Thursday, June 14, 2018

Northern Italy Wine Tasting #WeekendWinedown

Bollini Pinot Grigio Trentino 2016 (Trentino, Italy) - Med Minus Straw. Notes of under ripe peach, honey, lemon zest, golden apple, green pear, flint minerality, and subtle flowers. On the palate this wine was dry with medium alcohol, body, and length, medium plus acidity, and medium minus complexity. Notes of apple, pear, lemon, under ripe peach, grapefruit pith (bitterness on the finish), honey, flint, and floral. Questioning whether or not there was a little lees ageing. 
Zenato Lugana San Benedetto 2016 (San Benedetto, Italy) - Med Minus Gold. Notes of pineapple, honeydew melon, apple, lemon, mango, peach, honey, steel minerality, and flowers. As well as a touch of confection. On the palate this wine was dry with medium alcohol and length, medium plus acidity, and medium minus body and complexity. Notes of honeydew melon, pineapple, mango, white peach, green apple, steel minerality, apricot, lemon, and honey. 
Marco Felluga Russiz Superiore Sauvignon Collio 2012 (Russiz, Italy) - Medium Minus Straw. Notes of subtle grass, tomato vine, and green pepper, ammonia, gooseberry, passion fruit, peach, apricot, mango, pineapple, lemon zest, pear, white pepper, guava, flint minerality, and fruit salad. On the palate this wine was dry with medium plus alcohol, acidity, length, and complexity, and a medium body. Notes of pineapple, peach, mango, pear, lemon, pomegranate, green pepper, white pepper, thyme, flint minerality, and grapefruit. Overall richness. 
Damilano Barbera d'Asti 2015 (Barbera d'Asti, Italy) - Medium Ruby. Notes of cherry, red current, black pepper, thyme, fresh berries, and forest floor. On the palate this wine was dry with medium plus alcohol, high acidity, low/soft tannin, and medium minus length and complexity. Notes of fresh/sour cherry, raspberry, and strawberry, black pepper, and forest floor. Definitely a wine that needs food!
Zonin Valpolicella Classico 2016 (Valpolicella, Italy) - Medium Ruby. Notes of forest floor, fresh cherry and strawberry, black pepper, tomato vine, black tea, and roasted red pepper. On the palate this wine was dry with medium alcohol, body, and complexity, medium minus tannin and length, and medium plus acidity. Notes of tomato, roasted red pepper, black pepper, fresh cherry, strawberry, and raspberry, iron, and forest floor. 
Tedeschi Amarone della Valpolicella 2014 (Amarone della Valpolicella, Italy) - Medium Plus Ruby with Garnet Rim. Notes of dried/candied raspberry, cherry, and strawberry, vanilla, smoke, cedar, soy sauce, olive brine, green pepper, eucalyptus, savoury, dijon mustard, dried earth, spice, chocolate, and mocha. On the palate this wine was dry with high alcohol and acidity, medium plus tannin, body, and complexity, and medium length. Notes of chocolate, mocha, vanilla, strawberry, cherry, raspberry, cedar, smoke, cinnamon, violet, dried earth, espresso, and something savoury. 
Demilano Barolo Liste 2012 (Barolo, Italy) - Medium Garnet w/ Faded Orange/Brown Rim. Notes of licorice, dried roses, chemical/plastic, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, fig, tomato, green pepper, vanilla, cedar, baking spice, mocha, chocolate, dried earth, and black tea. On the palate this wine was dry w/ high alcohol, tannin, and acidity, full body, and medium length and complexity. Notes of dried earth, dried red fruits and apricot, tomato, baking spice, black tea, cedar, green pepper, roses, and fig. Although already 6 years, it is still very closed.

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