A Diverse Night of Italian Wines (Leonardo's, Solvang, CA): Floral, enticing nose, but the taste didn't live up to those aromatics for me. Good typicity, with dense almond and honey notes along with some yeasty, textured elements. Came off as a bit simple and restrained.
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Very good. Notes of apples, minerals, bitter almonds, and quite a lot of yeastiness. But this doesn't burst with the sweet fruit flavors that some might like.
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Youthful nose with medium(+) intensity of aromas. Ripe lemons, white peach, yellow plum, baked apple, honey comb and lots of creamy sur lie-notes.
Big and fleshy on the palate with medium acidity and medium body. Rich and creamy mouthfeel with great concentration due to very old vines. Long lingering finish with a nice acidity that cuts trough the rich texture.
I've tasted a few wines from this producer and I've always enjoyed them quite a lot. If I've got things straight they work a lot with really old vines, long sur-lie aging and no oak. Impressive stuff that shows that Friuli has more than orange wines to bring to the table.
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9/11/2020 - Stig1963 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Mineralsk, balansert fruktighet.
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4/25/2019 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 90 Points
A Diverse Night of Italian Wines (Leonardo's, Solvang, CA): Floral, enticing nose, but the taste didn't live up to those aromatics for me. Good typicity, with dense almond and honey notes along with some yeasty, textured elements. Came off as a bit simple and restrained.
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1/28/2019 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good. Notes of apples, minerals, bitter almonds, and quite a lot of yeastiness. But this doesn't burst with the sweet fruit flavors that some might like.
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8/30/2018 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points
Excellent lovely aromatic nose, precise, good cut, minerality, stone fruits, really nice. Love it. Have prosciutto, will travel. 92+
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10/31/2017 - karl.1480 wrote: 89 Points
Clear, medium intensity, lemon color.
Youthful nose with medium(+) intensity of aromas. Ripe lemons, white peach, yellow plum, baked apple, honey comb and lots of creamy sur lie-notes.
Big and fleshy on the palate with medium acidity and medium body. Rich and creamy mouthfeel with great concentration due to very old vines. Long lingering finish with a nice acidity that cuts trough the rich texture.
I've tasted a few wines from this producer and I've always enjoyed them quite a lot. If I've got things straight they work a lot with really old vines, long sur-lie aging and no oak. Impressive stuff that shows that Friuli has more than orange wines to bring to the table.
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