Color: medium dark orange/gold Nose: medium-full intensity. Complex dried dark and tropical fruit; floral Body/flavor: medium-full body. Delicious sweet and yet dry as well, complex dried fruits. Well-balanced... a tad hot because of alcohol. Aftertaste: lingering, very nice finish.
Grape varieties: Biancolella, Forastera, Uva Rilla, San Lunardo and Coglionara
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A private lunch (Restaurant The Woodspeen *, Woodspeen (Newbury), UK): An off-dry dessert wine from the island of Ischia, made with Biancolella 40%, Forastera 30%, Uva Rilla 10% , San Lunardo 10% and Coglionara 10%, 18 months in oak, 6 months in bottle, 14% ABV. Medium amber golden colour; very aromatic nose of peach, bitter orange and warm spice, floral lift, good depth; the palate is rich and full but drier than the nose would suggest, with refreshing acidity; perfumed finish, good length.
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5/7/2021 - OldwineinVT Likes this wine: 93 Points
16% ABV
Color: medium dark orange/gold
Nose: medium-full intensity. Complex dried dark and tropical fruit; floral
Body/flavor: medium-full body. Delicious sweet and yet dry as well, complex dried fruits. Well-balanced... a tad hot because of alcohol.
Aftertaste: lingering, very nice finish.
Grape varieties: Biancolella, Forastera, Uva Rilla, San Lunardo and Coglionara
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6/4/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
A private lunch (Restaurant The Woodspeen *, Woodspeen (Newbury), UK): An off-dry dessert wine from the island of Ischia, made with Biancolella 40%, Forastera 30%, Uva Rilla 10% , San Lunardo 10% and Coglionara 10%, 18 months in oak, 6 months in bottle, 14% ABV. Medium amber golden colour; very aromatic nose of peach, bitter orange and warm spice, floral lift, good depth; the palate is rich and full but drier than the nose would suggest, with refreshing acidity; perfumed finish, good length.
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