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Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 4:56:56 AM   
Maestro

 

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Status: offline 		Just got my first 4 cases of the 2005 Contado from Di Majo Norante. The wine continues to be sold at €9, despite having been given 91 points by Bob Parker himself for the 2003 vintage, and 90 points by Galloni for the 2004. Galloni has already reviewed the 2005, gave it 89 points, and confirmed it was a great bargain.

Molise is in middle-of-nowhere, Southern Italy, and that is why the price remains so accessible. If you find the wine, go for it (all vintages have been great since 2001).
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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 5:15:32 AM   
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Agreed. The wines I have had from Molise have been quite respectable -- particularly for the price.  Your "first 4 cases" -- do you have glass or so for breakfast?

More seriously, what is your sense of the aging potential for this wine -- and the previous vintages?

Cheers,

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 5:42:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		John, I think that 10 years is the range of this wine. I think it drinks well from 4 years after the vintage and then for another 5-7 years thereafter.

Aglianico from the Taurasi DOCG in Campania ages for much much longer (20+ in good vintages), but it is also much more expensive.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 5:48:23 AM   
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Thanks for the quick and helpful reply. Any meaningful evolution in those 5-7 years? I assume a bit softer over time? Also, I have had trouble picking up the fruit in the few of these I have had -- maybe I just don't label "dark fruit" (which some describe) as fruit. Any thoughts about this?

J.


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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 6:35:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		Oh crap.  I've just gone and bought a case of the 2004.  I am so weak. 

First Wrighty gives me tips and I end up spending £600 before I start work in the morning on wine that I can't even drink until I am 60, and now I'm buying 12 bottles of wine based on Maestros recommendation.

Note to self:  Stop reading this web forum.  it is getting too expensive for me.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 7:06:27 AM   
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Oh crap.  I've just gone and bought a case of the 2004.  I am so weak. 

First Wrighty gives me tips and I end up spending £600 before I start work in the morning on wine that I can't even drink until I am 60, and now I'm buying 12 bottles of wine based on Maestros recommendation.

Note to self:  Stop reading this web forum.  it is getting too expensive for me.


At least the Contado is cheap. How much did you pay?

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 7:32:44 AM   
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Oh no, now I'm being weak........ log off, log off, log off........

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 7:42:03 AM   
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M,

Thanks for the quick and helpful reply. Any meaningful evolution in those 5-7 years? I assume a bit softer over time? Also, I have had trouble picking up the fruit in the few of these I have had -- maybe I just don't label "dark fruit" (which some describe) as fruit. Any thoughts about this?

J.



J,

Yeah, it does develop in those 5-7 years, as tannins break down and it gets smoother. The aromatics also display a bit more of dark chocolate and black peppers. But the wine drinks well in the period staring three years after vintage and you can get it to open up by decanting it for 3 hours or so.

The fruit is usually quite easy to pick up -- but it is old-world style of fruit, so if you are benchmarking it against, say, Australian Shiraz, then yes, the fruit is not as obvious. It is usually dark fruit (think, black currant, black cherries, blueberries).

/M.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/1/2008 10:09:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		I enjoyed this, '04 Di Majo Norante Ramitello, a couple days ago. It is a 85/15 Montepulciano/Aglianico blend. Very similar look and feel as the Aglianico with, perhaps, a bit more elegance. Nice wine - good price.

http://www.cellartracker.com/editnote.asp?iWine=480449&iNote=840636

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/2/2008 1:10:15 AM   
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Your "first 4 cases" -- do you have glass or so for breakfast?




It is the current "house wine" here. At €9 -- and with that quality level -- it is around for everything, from casual drinking to cooking to serving large parties.

We're out of the 2003 as a house wine. I have about 4 bottles left and they are being aged to see how that goes. We're currently going through the 2004 as a house wine. Still a few cases left.

And now I have the 2005 to look forward to when we run out of the 2004.

This is currently for me what the "Norton Privada" is for the Colonel.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/2/2008 5:24:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		Maestro, Wighty - I paid £8.95 for it (about 12 euros).

Bought it from Lea & Sandeman internet wine company based in London.

Wrighty - we could always have a quick taste when you are at my place.

I went mad yesterday and ended up spending about £500 quid on wine on the internet in about 10 minutes.  It all started as soon as I saw Maestro's recommendation..

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/2/2008 7:14:26 AM   
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I went mad yesterday and ended up spending about £500 quid on wine on the internet in about 10 minutes.  It all started as soon as I saw Maestro's recommendation..


I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact and was in no way fair comment and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/2/2008 12:01:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Maestro,  With language like that I can tell that you lived in California.

I promise not to sue.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 12:32:29 AM   
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An excellent recommendation.  Got home last night to find 12 bottles had been delivered.  Cracked one open last night.

Much lighter than expected - good earthy notes, good complexity.  I'll stick a tasting note up later, but it is a very good wine.

I wont sue you now for making me spend all that money.

Wrighty on the other hand....my lawyers will be in touch

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 12:34:57 PM   
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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 2:25:47 PM   
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Did you get the 2004 or the 2005.  I'm considering the 2004 right now.

Thanks,

Bruce

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 2:31:01 PM   
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Glad you liked it, Paul.


Maestro - Do you prefer the 2003, 004 or 2005 vintage?   Is the 2005 or 2003 vintage worth an additional $3/bottle more than the 2004?

Thanks

< Message edited by Blue Shorts -- 11/6/2008 2:59:40 PM >

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 4:03:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		OK.  I waited 15 minutes and no response from anyone!!!!!  Sooooo.  I ordered a case of the 2003 vintage.

Damn you, Maestro!!!! 

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 7:53:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		All this talk of this stuff, I had to find out what it is all about myself.

Found some of the 05 at a local shop, so I picked up a couple.  Probably try out next week.

Thanks for the recommendation.


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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 8:29:10 PM   
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OK.  I waited 15 minutes and no response from anyone!!!!!  Sooooo.  I ordered a case of the 2003 vintage.

Damn you, Maestro!!!! 


I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact and was in no way fair comment and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future...

I do think the 2003 is a bit stronger than the others, but they are all fine wines...

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 8:29:12 PM   
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OK.  I waited 15 minutes and no response from anyone!!!!!  Sooooo.  I ordered a case of the 2003 vintage.

Damn you, Maestro!!!! 


I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact and was in no way fair comment and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future...

I do think the 2003 is a bit stronger than the others, but they are all fine wines...

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 9:30:41 PM   
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I do think the 2003 is a bit stronger than the others, but they are all fine wines...


That is the correct answer!!!  

Regardless of whether it's true or not, I appreciate the thought. 

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/6/2008 9:57:39 PM   
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...... and their Sangiovese is good too ...... quite reasonable at about $7-9 US (depending on where you get it)


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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/7/2008 1:05:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		I ordered the 2004.  A very very good wine - fairly light/medium bodied.  Excellent house wine.  I had another bottle last night.  Bad boy!!!!  Must leave it alone.

Maestro - how long would you suggest aging these wines for?  They seem to be drinking fantastically well right now.  I dont have enough experience of these wines to make a decision on how long to cellar them.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/7/2008 1:17:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		They will hold well enough for another 5-7 years (funny enough, that timeframe applies to the 2003, 2004, and 2005 vintages, starting from now, as the 03 is a bit more robust than the 04, and the 04 a bit more than the 05).

As they age they losse a bit of the fruity aromas, which are replaced by a more chocolatey/mocha/earth component. But they don't change dramatically and they will drink well through the whole period.

The only way I get to age this wine is by setting apart a few bottles from one vintage as I buy the next vintage to serve as one of the house wines. Otherwise they will vanish in one year -- it's so easy to drink.

Incidentally, I think I bought too much of "house wines" right now. I have 7 cases of the Contado (between 2004 and 2005), plus cases of this, this, and this, all under the excuse of "house wines". Time to stop...

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/7/2008 1:19:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Maestro, I think it is important to have a wide selection of "house wines".  You certainly have that with your selection.  You can't drink the same wine every day - keep lots of house wines.  You know you should.  It makes sense.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/7/2008 4:29:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		OK.  OK.  I can't take it anymore.  My local store has the '04 for US $12 a bottle.  That is hard to pass up in light of the reviews this wine has been getting here.  I'm picking up a case tomorrow.  If it wasn't so close by, I might be able to skip it - but there are few things as enjoyable as stocking the cellar. 

Except maybe emptying it a bottle at a time...

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/8/2008 12:54:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		Maestro should be on a commision from the vineyard - he seems to have shifted quite a bit of wine for them.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/8/2008 10:28:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		We tried the 05 out last night.  Really soft and flavorful stuff.  I left half of the bottle over for today to let this infant open up a little more to really see what it can do.

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RE: Di Majo Norante Contado Aglianico 2005 - 11/10/2008 11:54:01 AM   
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http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=409494

Definitely come together nicely on day two and even held up on day 3.  Excellent recommendation.  Thanks all!

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