2016 Foradori

Community Tasting Notes (58) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  1/4/2024 - VlgJeff wrote: 89 Points

  Decanted for 30 minutes (with some light sediment) during which some initial funk dissipated and the wine darkened to a dark purple in the glass. The palate was to the lighter side of medium bodied and showed various dark and red fruits - blackberry, black cherry, tart red cherry and cranberry - along with touches of earth and spice. The acidity was fresh and balancing and any tannins were integrated. Will probably hold for another few years.

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  9/6/2023 - S. Connery Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Mørk, nesten svart i glasset. Aroma av solbær og høst. Middels fyldig med elegante tanniner. Litt søt/syrlig når den har fått varmet seg litt i glasset. Lang ettersmak. En god årgang, vinen er blitt bedre av 3 år i kjelleren. Men den trenger ikke drikkes veldig mye senere. Blir godt kompaniskap med gryta basert på oksekjøtt som står og putrer på ovnen.

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  7/20/2023 - S. Connery Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Skogbunn og toner av plommer. Sammensatt med en søt-syrlig fyldig smak med tydelig frukt. Middels lang ettersmak, hvor en behagelig syre følger deg hele veien. Denne slår aldri feil, 2016-årgangen er ekstra god.

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  6/29/2023 - CDT Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Tasted after a one hour decant. Medium to dark ruby in colour with initial almost jammy aromas transitioning to floral & somewhat earthy minerality.
  On the palate, medium bodied tart red fruit, cranberry/raspberry, floral, somewhat earthy, slightly spicy, medium acidity, medium noticeable tannins with a long finish to black cherry & a smoky minerality. Interesting mostly red fruit profile given the relatively dark colour. Even though almost 7 years old, still tasting quite young & fresh.

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  4/19/2023 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  100% Teroldego from all the Foradori estate vineyards, planted to different clones of Teroldego. Fermented spontaneously in concrete tanks, aged on the lees for 12 months in concrete tanks and used oak barrels. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Dark, slightly translucent and a bit evolved black cherry color. The nose feels surprisingly reductive - even more so than the vintage 2019 that was tasted at the same time - with somewhat closed and reticent aromas of flinty smoke, some skunky notes of hard-boiled eggs, a little bit of crunchy crowberry, light stemmy green tones, a hint of bog bilberry, a touch of fresh black cherry and a sanguine whiff of iron. The wine feels firm, dry and a bit closed on the palate with a medium body and crunchy, acid-driven flavors of tart lingonberries and crowberries, some smoky notes of reduction, a little bit of peppery spice, light earthy nuances, a ferrous hint of blood and a touch of sour cherry bitterness. The wine is noticeably high in acidity, lending the wine tremendous sense of energy and structure, but the tannins are very light and supple. The finish is dry, crunchy and very slightly grippy with a long, acid-driven aftertaste of tart lingonberries, some ferrous notes of blood, a little bit of peppery spice, light crunchy notes of crowberries, a hint of tobacco and a touch of something vaguely stemmy.
  
  A wonderfully lean, bright and crunchy vintage of Foradori that feels even more reductive than is normal for her reds. The wine does blow off some of its reduction in the glass, but honestly, this wine really calls for either hours of aeration or just further aging. Seeing how closed, youthful and borderline nervous the wine is, it seems like it is really built to age. I'm pretty sure this is never going to be a big and impressive vintage of Foradori due to its rather lean and acid-driven overall style, but I'm sure it is capable of developing some interesting tertiary notes with some bottle age. At the moment the wine is a bit too closed and reductive, but with enough age (or aeration), I'm sure this'll be a lovely wine. Solid value at approximately 20€. The wine received three points from the nine participants in our tasting of ten Teroldego wines, finishing on shared fourth place.

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