2011 Gulfi Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  8/2/2016 - OttawaB Likes this wine: 90 Points

  13.5% alc.
  A blend of 50/50 Frappato and Nero D'Avola grapes, harvested and fermentated separately, but both coming from a single vineyard located in Chiaramonte Gulfi, Monti Iblei region (Ragusa).
  
  There was a real interesting funk on the wine when I first popped and poured. Took a good hour to open up. Violet and reddish color, dull sheen.
  Red berry and blackberry aromas. Fresh smelling. Spices and a slight herbal tone.
  Nice medium weight wine with fresh cherries and berries that dominate the palate. Good acidity. A rich smooth plumpish type of style but not heavy. Very much like a weightier pinot noir style of wine. Light drying of mouth ..... very smooth and well integrated slightly sweet silky tannins. Decent length to the finish where a bit of herbal and salty tones comes through.
  A nice evening wine. Very much like a weightier pinot noir style of wine with maybe sweeter red fruit then a pinot.

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  9/10/2013 - neruda11 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Really a surprisingly good Cerasuolo...more complex than your typical one. Took a good hour for it to really reveal itself, but when it did, definitely took everyone by surprise!

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