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100% Canaiolo? - 4/27/2008 5:36:09 PM

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Would enjoy tasting an unblended Canaiolo. Searched some, but no success. Any ideas?

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RE: 100% Canaiolo? - 4/27/2008 5:40:54 PM

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Is this what you're looking for?

http://www.enotecalombardi.com/en/ProductDetail.php?c=19901

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RE: 100% Canaiolo? - 4/27/2008 8:07:35 PM

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Yes, that's it, thanks. It looks like some other wineries in the Orvieto area are/may be working with Canaiolo as a stand alone. Tried wine-searcher with that winery, but again no luck. Others may be shipping to north america, my location. I will keep looking.

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RE: 100% Canaiolo? - 4/28/2008 1:29:23 AM

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It's rare to find 100% Canaiolo, but I know of one I like very much. It is an IGT from a producer called Carpineto, and the wine is called "Novello di Toscana".

Here's a link to the producer's site: http://www.carpineto.com/products/specialty_products/novello_di_toscana_eng.htm

(There's also an obscure DOC in the Lazio region called "Colli Etruschi Viterbesi DOC", where one of the sub-types is called either "Colli Etruschi Viterbesi Canaiolo" or "Colli Etruschi Viterbesi Rosso Canaiolo", and it is supposed to be between 85% and 100% Canaiolo. But those wines are so obscure I can't even find them in Italy, unless I travel to Lazio.)

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RE: 100% Canaiolo? - 4/28/2008 7:28:16 AM

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I appreciate your help. From what I've read it is a dark, intensely pigmented grape with relatively high acid, but not a lot of body in the resulting wine. One source indicated that it can gain bitterness with age. May be similar to Petit Verdot in Bordeaux blends - color, structure but not the primary source for nuance.

Anyway, it would be interesting to taste a ripe grape and try a few wines. Carpineto is available in North America but not the Novello. I will keep an eye out for wines from the Lazio DOC, but as you indicated that may be futile.

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RE: 100% Canaiolo? - 8/3/2008 1:03:26 PM

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Another worth trying is Testamatta Canaiolo.

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RE: 100% Canaiolo? - 8/4/2008 6:50:06 AM

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Thanks - I know K&L has the wine. It's one of those wines on my purchase list but I keep passing because the price is high, >$80?, no reviews, and the winery is unknown to me. Some of the other wines they produce were generally enjoyed by CT reviewers so the Canaiolo is probably not much of a gamble.

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