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• Mipesu Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 25, 2020 - Heute wieder eher mineralisch. Jedes Mal eine Freude.

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• Mipesu wrote: 90 points

  October 5, 2019 - Klasse Säure-Frucht-Balance. Präzise Frische und Mineralität. Super PL-Verhältnis.

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• bevetroppo Likes this wine: 87 points

  November 24, 2018 - It's been a good 5 years since I had to add a new wine to the cellartracker database. It hasn't gotten any easier. You need to search a zillion parameters to make sure someone hasn't mislabeled the wine already. Then each new field takes 20-30 seconds of server response time to update. Then you have to deal with the possibility that there is no acceptable way to enter certain fields because what you're drinking doesn't exist. It's the price you pay for drinking obscure wines and having the tenacity to enter them faithfully here.
  
  So first, let's get to the approximations, or let's be honest, errors. This is labeled Calabria IGP (Protetta) not IGT. There was no Calabria IGP available to pick. I could look up the difference to give you the correct distinction but I only have so much time to devote to cleaning this Augean Stable of a website. Second there is no grape to choose called "malvasia blend." This is 60% malvasia and 40% zibibbo for those keeping score at home.
  
  Very pale straw. Nose quite hay-like, some almond, sage, very light lemon fruit, attractive in a shy subdued way. Bold mouthfeel (holy zibibbo Batman, it's 15% ABV, didn't see that coming), although it's not hot. A little bland on its own, but leaps into focus with food, gaining fruit and a more lively energy, tonight with a tomato and fennel swordfish. Hey, it's called Mare for a reason, am I right or am I wrong?
  
  Calabrian wines have a hard time escaping a label I'm going to apply that may get me in trouble, but so be it: they're coarse. It's freaking hot and I can't believe anyone thought it was a good idea to make this wine at 15%. Global warming won't be any help, and it will probably be like making wine in Algeria in a few years. With all this said, I think malvasia is an underrated varietal and worth testing wherever someone has the will and the skill. Ok, if you made me guess, I think IGT and IGP are largely interchangeable and in this case not worth arguing about.

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• Vintage 2017
• Type White
• Producer Benvenuto Giovanni Celeste
• Varietal White Blend
• Designation Mare
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Calabria
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Calabria IGT

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