2015 Passopisciaro Passorosso

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  7/11/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points

  Frenchies at Young Joni: Medium red color. Slow-O for 45 minutes. Drank a glass over an hour. Same bottle as Bellissimo. This was the lone red wine tonight. Cherry, leafy earth, a touch of strawberry, medium bodied or just less than that; green herbs, dusty firm tannins. This is always well done.

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  7/11/2023 - Bellissimo wrote:

  Brought to a dinner, sat with cork open 45 minutes before we got around to this. No note taken, going from memory.
  
  This replaced an off 2013 I had also brought. Semi-translucent red, cherry, black cherry, smoke, dusty road on the nose. On the palate I got more dark raspberry fruit, herbs, and an earthy core. Decent acids up front with pleasant tannins on the finish. This is still an overall tannic wine but have settled into a more complete package and aren't in your face.
  
  All-in-all this is in a nice drinking window. Enjoy with food!

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  7/10/2023 - ericpoh1980 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This is my first Nerello Mascalese. The aroma is something I never came across before, this unique earthy herbaceous spice notes, not the same as Pinot noir’s earthiness and herbaceousness but equally aromatic. More red fruits like dried strawberries than black fruits. Cedar, smoky, savoury, horse saddle like a southern rhone wine. Colour is medium ruby. Developed.
  On the palate, dry, medium plus acid, medium alcohol, medium plus tannin (the colour is so deceiving!). Medium plus intensity, a lot of tertiary notes like dried cherries, hay, mineral. Medium plus finish. Medium plus body.
  The wine is very good. Balanced, good intensity, complexity and finished. Drink now, don’t think should age further. Should pair well with oily fishes, poultry, pork, roasted veggies.

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  4/10/2023 - Rywyine Likes this wine:

  No detailed notes unfortunately. It had a beautiful, red fruited, earthy nose. Red fruit, some black fruit, earth, a bit of mineral with a twist/brightness thing to it. My buddy who tasted it was drawn between a pinot and "some funky Italian thing." tannins were silky and great acidity. A solid tasty wine.

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  11/24/2022 - bretrooks wrote: flawed

  Last bottle...corked :(

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