[Blind tasted] This is nothing (yet) like the Rocca 2016 I’ve tasted earlier this year. Very much oak dominated at the moment, I really had to look for fruit. Fruit emerged with pear, peach. Furthermore toasted almonds. With some time it become better and better. Probably needs a couple of years.
[Blind tasted] Medium- intensity on the nose with red fruit (strawberry, cherry), red plum, black fruit. Medium+ acidity, medium tannins, medium finish
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
[Blind tasted] Rather light and elegant for an Amarone, with black currant, black cherry, black berry, raisins, eucalyptus, coffee, chocolate, licorice. Medium+ acidity, medium+ tannins, full bodied, medium+ finish
Light garnet red, medium+ intensity on the nose with sour cherry, cranberry, plum, blackberry, coffee, chocolate, forest ground, autumn leaves, leather. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, high alcohol, full bodied, medium+ acidity
Light brown red. Medium+ intensity on the nose with roses, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, red plum. Licorice, leather. High acidity, high tannins, medium+ acidity, medium finish
Medium+ intensity on the nose with blackberry, black currant, jammy, kirsch, vanilla, leather. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, full bodied, medium+ finish
2019 Pieropan Soave Classico La Rocca
Italy, Veneto, Soave Classico
[Blind tasted] This is nothing (yet) like the Rocca 2016 I’ve tasted earlier this year. Very much oak dominated at the moment, I really had to look for fruit. Fruit emerged with pear, peach. Furthermore toasted almonds. With some time it become better and better. Probably needs a couple of years.
Medium acidity, full bodied, medium+ finish
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2018 Zenato Valpolicella Superiore 86 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Valpolicella Superiore
[Blind tasted] Medium- intensity on the nose with red fruit (strawberry, cherry), red plum, black fruit. Medium+ acidity, medium tannins, medium finish
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2017 Farina Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
[Blind tasted] Rather light and elegant for an Amarone, with black currant, black cherry, black berry, raisins, eucalyptus, coffee, chocolate, licorice. Medium+ acidity, medium+ tannins, full bodied, medium+ finish
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2013 Antinori Chianti Classico Marchese Antinori Riserva Tenuta Tignanello
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Light garnet red, medium+ intensity on the nose with sour cherry, cranberry, plum, blackberry, coffee, chocolate, forest ground, autumn leaves, leather. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, high alcohol, full bodied, medium+ acidity
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2012 Marchesi di Barolo Barolo Riserva
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Light brown red. Medium+ intensity on the nose with roses, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, red plum. Licorice, leather. High acidity, high tannins, medium+ acidity, medium finish
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2013 Vesevo Taurasi
Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG
Medium+ intensity on the nose with blackberry, black currant, jammy, kirsch, vanilla, leather. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, full bodied, medium+ finish
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2020 Masca del Tacco Primitivo di Manduria Lu Rappaio
Italy, Puglia, Primitivo di Manduria
Jammy, red fruit, vanilla. Medium- acidity, high alcohol, full bodied, long finish. Not my cup of tea
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