STG Southern Italian Wines

Tasted Friday, May 28, 2010 by tarheel17 with 506 views

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

  • 2004 Tenuta Bocca di Lupo Castel del Monte

    Italy, Puglia, Castel del Monte

    nose: dark, almost metallic, someone said menthol and I went with that. Also felt dusty with sweet licorice underneath
    palate: delicate tannin, charred fruit, but very seamless on the palate. At first I was too enamored with the nose on the 3 glass to give this as much attention as it deserved, but upon returning to it, the fruit here appeared higher in quality compared to #3 (Gudarra). Very nice wine.

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  • 2007 Feudo di San Nicola Negroamaro Puglia IGT 82 Points

    Italy, Puglia, Puglia IGT

    nose: red-toned, bit of musty paper (which Eric pointed out to be sulfur)
    palate: pruney, papery again. Just not very interesting to me. Kind of blah. Bit of sweet oak here and there. But mostly blah.
    That is what you get for sending me out hunting for Southern Italy with 48 hrs notice... ;)

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  • 2005 Bisceglia Aglianico del Vulture Gudarrà 90 Points

    Italy, Basilicata, Aglianico del Vulture

    the nose on this was wild. Just wild. I haven't had many occasion to pick up basil infused tomato sauce on wine, so this was quite the eye-opening experience. Adam said pesto - the basil was that intense. And I love basil. THe palate tasted black fruits, and the weight was lighter than I would have liked. My tastebuds remembered licorice, and I remember noting that the quality of fruit in this wine was less than that of #1. But the nose...I could smell that for an entire evening and be happy.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 2006 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Guardiola

    Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC

    nose: cherry, smoke, cinnamon, bit of herbal quality, with some rhubarb, perhaps
    palate: flat compared to #5. resin-y. Not too enamored with this one.

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  • 2005 Capichera Assajé Isola dei Nuraghi IGT

    Italy, Sardinia, Isola dei Nuraghi IGT

    nose: sweetly oaked, bit of beef to the aroma
    palate: very nice wine. No way would I have ever guessed Italian, however, had this been blind. Fruit forward, well-integrated oak. A fun wine. Captured my attention much more easily than the sicilian on the table next to it.

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Flight 3 (3 Notes)

  • 2001 Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Serpico

    Italy, Campania, Irpinia

    double-deacanted bottle (12 hrs): licorice candy, stewed, and overly sweet. This wine was easy to dump out - tasted to me like a cheap spanish wine. !

    bottle opened prior to the tasting: nose of licorice and granite, tannin was pronounced but tasty.

    I still preferred the #3 in this flight, which turned out to be the 2003 version of this same wine, to these 2.

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  • 2003 Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Serpico

    Italy, Campania, Irpinia

    nose: tomatos with stems, some dill, very vegetal, but in the way that vegetables taste wonderful in the summer sun.
    palate: green, high acidity, but easy to drink. Reminded me of tomato juice - I would love to have this with pasta. My favorite of this flight, much preferred over both versions of the 2001.

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  • 2000 Arnaldo-Caprai Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni

    Italy, Umbria, Montefalco, Montefalco Sagrantino

    a beast. complete bruiser. The nose had rootbeer candy elements, but also resin. The palate was brutal on the tannin, with less perceived acidity than earlier bottles in the flight. It didn't do well after the 3 Serpicos, to my palate. And did I mention it was a bruiser?

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