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Praelum - The Winefather
Praelum Wine Bistro
Tasted June 29, 2019 by vinhonotte with 142 views
Introduction
Monthly grand tasting - Italian wines
Flight 1 - The Po Valley (2 notes)
White - Sparkling
N.V. Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Prestige Brut
91 points
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
Rosé - Sparkling
N.V. Paltrinieri Lambrusco di Sorbara Radice
89 points
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
Flight 2 - Tre Venezie (6 notes)
White - Sparkling
N.V. Nino Franco Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Rustico
89 points
Strong lemon flowers on the nose, and some lemon, peach, and a bit of straw on the palate
Orange
2010 Gravner Ribolla
89 points
So... an orange wine... clearly some sweet tangerine and honey. Somewhat orange, with a bit of caramel on palate, but still dry
Red
2016 Franz Haas Pinot Nero
93 points
Good acids, and a cool minty nose with cherries. Some good flavours of red cherry, bread and grass. Nice!
Red
2006 Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
93 points
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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Red
2010 Fattoria Garbole Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva Hatteso
92 points
Intensely sweet and raisinny, with chocolate and coffee, and grass. Still some powerful tannins. Pretty enjoyable
Red
1990 Guerrieri Rizzardi Castello Guerrieri Vino da Tavola
93 points
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
Flight 3 - Piedmont (6 notes)
Red
2012 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza La Court
88 points
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
Red
1996 Gaja Langhe Nebbiolo Costa Russi
90 points
Nose of strawberry, grass, and herb botanicals. Some green tannins and acids, and a pretty good intensity and spice, with blackberry, cherry, and grassy
Red
2011 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Asili
86 points
A good hit of plums and cherry up front, but little underneath, and instead with a heightened alcohol heat... ouch...
Red
2011 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato
93 points
Lightly ruby coloured, and very acidic, and still with good tannins. Sour cherries, raspberry and grass. Nicely balanced and classic
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Red
1996 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia
93 points
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!
Red
2013 Renato Ratti Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata
88 points
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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