Querciabella

Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street
Tasted Thursday, July 14, 2022 by chatters with 65 views

Introduction

Another Querciabella tasting at Prince...the usual suspects from different vintages

Flight 1 - chianti classico (3 Notes)

2017 showed well today - finally coming together

  • 2019 Querciabella Chianti Classico

    Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG

    cherry, a little sweet spice, tiny touch of caramel and herby underpin plus a slightly jubey/candy floss note. Medium plus intensity acidity is juicy, cherry, light and slightly coarse tannins, smidge of non-intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish and a touch of greenness. Hmm compared to the 2017 but okay in isolation.

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  • 2017 Querciabella Chianti Classico

    Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG

    On the nose it's quite polished with ripe cherry, a little liquorice, sweet spice, slight white pepper and tobacco leaf notes. Clean. Juicy, fleshy, savoury, cherry, slightly drying persistent tannins travel long and the acid (which tends to Medium plus intensity) lends freshness to the finish. Balanced. Rather nice.

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  • 2018 Querciabella Chianti Classico Riserva

    Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG

    Medium minus intensity aromas of oak, cream red cherry, smells quite concentrated, dense, very slight alcohol prickle, cream, almost a little toast note. Juicy, tight drying tannins feel more wood than fruit driven lending caramel and a touch of cream. though the tannic weight is appropriate for the fruit the oaky flavours rather jar. Balanced by not for me.

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Flight 2 - camartina (3 Notes)

2017 and 2000 (especially the latter)

  • 2017 Querciabella Camartina

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    biscuit, polished oak, blackcurrant, bramble, slight cedar, sweet spice, a little forest floor, clay with time a little almost semi-carbonic fruit purity. Medium plus intensity acidity, cherry, blackcurrant, alcohol warmth, chewy, talc textured tannins all travel long. A little polished oak note on the finish

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  • 2013 Querciabella Camartina

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    Leather, earth, quite a herbaceous leafy notes, slight blackcurrant is meaty, savoury. the impression, on the nose, of a touch of sourness and slightly sharp underpin. Alcohol prickle. Medium plus intensity acidity is a little green on the palate. tight tannins prove a little hard, drying, chalky and green. alcohol warmth. Not very nice. Lacks balance.

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  • 2000 Querciabella Camartina

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    Leather, earth, meaty, a little dusty baking spice, brambles, blackcurrant, cedar. Medium plus intensity acidity is juicy, fleshy, mouthwatering. Tannins are drying and talc textured, they persist long with the brambly, blackcurrant notes accompanied by a little cherry. Yum

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Flight 3 - batar (3 Notes)

2018 needs time, 2016 singing in a bolshy way

  • 2018 Querciabella Batàr

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    Peach, cream, quite rich, slight butter, pear, a slightly savoury underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, pear and pear skin bitterness, tightly textured, leesy notes here as well. Fatness on the mid palate and it proves a little hard and v=bitter on the finish.

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  • 2016 Querciabella Batàr

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    Rich, riper, buttery, peach and pear with a tropical fruit backdrop, a little woody spice. Creamy. Medium minus intensity acidity adds to the overall impression of softness, buttery, slight alcohol warmth, a little pear, textured grip, fat peach, balanced in an outsize way. Nice

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  • 2015 Querciabella Batàr

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    Savoury, a little closed, sweet spice, slightly dusty notes, a little honey, touch of mushroom, kumquat and mandarin. Medium plus intensity acidity, tightly textured, similar fruit profile, it's a little alcoholically warm, out of whack, Nah

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Closing

I do like the Batar but at the price of the best Chardonnay's in Australia it is a bit exe to compete. the older Camartina was very good. And I prefer the Classico to the reserve...regardless a lovely tasting

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