Well, let’s see, I have yet to finish my piece on Sicily, I haven’t yet written about my exciting stop in Franciacorta, and then there’s my four days in Verona for Vin Italy 2016, but at least I have a few minutes to post some pictures from today’s visits: Fontodi, Castello di Rampolla and La…
Tag: #Cabernet Sauvignon
Monferrato Cabernet Sauvignon – 2008 Accornero Centenario
12 January, 2018 2008 Accornero Centenario “Classic CS – aromas, flavors, structure – though by classic, I mean the Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa and Sonoma that I began drinking twenty years ago (and those were largely 10-20 years old already). So that classic. Has nothing to do with the CS that most are opening today, a year or…
Internationally styled, at 20 years – 1998 Sportoletti Rosso Villa Fidelia Umbria IGT
As you can see in the photos above, the fill, cork and condition of this 1998 Villa Fidelia Rosso were as good as one could hope for at twenty years old. That said, the wine, like most, needed some air at first so that it could shake off the damp soil smells that often come…
Nicely mature, with elegance and modesty – 1997 Tenuta di Ghizzano Terre di Pisa Veneroso
Flamboyance in wines (and life?) is a turn-off for me. An honest sense of place, combined with balance and freshness on the other hand, now that’s a turn-on. This wine, at twenty years, represent all that I like in mature, reasonably-priced wines that pack enough structure and freshness to withstand the talons of time; eventually…
2011 Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore – a tale of two wines
had picked these up in August of this year; shipping to my house occurred about 3 months later, after it had cooled down. Which is to say that the wine has had about 45 days of rest before I pulled the cork. This is something I rarely do, most of my new-release purchases are stored…
2007 Az. Agr. Montevetrano IGT
It was only two months ago that I spent a perfect spring afternoon with Silvia Imparato, the vision and force behind the wines of Montevetrano. My time with her, roughly three hours, fills my heart and mind to this day, to this minute. Silvia is an astonishing woman, larger-than-life, a blend of education, wit, ambition,…
