This wine (taken from my cellar) was double-decanted, allowing one hour in decanter prior to funneling back into the bottle. It was then served in single-blind fashion to our Friday tasting group for a Veneto/Friuli-Venezia Giulia theme tasting, being serially tasted over two hours. My tasting was unblinded. The wine shows a medium garnet robe and a quite intense nose of dry earth, ripe plums, sage and nutmeg. Medium-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, light sweet tannins and flavors in line with the nose. The alcohol (listed as 14.0%) is well-integrated and the middle palate is solid, with a silky mouth texture. The medium-length finish is smooth. This wine is very easy to drink and was very well-received by the tasting group. Drink now-12/13.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
This is a very good wine that gets better after a bit of air time. Pepper on the nose and a very nice finish. Should have bought a couple of more bottles to have a chance to try it again.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
2/4/2012 - Henrik Franck wrote: 77 Points
Average taste.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/29/2011 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 89 Points
This wine (taken from my cellar) was double-decanted, allowing one hour in decanter prior to funneling back into the bottle. It was then served in single-blind fashion to our Friday tasting group for a Veneto/Friuli-Venezia Giulia theme tasting, being serially tasted over two hours. My tasting was unblinded. The wine shows a medium garnet robe and a quite intense nose of dry earth, ripe plums, sage and nutmeg. Medium-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, light sweet tannins and flavors in line with the nose. The alcohol (listed as 14.0%) is well-integrated and the middle palate is solid, with a silky mouth texture. The medium-length finish is smooth. This wine is very easy to drink and was very well-received by the tasting group. Drink now-12/13.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/19/2011 - cessna700 wrote: 88 Points
This is a very good wine that gets better after a bit of air time. Pepper on the nose and a very nice finish. Should have bought a couple of more bottles to have a chance to try it again.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment