2018 Vie di Romans Pinot Grigio Dessimis

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  1/19/2024 - NCWW Likes this wine:

  So.... it might not have been entirely fair to have this with Asian spiced seared tuna, but I was thinking it would match well. And in competition with a great feinherb riesling so I kind of set it up poorly. The alcohol dominated much more than I have experienced with this one before. It's a fascinating wine for a lot of reasons but didn't work tonight.

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  1/6/2024 - talbot61 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  My daughter was making Thai Green Curry Chicken, and my wife uncharacteristically agreed that a white wine would be appropriate but she specified that it not be 'odd,' and I selected this wine, because I thought it would go well with the Thai food, which it did, and because I was eager to drink it regardless, but we were surprised at the dark color of the wine, and my wife decided it was oxidized and pushed it aside, and when I explained that it was supposed to be like this and that it wasn't oxidized but orange, she said that was odd, which was precisely what she had said that she didn't want, so it was clear that I had failed as a husband and as a sommelier, but my guilt didn't last very long because she had made Manhattans before dinner, and so I could turn my attention back to the wine, which, the more I drank, the more I loved, for its structured weightiness and for the complex array of delicious flavors -- pear and strawberry and caramel and something herbal with a long grapefruit-rind aftertaste -- and though the suggestion of oxidation provided some confirmation of my belief that the Vie di Romans wines, like the Verget/Guffens-Heynen wines, have a huge payoff with a very narrow drinking window, I decided that I could increase my total happiness by ensuring that I have a small, steady flow of the Vie di Romans wines (and particularly this bottling) to drink four years after the vintage, harboring the faint, lingering hope that my pleasure will not be completely solitary if I can convince my wife that oddness is a virtue.

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  2/18/2023 - NickA wrote: flawed

  I'm going to say this was corked, as it seemed astringent and slightly cardboardy. A big shame, the 2017 is fantastic. One other bottle of the '18...

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  10/1/2022 - talbot61 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I can hardly recommend this wine strongly enough, even though I am not altogether willing to argue that it is a great wine. But it is a fascinating and compelling wine, and for this wine to be made from pinot grigio is an accomplishment not far removed from the magical manufacture of Chateau Rayas from grenache. It is deep and complex, starting with high acidity, a savory quality, and a suggestion of salty strawberries, and finishing with a powerful flavor of caramelized pears. It ends in a different place from where it starts, but it is delicious at the beginning and differently delicious at the end. I don't see any need to wait longer to drink it.

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  5/23/2022 - maxima wrote: 90 Points

  Wow, super gouteux et savoureux!
  De belles saveurs d'amandes, de poires et
  d'agrumes. Assez dense et presque gras.
  Long et vraiment satisfaisant.
  Excellent.

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