Italian Tasting

Waterford Wines Milwaukee
Tasted Wednesday, April 8, 2009 by nzinkgraf with 521 views

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

  • 1998 Jermann Pinot Grigio

    Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli

    MAGNUM!!!! oxidative lemon pasta nose. others call out cheese and bubblegum, but... touch of shale, light lemon, but really more mineral driven on the palate. sinewy but not in the Brandborg Riesling waxiness. Richard claims it's falling off, but i can't really agree.

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  • 2005 Vie di Romans Flors di Uis

    Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Isonzo

    quite aromatic sage and cotton candy. carbonic maceration. nice minerality and super quaffing.

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  • 2006 Puiatti Friuli Isonzo Chardonnay Le Zuccole

    Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Isonzo

    This dude introduced stainless steel to italian wine making. lemon cream and that sweet sugar of cotton candy. i need to work on this cotton candy i keep getting. work that one out. a little waxy and lemon palate.

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  • 2004 Ca' del Bosco Terre di Franciacorta

    Italy, Lombardia, Terre di Franciacorta

    damn, this is great chardonnay. ripe fruit and elegant use of oak influence. rich pineapple and some smokey oak. tight cheerio. great.

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Flight 2 (3 Notes)

  • 2003 Tormaresca Primitivo Torcicoda Salento IGT

    Italy, Puglia, Salento IGT

    rustic, nutty, black liquorice and spicy. wierd chocolate. al-Zabba calls out iron. that's on. there is quite a questionable astringency here. antinori produced.

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  • 2000 Aminea Taurasi Baiardo

    Italy, Campania, Taurasi DOCG

    must and black liquorice. chlorinated. chocolate nose. herbaceous on the palate. potpourri. pretty nice palate for such a decrepit nose. still quite tannic. imagine how unapproachable this must have been. somewhere in there i do find some raisinated fruit notes.

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  • 2005 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Guardiola

    Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC

    bittersweet chocolate. meaty. lavender. middle of the road red fruit, but really more herbaceous.

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