2019 Foradori

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 89.0 points

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  2/25/2024 - Tim Heaton wrote:

  Fresh and uncomplicated. Avg complexity and length with notes of soil, red fruit and herbs/flowers. OK, no need to revisit in this vintage. 12,5% abv. Drink now or the next few years. recommended
  
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  12/24/2023 - Frank G wrote: 92 Points

  I like this wine always, but need to start holding it longer. It has a naturally earthy (potting soil, fresh compost, damp clay) profile even upon release that I'm sure could get more gorgeous with a couple extra years.

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  9/6/2023 - rye_44 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Really like this one. Tart and refreshing, but fairly simple red fruit and earth profile. Enough complexity to keep it interesting.

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  4/19/2023 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  100% Teroldego from all the Foradori estate vineyards, planted to different clones of Teroldego. Fermented spontaneously in concrete tanks, aged on the lees for 12 months in concrete tanks and used oak barrels. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Luminous, slightly translucent black cherry color. The nose feels dry and slightly smoky, showing some of the reduction Teroldego is prone to. There are aromas of crunchy dark berries and gunpowder smoke, some terracotta tones, a little bit of bretty funk, light sweeter-toned notes of dark fruits, a hint of phenolic spice and a touch of licorice. The wine feels youthful, lively and ever-so-slightly tingly on the palate with a tiniest bit of CO2. The wine is medium in body with intense flavors of tart lingonberries and some crunchy crowberries, a little bit of bretty funk, light smoky notes of phenolic spice, a hint of gravelly minerality and a touch of sour cherry bitterness. The quite supple medium-minus tannins lend a little bit of grip to the mouthfeel, but mostly the structure relies on the high acidity. The finish is dry, long and pretty savory with a little bit of tannic grip and quite intense flavors of tart lingonberries and sour cherry bitterness, some bretty notes of leathery funk and a little bit of smoky phenolic character, light gravelly mineral tones, a hint of crunchy crowberry and a touch of terracotta.
  
  A tasty, fresh and sophisticated Teroldego that might be just a simple entry-level wine of the Foradori range, but still it manages to come across as pretty serious and no-nonsense in character, really punching above its weight. This is not a big or challenging wine by any means, but it shows more intensity and depth of flavor one might expect from a simple entry-level Teroldego. As the wine is made in a pretty hands-off fashion, there's a little bit of bretty funk in the wine, but it only adds a little bit of rustic charm to the flavors, not really muddling the fruit or distracting from the pleasure. Knowing how Foradori wines age, I can imagine this will only evolve and improve - and hopefully lose its reductive qualities - with further aging. Drink after a few more years or keep for a lot longer. Surprisingly the wine received zero points from the nine participants in our tasting of ten Teroldego wines, making it finish on shared last place. At the price the wine retails here in Finland (approx. 36€) I'd say the wine is not really worth the cost, but at its "normal" price (around 25€) it is a great purchase.

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  11/4/2022 - garlicgrapes wrote:

  I have a deep love for these wines however I found this vintage to be a little more fruit forward and less complex than ‘20 and ‘17. This vintage feels less structured and unsuitable for cellaring.

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