2012 Passopisciaro Terre Siciliane Contrada Guardiola

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  11/11/2022 - olracx62 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  again, after 4 years this Nerello is stil fantastic, multi-dimemensional with dry dark cherries, raspberries; at the palate. Bold and juicy and elegant at the same time, persistent. Smoke and spices. Tannic still. Mouthfilling with great personality. Stunning. Don't wait too long at this point

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  9/15/2021 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner with Ray (Beouf, Telok Ayer): Back on form and absolutely lovely. The nose ebbed and flowed and evolved in the glass, but at its peak, it was absolutely alluring, with perfumed clouds of rose petals and violets, wild herbs and cracked black pepper, all floating around a deep core of black cherries and dark berries, and then a lovely whiff or Etna’s volcanic soil running behind. What a bouquet. The palate was really lovely too - juicy and clear, yet with enough body and structure to stand up to an onglet; this unfolded in beautiful layers black cherries, dark berries and sweet plums, all infused with lovely bits of pepper, garrigue, even lavender. Couched in a lovely structure of chewy tannins and juicy acidity, it then pulled away into a lovely finish, with a beautiful trail of volcanic mineral pulling away into a full, effortless back-palate. Really delicious - this was a lovely mix of fruit and floral, structure and mineral. Absolutely delicious now, but it will still improve with time. I am a little worried given the state of the last bottle, but these should really be given 2-3 years more.

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  6/2/2021 - Paul S wrote: flawed

  Flat and untasty - this felt a bit heat-damaged. Sad.

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  7/8/2020 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner with Ray (Casa Esperanza): Really pleasing, although it has its best days way ahead of it yet. I loved the nose on this - it was tight at first, but opened up beautifully to show complex aromas of dried cherries and red berries, dusty earth and orange peel, all with lovely dusting of dried brush herbs - lime dried verbana and oregano. The palate still needed a lot of time yet, but there were seeds of something really special here. On the night, it showed lovely, lively notes of dark cherries and cassis seasoned with lovely touches of orange peel, dried lemons and brush herbs. Delicious stuff, and so nicely structured too - with powdery tannins and juicy, lemony acidity forming a nice backdrop to that lovely panoply of Sicilian flavours. Lovely finish too, with a nice lilt of dried herbs and spices. This needs time yet. Even tonight, it needed a couple of hours in bottle - it is such a lovely characterful wine though, and will only get begger. I will keep my other bottles away for another 5-6 years at least.

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  4/13/2019 - olracx62 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  fantastic nerello mascalese, Franchetti at the top. Multi-dimemensional with dry dark cherries, raspberries; at the palate persistent, cranberry, wild strawberry, coats with tannin. Smoke and spices. Bold and thick somehow but extremely elegant at the same time. Mouthfilling with great personality. Stunning. Will fly higher with time

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