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Biserno, Insoglio del Cinghiale IGT 2005
Last weekend I tasted the 2004 vintage of this wine and it was supple, warm and loaded with oak. The 2005 is a similar animal – very approachable and more New World in style than the traditional Italian wines against which it was tasted. Of 4 wines from Tuscany, this was the overwhelming favorite. It makes for an easily affordable and accessible IGT Tuscan blend. Tasted in the summer of 2008, in July, the taste profile was still intact and approachable with more herbaceousness. The grapes for the ’05 vintage are young vine selections of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot. Aging in French oak, 25% of which is new. This winery is shepherded by Lodovico and Piero Antinori. Bottled in Bibbona out by that more famous town Bolgheri 14% $24.95 at Traverso’s Biserno