Community Tasting Note

Glenn Gilbert wrote:

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 13.5% alcohol; Tri-Vin Imports, New Rochelle, New York; medium to heavy weight foil; composite cork, maximum of 2 mm wine seepage, cork aroma of sour cherries, rye bread; medium to long legs, very dark red; opened, oxygenation hastened via Vinturi, tasted 30 minutes later at room temperature -- 23 degrees C; nose of sour cherries, alcohol, citrus; medium to full bodied, fruit and alcohol forward, sour/sweet cherries and cassis, wood surround, minerals in the background; medium finish; sweetness, well integrated, lasts to the very end; cries out for good quality beef steak, charcoal or gas grilled, smoked with pecan or mesquite; this wine, from Basilicata in southernmost mainland Italy, is very different from the more northerly Italian wines we're accustomed to; it could grow on you fast

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