Community Tasting Note

baseballvino wrote:

Saturday, April 21, 2012 - Begins with a blast of funk on the nose on the PnP that quickly dissipates followed by some subdued red fruit. Sip reveals the wine to be a touch astringent with lingering sour red fruit (but not just cherries). Touch of a herbaceous edge to the nose, but no barnyard funk after being open 2-3 minutes. It tastes a bit hot at 13.5%. Letting it catch some air. Showing promise as a weekend pizza/pasta wine.

half hour in and it's obviously a good food wine (blending great with the Italian sub I'm scarfing). Quite a bit of sour cherry flavor with a touch of character behind it, but not enough to make this a stand-out wine. It's refreshing, but much better with food than as a quaff-er. Has an edge to it ( like Orvieto ) with a touch of bitterness on the finish that's not pleasant, but doesn't detract too much from the wine. There is a little bit of cigar box action going on.

Over an hour into this wine now. It's a good wine. Not a great one. More of an old world style, compared to some other Rosso's i've been served lately, but that's fine. The bitterness is disappearing with more air and the wine is becoming enjoyable as a quaff-er too. I'd like to find it at a lower price than what I paid. At over $20, it's not a good QPR. I've found many good Rosso's under $20. Shop carefully, but it's a good food wine for the family on a weekend or weeknight. Decant it an hour before you serve it and you'll be happy with the buy.

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