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Tasting of Foradori and Montesecondo with Elisabetta Foradori and Silvio Messana
San Francisco Wine Trading Company
Tasted February 23, 2014 by drwine2001 with 648 views
Flight 1 - Foradori (4 notes)
The white was somewhat of a revelation and the reds interesting and pure.
White
2012 Foradori Manzoni Bianco Fontanasanta
Medium yellow. Slightly aromatic. Medium body, smooth feel. Tropical fruit and citrus, minimal residual sugar, pungent finish with some bitters. Fascinating and really good for current drinking.
Red
2011 Foradori
Deep ruby almost to rim. Anise nose. Very smooth, lush entry, deep blackberry fruit, a touch of inner mouth florality. Long yet lively and pungent, good grip at the back end with substantial grainy tannins. Interesting and very much like a northern Rhone Syrah.
Red
2011 Foradori Teroldego Morei Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Incredible opaque purple. Earthy tones. Big wine with black fruit leavened by high acidity and clay on the finish along with soft tannins. Not forbidding but definitely could use more time.
Red
2010 Foradori Granato
Not quite as inky as the other 2 reds. Closed aromatically. Tight and more backward. Noticeable wood base, sweeter black fruit, smokiness and slightly astringent wood tannins. A baby and much to admire, but the oak detracted a bit compared to the purity of the first 2 Teroldegos.
Flight 2 - Montesecondo (4 notes)
I loved the fact that these wines also had very little in the way of make up. The Cabernet/Petit Verdot blend was good enough to overcome my general antipathy toward Bordeaux style wines.
Red
2011 Montesecondo Rosso Toscana IGT
Light ruby color. Light cherry aromatics. Light to medium weight. Fluid and supple. Nice interplay of red fruits and pine needles. Easygoing, forward, no tannin to speak of. Enjoyable quaffer.
Red
2011 Montesecondo TÏN Toscana IGT
Deeper ruby than the Rosso. Lower pitched black cherry nose. More texture than the previous wine with a lovely (and lively) tart bite and good soil and minerality on the slightly puckery finish. Very good and even better with a few years to round out.
Red
2010 Montesecondo Chianti Classico
Out of magnum. Medium ruby with faded rim. Complex mix of red fruits and herbs on the nose. Light but good sappiness, ever so slight amount of wood. Delicious subtle fruit (ripe but not sweet), great embedded acidity, good length and not much remaining tannin with an excellent sense of terroir at the end. Marvelous now and over the next 5 years, I'd imagine.
Red
2011 Montesecondo Il Rospo Toscana IGT
Shockingly deep colored compared to the Sangiovese-based wines before it. Strong mint tones. Medium weight with intense, ripe, sweet blackcurrant fruit, round, ripe tannins, and excellent length. It seems somewhere between a Bordeaux and a New World Cabernet. Suffice it to say that it is terrific now but will certainly improve.
Closing
An exciting and consistent array of wines from these 2 estates. Grazie mille to these producers for their generosity and graciousness in showing the wines and fielding questions about them. Bravo!