Community Tasting Note

austinwinesalon wrote:

Sunday, June 6, 2010 - Vini Rossi-L'Ultimo Piano (Asti Trattoria): "If Dal Forno or Quintarelli made a merlot......." This was a controversial wine, some loving it and some not (reminiscent of the Nino Negris also at this salon). The afficionados: Powerful, great structure, candied, exotic, wild. For me, it tasted much like a Peter Paul Mounds candy bar, with very strong chocolate and coconut flavors (repeatedly noted by the tasters). Some also noted flavors of pineapple, raisins, cough medicine, caramel, toffee, nougat, vanilla, ripe jam. It was deep garnet in color, with an almost opaque center, and seemed like it had much alcohol, but didn't (13.5%)-- was "Plush." Definitely a one-of-a-kind, quite distinctive wine (like Quintarelli Alzero for cab franc). The critics added: tastes like a Washington syrah, too much "death by oak," "smells like dishwater," too volatile. The "mound" of the top floor.

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