Antonio Vallana e Figlio: extensive vineyard(s) tour and vertical tasting (The Family's Cellar, Maggiora, Italia): {in cantina} Only in bottle for about 6 weeks at this point, but already showing really, really well. Ever so slightly darker than the 2011 Cuvée Bernardo tasted just prior, this offers a seriously deep, brooding and penetrating nose full of mushroom cap, savory, spice, molasses and soil. The nose and color kind of portend the palate experience, but not really - I mean wow, this is the Mercedes Benz of entries - sweet, light on the tongue yet packed with fruit; it just gets wider, deeper and denser from there. Full, magical and really quite elegant. In my notes I (double) underlined Great Acidity; one to save up for once it's released. highly recommended
Served non-blind, aerated to decanter and immediately returned to bottle.
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Antonio Vallana e Figlio: extensive vineyard(s) tour and vertical tasting (The Family's Cellar, Maggiora, Italia): {in cantina} Only in bottle for about 6 weeks at this point, but already showing really, really well. Ever so slightly darker than the 2011 Cuvée Bernardo tasted just prior, this offers a seriously deep, brooding and penetrating nose full of mushroom cap, savory, spice, molasses and soil. The nose and color kind of portend the palate experience, but not really - I mean wow, this is the Mercedes Benz of entries - sweet, light on the tongue yet packed with fruit; it just gets wider, deeper and denser from there. Full, magical and really quite elegant. In my notes I (double) underlined Great Acidity; one to save up for once it's released. highly recommended
Served non-blind, aerated to decanter and immediately returned to bottle.
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