Community Tasting Notes 7

• Winiac wrote: 93 points

  April 23, 2024 - Cherry red color with candy and violet bouquet. Balanced alcohol and acid plus. Medium body and velvety tannins. Medium to long finish with good focus of flavors.

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• #1 or #2? Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 6, 2024 - light and clear in appearance. very fragrant bouquet, floral, dusty, and mineral with a touch of tart red berry fruit. you expect a palate that's punchy, slightly tart or sour but it never comes. rather, it's a nicely balanced slightly sweet fruity entry with an earthy mineral-laden core that's silky textured. that mineral flavour holds long on the finish. great value at <$30. 91+

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• lifeattable Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 2, 2022 - Interesting reading thru the other tasting notes… these people clearly have no idea what to expect in a Frappato. Which is totally fine, btw, not a knock on them, but for someone considering trying this wine, know that it is a fantastic example of Frappato typicity. Dark cherries, and a huge amount of dusty earth and minerals. Light and nimble, intoxicatingly fragrant and brilliantly acidic. If anything maybe a touch hot (prefer 12-12.5 for this variety). Certainly not the wine for Napa Cab lovers, but anyone into more elegant reds should give it a go.
  
  Edit: left about a half glass on the counter overnight and it still smelled/tasted great 24h later.

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• rmalloy Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 19, 2022 - Fascinating wine. Its semitransparent appearance is deceiving, because it tastes like a concentrated red fruit paste, with hibiscus and spice accents. The bitterness on the finish adds interest. Very distinctive; I can’t think of another wine that tastes like this.

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• gilrbo wrote:

  March 12, 2022 - PnP, drunk over dinner, then the leftovers on day two.
  On day 1 the nose was dominated by blackberries/blackberry jam, which was almost too sweet for me. On the palate it was well balanced and easy to drink, without much complexity. Things improved on day two, with the nose becoming more subtle, still fruity, but less in-your-face fruity.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type Red
• Producer Valle dell'Acate
• Varietal Frappato
• Designation Il Frappato
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Sicily
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Vittoria DOC
• UPC Code 8002621000034

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• In Cellars 46 (48%)
• Consumed 50 (52%)

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