Community Tasting Notes 4

• easttide wrote: 85 points

  February 21, 2013 - Popped this one as the pot roast needed some vino. Nice nose of tar, spice and leather- as stated below, much like some nebbiolo. Nice cherry flavor and chewy tannins but far too much of an astringent bitterness on the back of the palate that's not too disagreeable. It's been open for over 5 hours now and don't think it's going away. Hopefully improves with the meal but drinkable at $7.
  
  Hopefully the pot roast is better.

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• wormfarmer wrote: 87 points

  April 7, 2012 - Popped and poured, which may have been a mistake. Very tannic and clamped down; I remember it being lighter, lither. Don't do as I do: give it a few hours to breathe, and eat it with something big & gamy, or thick & peppery. From the notes at the restaurant where I first had this wine: "Tuscan transplant Fabrizio Piccin, who previously made Vino Nobile di Montepulciano for 20-plus years, uses, as he puts it, “modern knowledge to make a traditional wine without traditional defects."

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• Alex H wrote: 84 points

  November 10, 2010 - Black glass society : fresh and Alive! (Paul's place and jumbo): Italian no doubt and only Italy can make such wines. A lil chianti like with sangio cherries but also a bit Barolo barbersco tarriness a dried leatheriness. Unique. Interesting wine from a rarer region but done quite well.

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• Paul S wrote: 90 points

  October 30, 2010 - Black Glass Society: Chapitre du Fresh and Alive (aka Oyster, Seafood and Karaoke) (Pine Close, followed by Jumbo Seafood): I liked this. Plenty of character here. Clearly Italian, yet different from your Piedmonts and Tuscans. Dried dusty earth on the nose was chased by rosemary, thyme, roses, cherries, strawberries, incense, rubber and tar. A bit Babaresco lilke, but with a little rustic touch in the way it smelt. Nice though. Palate had firm, chewy tannins and a strong minerally undertow, overlaid with cherries, blueberries, orange peel and a little bit more tar. Finish was decent, a little rustic, but showing nice balance and a good firm structure.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Grifalco
• Varietal Aglianico
• Designation Gricos
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Basilicata
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• Appellation Aglianico del Vulture

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• Consumed 7 (39%)

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