Costiera Amalfitana

Tasted Monday, May 16, 2016 - Wednesday, May 25, 2016 by Giggs with 372 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

Flight 2 (2 Notes)

Flight 3 (3 Notes)

  • 2004 Tenuta San Leonardo San Leonardo 95 Points

    Italy, Trentino Alto-Adige / Veneto, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT

    (5/18/2016)

    Not much else need be said after KR66's note. This is a great wine, unique enough from the international style to make it worth seeking out. No rush to drink, but it's sitting in a good place right now. Drink now-2023

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  • 2006 Petilia Taurasi 450V 91 Points

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    (5/18/2016)

    Nice surprise here, an unknown 10-year-old Taurasi drinking perfectly. Medium-bodied, elegant mouthfeel, soft with enough acidity, hallmark Taurasi black fruits, tar, pipe tobacco, herbal edges. Drink now-2018

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  • 2007 Terre del Principe Casavecchia Centomoggia 89 Points

    Italy, Campania, Terre del Volturno IGT

    (5/18/2016)

    Quite evolved compared to the 2010; mixed dark red fruits, clay and graphite mineral, fresh and dried wild flowers. Lacking tension at this stage. Drink now.

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 2010 Planeta Noto Santa Cecilia 90 Points

    Italy, Sicily, Noto

    (5/19/2016)

    Not decanted. Lovely wine, a Nero d'Avola with finesse. Nose and palate give notes of stewed cherries and red plum, nougat, sweet pipe tobacco, and rusty/salty mineral. A medium-bodied wine with strong acidity, older vintages suggest it will pick up a little bit of heft with more bottle age. Drink now-2021

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  • 2012 Montevetrano Montevetrano Colli di Salerno IGT 93 Points

    Italy, Campania, Colli di Salerno IGT

    (5/19/2016)

    Not decanted. Expressive, perfumed nose of crushed red raspberry, fresh flowers, pastille candy, and black licorice. Palate has tons of fruit extract, mouthfeel like watercolor paint, more crushed raspberry, licorice, muddled mint and herbs, and smoky/exotic wood edging the finish. This was drinking nicely with tannins in-check, but I suspect it will soon shut down for a couple years. Drink 2019-2029

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  • 2008 Guastaferro Taurasi Primum 90 Points

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    (5/20/2016)

    Soft, immediately approachable, seems to be right at peak. Medium-bodied with cool, juicy dark plum and mixed berry fruit highlighted by tar and slightly medicinal edges, subtle mineral character near the finish, tannins in the background, manages to finish with a sweet red fruit note. Drink now-2018

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  • 2004 Terre del Principe Pallagrello Nero Ambruco 80 Points

    Italy, Campania, Terre del Volturno IGT

    (5/20/2016)

    Way past peak and overrun with sediment. There are, however, signs of quality in the form of mouthfeel, but it's an orange, rusted out version of what it might have one day been. Drink six years ago.

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  • 2001 Maculan Fratta 95 Points

    Italy, Veneto, Breganze

    (5/21/2016)

    No decant. Mature yet still aggressive, big brawny deep red fruit, tons of chocolate, dried mushroom on the nose weaves into the palate, where the alcohol sticks out a bit (a flaw but also a Maculan trademark). This is great wine. It could last a few years, but I will drink my remaining bottles in 2016 and suggest others do the same.

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  • 2006 Benanti Etna Bianco Superiore Pietramarina 91 Points

    Italy, Sicily, Etna Bianco Superiore

    (5/22/2016)

    Lemon, golden apple, quince, parrafin, white chalk, sea foam, crushed clam, soaked grass. Really nerdy. Answers the question: "What if Sauvignon Blanc grew some balls?" Plenty of acidity; still time left. Drink now-2018

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  • 2004 Feudi di San Gregorio Pàtrimo Campania IGT 92 Points

    Italy, Campania, Campania IGT

    (5/22/2016)

    A giant wine, huge black raspberry fruit extract, graphite/topsoil minerals. Mature and high quality but lacking the counterbalance of acidity I hope it would have had in its youth. Thus, the experience is one-dimensional like one long blaring foghorn. Drink now-2021

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  • 2005 Perillo Taurasi 88 Points

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    (5/22/2016)

    Decanted 30 minutes. Initially hollow, gradually opens up to be a medium-bodied Taurasi, picks up some sweet pruney fruit, roasted herbs, and typical sweet/tarry/tea Taurasi notes. Ready to drink (don't wait).

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  • 2007 Cantine Antonio Caggiano Taurasi Macchia dei Goti 72 Points

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    (5/22/2016)

    Carbonation (also mentioned in dbay's note), a major flaw. Otherwise, tilted toward the medicinal side of Taurasi, cough drops, tangy grape moving to plum, steeped tea leaves. I drank it, so you don't have to.

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Flight 8 (3 Notes)

  • 2008 Antico Castello Taurasi 89 Points

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    (5/23/2016)

    Soft, mature, medium-bodied at this stage. Nose of black cherry, cinnamon, permanent marker, salami, leather. Tart palate, fresh cherry and cranberry picking up tarry, mineral, tobacco leaf character on the finish. Drink now-2018

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  • 2005 Fontanavecchia Orazio Beneventano IGT 85 Points

    Italy, Campania, Beneventano IGT

    (5/23/2016)

    60% Aglianico, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. The nose is initially Aglianico dominant, tarry, medicinal cherry and herbs, but with air the Cabernet moves to the forefront, sweet currant moving to plum, graphite, dried herbs. The palate has less complexity: tangy cherry water and rawhide. Authentic. Drink now.

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  • 2010 Re Manfredi - Terre degli Svevi Aglianico del Vulture 87 Points

    Italy, Basilicata, Aglianico del Vulture

    (5/23/2016)

    Straightforward and enjoyable, pleasantly tannic, typical Aglianico notes of medicinal cherry, tar, and tobacco leaf. I'd be curious to try it again when the tannins chill out in a couple years. Drink 2017-2020

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Flight 9 (3 Notes)

  • 2006 Fontanavecchia Aglianico del Taburno Riserva Grave Mora 89 Points

    Italy, Campania, Aglianico del Taburno

    (5/24/2016)

    Not decanted. Similarly powerful but less structured than your typical Taurasi, this plays to the sweeter, juicier side of Aglianico, with purple fruits, incense, and dried herbs. There's plenty of acidity and good extract in midpalate, but an overwhelmingly fierce tannic finish. With more air the alcohol becomes increasingly out of balance. Despite its flaws, a good drink. Drink now-2019

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  • 2010 Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi 92 Points

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    (5/24/2016)

    Not decanted. A full-bodied, dark, masculine expression of Taurasi. Nose of blackberry pie, melted licorice, asphalt, charred briar, exotic spices. Palate delivers the blackberry as extract rather than juice, tons of power through midpalate, then fine, weedy, green tannins through the finish. Drink 2018-2025

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  • 2009 Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi Piano di Montevergine 91 Points

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    (5/24/2016)

    Tightly wound and ratcheted down by tannins, this Taurasi has extreme concentration of blackberry and plum fruit with licorice, asphalt, and burning incense. The nose was slightly barrel-marked (corky); fortunately it didn't carry over to the palate. Good wine, but I prefer the 2010 normale. Drink 2017-2025

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