Il Grappolo Blu (CPH)
Tasted Monday, January 26, 2009 by canan with 875 views
The tasting was set up by the official danish importer of Soldera, www.bb-vinimport.dk at present at the tasting was Monica Soldera from the estate.
The wines was accompanied by a diner created by the Il Grappolo Blu restaurant in Copenhagen.
I had highly anticipated an interesting evening as I had never tasted any older vintages from Soldera.
It was clearly a very educational and interesting evening with some very impressive wines.
To me (now) Soldera is all about elegance and balance and in the right vintages it is definately one of the best wines in the world.
What I really noticed was that the Soldera wines is an expression of what the grape actually tastes like in its purest form.
WOTN for me was definately the 1990 Riserva which is just stunning and simply an experience for life!
2005 Soldera (Az. Agr. Case Basse) Pegasos Toscana IGT
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Basically a wine from a single Brunello barrel that Soldera believed had developed too soon and decided to release this as an IGT.
The nose is restrictive and initially only shows hints of barnyard. After some time in the glass it did open up a little bit with animalistic tones and some kirsch.
Mostly primary fruit on the palate with a vibrant and "clean" acidity but unfortunately only a medium aftertaste.
I tasted this over a long time but never got it to really open up. At the tasting it did come on as a little bit unfocused.
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