Gorgeous brick cinnamon color, deep dark briary fruits with dirt rosemary OLD WORLD nose. Love this stuff. smooth, linear, focused in mouth, long finish. The perfect pasta/casual southern Italy food wine. Buy this buy the caseload if you can still find it....wish I could.
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Light purple with some brickis tones. Raspberry, blueberry and some greenness. Pomegranite, plums, some tartness, smooth, integrated tannnins, and a medium finish. Very good QPR for $10. These (and other) minor Italian varietals are well worth searching out.
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Cherry, cedar and spice on the nose. Medium-bodied with angular tannins and a touch of rusticity on the palate. The '01 was a much better drink, with the '03 just behind the '01 in terms of complexity and overall satisfaction. The '04 is pretty at times, but it's real (only?) saving grace is its acidity, which allowed it to pair satisfactorily with a homemade meat-based red sauce. Looking forward to the '05. Approx $11, drink thru 2012.
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Taurino présente un 2004, composé de 85% de negroamaro et de 15% de malvasia nera, raffiné et frais, aux saveurs pures et précises, jouant dans la sphère de la cerise à l'eau-de-vie, du poivre et des zestes d'orange, aux tannins tout aussi fins et à l'acidité juste dosée. Il sera suivi sous peu du réussi 2006, encore plus frais et digeste ( !), et ils succomberont tous deux à la rencontre d'une focaccia au pesto de tomates séchées ou à la sauce tomate (idéalement de longue cuisson), olives noires et thym séché, viandes rouges grillées.
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Higher acidity, not quite enough tannin balance for me. Lighter overall mouthfeel. Cherry jam, cranberry, a little earthy hint. Not bad, just needs a good fatty food pairing for the acid to cut through.
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Popped and poured. Sour cherries and blood. Very rustic nose combining bright red fruits (cherries, currants, and cranberries) with lots of Italian countryside (bret, rust, blood). Nice hints of burnt coca from the oak aging. Very rustic and "raw" palate; lots of rust and blood followed by sweet cherries and sour raspberries before the finish. Lighter tannins give a rustic, leathery finish with not much length.
Style & Quality rating: B. Not a bad wine but one that did not impress me.The sweet and sour component on the palate is interesting but the acidity is there in spades and gives the wine a very rough texture.It almost fights its way across your palate. More body or tannin on the finish might bring the wine into better balance. Definitely pair with a tomato based red sauce. If you do not like rustic, "unsophisticated" wines you will not like this one.
Value rating: B+. $9.99 is a fair price for this wine.
Overall: B
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Pleasant ripe, sweet cherry and strawberry, almost tutti-frutti sort of nose. Also a bit rustic, brambly, hot. More sweet red fruit on the palate. Dusty earthiness underlying. Not too heavy on the tannins. Medium body. Alcohol is present but not overwhelming, and finish is fine but unremarkable. Overall, a mellow, soft, fruity red. Very enjoyable. Doesn't rock my socks off, but perfectly food-friendly, hearty, and enjoyable.
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Others who tasted it at the same time at our tasting said-- -Acidic, plasticky smell -Odeaur de Reebok, sweet drinking, Barbie -Astringent, phenolic, rough, Barbera? -Almost light brown in color, Stinks, funky, vinyl smell and aftertaste, tastes better than it smells, smooth, wine lover's wine -Sharp odor, astringent smell, bitter aftertaste, but this blew off, very nice flavor after that -Smells of new sneakers, not a lot of flavor, hard to get past the smell. Awful -Astringent, but got better as it opened and paired well with food -Chemical nose, acrid taste
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The ole standby is out with a new vintage. I had been concerned as the price at my LWS has been creeping up to $15 making this less of a qpr but I found it at Total Wine for $9 (with a case discount). This one is closer to the restrained ’01 and ’99 (if you can ever call a southern Italian wine restrained) than it is to riper, more burly ’03 and ’00. The barrique treatment is there but more subdued than last year (and by the way, the ’03 has turned into a deeelicious wine as the oak integrated). It’s got that rustic flavor profile and sweet ripe fruit with just enough acidity to make it the perfect foil for anything red sauce or with Italian grill.
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7/20/2011 - BillB656 Likes this wine:
The old standby is showing pretty nicely. Plenty of fruit left mixed with some integrated oak and earth. Perfect with pepperoni pizza.
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12/22/2010 - BillB656 Likes this wine:
Used for cooking. Tastes as good as ever. Ripe, earthy, lots of life left
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11/21/2010 - AndrewR wrote: 91 Points
Gorgeous brick cinnamon color, deep dark briary fruits with dirt rosemary OLD WORLD nose. Love this stuff. smooth, linear, focused in mouth, long finish. The perfect pasta/casual southern Italy food wine. Buy this buy the caseload if you can still find it....wish I could.
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1/11/2010 - merryberry wrote: 88 Points
Light purple with some brickis tones. Raspberry, blueberry and some greenness. Pomegranite, plums, some tartness, smooth, integrated tannnins, and a medium finish. Very good QPR for $10. These (and other) minor Italian varietals are well worth searching out.
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1/8/2010 - Tim Heaton wrote:
Cherry, cedar and spice on the nose. Medium-bodied with angular tannins and a touch of rusticity on the palate. The '01 was a much better drink, with the '03 just behind the '01 in terms of complexity and overall satisfaction. The '04 is pretty at times, but it's real (only?) saving grace is its acidity, which allowed it to pair satisfactorily with a homemade meat-based red sauce. Looking forward to the '05. Approx $11, drink thru 2012.
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12/17/2009 - Markshawphotos wrote: 84 Points
Popped and poured. Light feel, finished nicely. A good buy at $12
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11/21/2009 - philhamelin wrote:
Taurino présente un 2004, composé de 85% de negroamaro et de 15% de malvasia nera, raffiné et frais, aux saveurs pures et précises, jouant dans la sphère de la cerise à l'eau-de-vie, du poivre et des zestes d'orange, aux tannins tout aussi fins et à l'acidité juste dosée. Il sera suivi sous peu du réussi 2006, encore plus frais et digeste ( !), et ils succomberont tous deux à la rencontre d'une focaccia au pesto de tomates séchées ou à la sauce tomate (idéalement de longue cuisson), olives noires et thym séché, viandes rouges grillées.
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11/9/2009 - psych49 wrote: 83 Points
Higher acidity, not quite enough tannin balance for me. Lighter overall mouthfeel. Cherry jam, cranberry, a little earthy hint. Not bad, just needs a good fatty food pairing for the acid to cut through.
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10/10/2009 - brun98 wrote:
like this wine very much. nose very unique to italy. good color and depth. definitely identifies place. Great value. Paired well with beef. Buy again!
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6/18/2009 - WineKnurd wrote: 85 Points
Popped and poured. Sour cherries and blood. Very rustic nose combining bright red fruits (cherries, currants, and cranberries) with lots of Italian countryside (bret, rust, blood). Nice hints of burnt coca from the oak aging. Very rustic and "raw" palate; lots of rust and blood followed by sweet cherries and sour raspberries before the finish. Lighter tannins give a rustic, leathery finish with not much length.
Style & Quality rating: B. Not a bad wine but one that did not impress me.The sweet and sour component on the palate is interesting but the acidity is there in spades and gives the wine a very rough texture.It almost fights its way across your palate. More body or tannin on the finish might bring the wine into better balance. Definitely pair with a tomato based red sauce. If you do not like rustic, "unsophisticated" wines you will not like this one.
Value rating: B+. $9.99 is a fair price for this wine.
Overall: B
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5/23/2009 - AFreyfromDC wrote: 86 Points
Pleasant ripe, sweet cherry and strawberry, almost tutti-frutti sort of nose. Also a bit rustic, brambly, hot. More sweet red fruit on the palate. Dusty earthiness underlying. Not too heavy on the tannins. Medium body. Alcohol is present but not overwhelming, and finish is fine but unremarkable. Overall, a mellow, soft, fruity red. Very enjoyable. Doesn't rock my socks off, but perfectly food-friendly, hearty, and enjoyable.
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3/15/2009 - BillB656 wrote:
Delightful red sauce wine. Rich ripe fruit, good acidity, fine tannins. It’s refreshing and cleansing.
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3/4/2009 - french16 wrote: flawed
Corked
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2/7/2009 - Pool Boy wrote: 89 Points
Italian Reds Night at Casa T&D (Casa T&D): Lighter, new plastique, vinyl, Sharpie marker, smalls hot, but tasty, nice. 89-90pts.
Others who tasted it at the same time at our tasting said--
-Acidic, plasticky smell
-Odeaur de Reebok, sweet drinking, Barbie
-Astringent, phenolic, rough, Barbera?
-Almost light brown in color, Stinks, funky, vinyl smell and aftertaste, tastes better than it smells, smooth, wine lover's wine
-Sharp odor, astringent smell, bitter aftertaste, but this blew off, very nice flavor after that
-Smells of new sneakers, not a lot of flavor, hard to get past the smell. Awful
-Astringent, but got better as it opened and paired well with food
-Chemical nose, acrid taste
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2/6/2009 - BillB656 wrote:
The ole standby is out with a new vintage. I had been concerned as the price at my LWS has been creeping up to $15 making this less of a qpr but I found it at Total Wine for $9 (with a case discount). This one is closer to the restrained ’01 and ’99 (if you can ever call a southern Italian wine restrained) than it is to riper, more burly ’03 and ’00. The barrique treatment is there but more subdued than last year (and by the way, the ’03 has turned into a deeelicious wine as the oak integrated). It’s got that rustic flavor profile and sweet ripe fruit with just enough acidity to make it the perfect foil for anything red sauce or with Italian grill.
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