxy in the mouth with a little burr on the mid palate. Meh.

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• 2016 Ottin Petite Arvine

  Italy, Valle d'Aosta

  A little citrus, a little chicken quality, fresh herbs. Bitter, savoury, hard and quite unpleasant on the palate. Nah.

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• 2016 Cascina Feipu dei Massaretti Pigato Riviera Ligure di Ponente

  Italy, Liguria, Riviera Ligure di Ponente

  Medium minus intensity aromas of white pepper, herbs, spice, tomato leaf. Savoury and sharp on the palate. Textured. Persistent. But it's a bit meh for me.

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• 2017 Fattoria Nicodemi Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Le Murate

  Italy, Abruzzi, Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo

  pretty candied strawberry with a little apple, cream, some muted white pepper spice. Juicy, fleshy, candied but with a savoury underpin and a little front of mouth grip. Okay.

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• 2017 Damiano Ciolli Cesanese di Olevano Romano Superiore Silene

  Italy, Latium, Cesanese di Olevano Romano

  Black tea, blood, a little wet hay and black cherry. On the palate it's sourly juicy with muted cherry and tongue coating, drying tannic grip. Meh.

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• 2016 Il Paradiso (Manfredi) Toscana IGT

  Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

  Medium minus intensity aromas of maraschino cherry. In the moot it's all juicy cherry - though savoury not jubey - with silky tannins that are none the less drying. It's a bit short but perfectly pleasant.

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• 2016 Lenotti Bardolino Classico

  Italy, Veneto, Bardolino Classico

  tomato and tomato leaf, cream, cherry and a strawberry, sweet spice. Juicy, savoury, fruit, slightly bitter, talc textured tannins. Short but nice. Good QPR.

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• 2016 Giuseppe Campagnola Corte Agnella

  Italy

  Meaty, struck match, red berried fruit, a little liquorice. Juicy, mouth watering acidity, red berried fruit that the tannins embrace and coax on the medium plus length finish. Wonderfully balanced. Lovely.

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• 2015 Sassotondo Ciliegiolo Maremma Toscana

  Italy, Tuscany, Maremma, Maremma Toscana

  Very slightly baked black hued fruit, slight sour cherry and berry, stony, earthy. Initially juicy, slightly warm fruit then a bucket load of savoury, meaty, unapologetically grippy, chalky, raspy tannins. Time but rather nice.

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• 2016 Dirupi Rosso di Valtellina "Olé!"

  Italy, Lombardia, Valtellina, Rosso di Valtellina

  Medium minus aromas of jubey cherry, perhaps a tiny smidge of cork taint, Dried orange peel, the fruit is rather lost beneath drying gritty tannins, the acid persists. Not sure if it's flawed so benefit of the doubt. Time will help a clean bottle.

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Interesting tasting. Italy is so vast in wine making terms…and there is so much to learn. A more pleasant exercise might be to attempt to do Italy with the appropriate dishes/food for the wines…one to ponder. The Corvina and the Cigliegiolo were my picks on this occasion.