2017 Terracruda Garofanata Marche IGT

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  7/18/2020 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  To my understanding, this is one of the two varietal Garofanata wines in existence. The fruit is sourced from a 20-yo vineyard of one hectare in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche. 13% alcohol. Tasted half blind.
  
  Youthful, intense and quite concentrated lime-green color. Ripe, fresh and fruity nose with youthful aromas of golden apples, some sweet pear, a little bit of nectarine, light spicy notes and a hint of apple jam. The wine is juicy, moderately full-bodied and slightly on the palate with flavors of spicy red apples, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of peach, light waxy tones, a perfumed primary hint of apple blossom and a spicy touch of Verdicchio-ish almond undertones. The overall feel is quite ripe and not particularly delicate, yet not noticeably weighty either. The moderately high acidity keeps the wine enjoyably in balance. The long finish is lively and refreshing with somewhat extracted feel of bitterness and spice, some juicy exotic fruit, a little bit of spicy red apple, light notes of slivered almonds and a hint of peach.
  
  A very nice, ripe and balanced Italian white with somewhat Verdicchio-ish feel to it - although with its sense of ripeness and somewhat apple-driven fruit guessed that this was an Austrian Neuburger. All in all, good stuff with some sense of power and concentration yet never once coming across as particularly heavy or weighty. Still relatively youthful in style, I can imagine this will continue to improve for at least a handful of years in a cellar. For such an obscure variety this was a pretty nice little drop and very affordable for its quality at 13,80€.

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