Praelum - The Winefather

Monthly grand tasting - Italian wines

• NV Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Prestige Brut 91 Points

  Italy, Lombardia, Franciacorta DOCG

  Nose was pretty mild, but there definitely is a hint of bread and yeast. Fine, soft beads. Lemon, bread yeast, and a plume of elderflowers. Quite enjoyable

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• NV Paltrinieri Lambrusco di Sorbara Radice 89 Points

  Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC

  Pale rosy orange, and a broad nose of summer fruits and menthol. Lots of dried florals, grass and brine on the palate, and somewhat heaty

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• NV Nino Franco Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Rustico 89 Points

  Italy, Veneto, Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG

  Strong lemon flowers on the nose, and some lemon, peach, and a bit of straw on the palate

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• 2010 Gravner Ribolla 89 Points

  Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Venezia Giulia IGT

  So... an orange wine... clearly some sweet tangerine and honey. Somewhat orange, with a bit of caramel on palate, but still dry

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• 2016 Franz Haas Pinot Nero 93 Points

  Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol

  Good acids, and a cool minty nose with cherries. Some good flavours of red cherry, bread and grass. Nice!

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• 2006 Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 93 Points

  Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

  Intense and raisinny, and some sweetness, and secodary but still well balanced by the high acids, which lifts the wine. Also with cherries, cassis, and mint

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• 2010 Fattoria Garbole Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva Hatteso 92 Points

  Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella

  Intensely sweet and raisinny, with chocolate and coffee, and grass. Still some powerful tannins. Pretty enjoyable

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• 1990 Guerrieri Rizzardi Castello Guerrieri Vino da Tavola 93 Points

  Italy, Veneto, Vino da Tavola

  A pronounced, yet cool minty honeyed nose. A nice bunch of fresh roses on the palate, red cherries, plums, and strawberry jam, as well as a grassy undergrowth. Fairly long finish of strawberry and mint. Really enjoyable and definitely feels much younger than a 1990

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• 2012 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza La Court 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Asti, Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza

  Good sense of sour cherry and strawberry, markedly acidic, and clearly a coffee and chocolate flavour from the oak ageing. But somehow, the fruits and oak are kind of diverging... Could have been more integrated

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• 1996 Gaja Langhe Nebbiolo Costa Russi 90 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC

  Nose of strawberry, grass, and herb botanicals. Some green tannins and acids, and a pretty good intensity and spice, with blackberry, cherry, and grassy

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• 2011 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Asili 86 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco

  A good hit of plums and cherry up front, but little underneath, and instead with a heightened alcohol heat... ouch...

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• 2011 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 93 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  Lightly ruby coloured, and very acidic, and still with good tannins. Sour cherries, raspberry and grass. Nicely balanced and classic

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• 1996 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 93 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  Very funky, topsoil nose, which softens later to reveal lavender flowers. Still a lot of acids and tannin structure, while intense, with cherry, blackberry, grass, mint, and liquorice. Good power!

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• 2013 Renato Ratti Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  Powerful and complex nose of cherries, coffee, chocolate, grass. Tasted mostly mouth-drying tannins, bit of grass and oak, and a hit of whatever left of the acids and alcohol towards the back. Underdelivered

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