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• Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  January 9, 2018 - 100% Frappato, 100% delicious. My second time with this (with a meal that is, I'd tasted it at VinItaly), and I'm just floored at how lovely this is showing. There's nothing simple about this wine - the nose is very soil driven, with a great deal of complexity within that descriptor: diesel, black earth, compost, twigs, wild berries, etc. And as vivid (and shifting, just wait 15 minutes) as the nose is, the palate is every bit the same a wild, beautiful ride, with its very energetic beam of fresh acidity married to perfectly ripe red fruits, spice, some wood, etc.. This is such a lovely partner to a wide range of foods; while eating dinner, I was already picturing buying a case, and what I'd be serving with each bottle, it's THAT versatile, and that exciting. A bit like Ruché (in the best of ways), in that the nose/aromas are really quite unique and assertive (for most folks). Red fruited, great sense of place, excellent balance and freshness, structure, class...makes a great case for Frappato DOCG. 13,0% abv., thru 2021. recommended+
  
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6 Comments

• Fugu Me commented:

  1/11/18, 1:16 PM - Just clicked "buy" on three bottles....

• Tim Heaton commented:

  1/11/18, 1:21 PM - can't wait to see my commission statement!
  
  Seriously cheering for you this weekend, will catch you next go around.
  
  ciao

• winchester-xi commented:

  1/14/18, 6:06 PM - This is a very nice wine. Also love their cerasuolo, which is a blend of nerello mascalese and frappato.

• Tim Heaton commented:

  1/14/18, 6:47 PM - il Frappato ed il Nero d'Avola (aka, locally, as Calabrese), non Nerello Mascalese :D
  
  to your point though, yes, it is a great wine, full of elegance and pleasure

• winchester-xi commented:

  1/15/18, 8:43 AM - My bad. Nero d’avola indeed.

• Tim Heaton commented:

  1/15/18, 10:43 AM - :D
  
  I will share your sentiments when I see them in a few months, at VinItaly, then again in Vittoria; I know they'll be happy to hear.
  
  saluti

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