by Ray Johnson | Sep 30, 2007 | Italy, Sardegna, Sicilia
Planeta Sicilia IGT La Segreta Rosso 2006 Black fruits, mintiness and a moderate amount of extract and some light structure make this an easy drink. 50% Nero d’Avola, 25% Merlot, 20% Syrah and 5% Cab Franc grown at 100-250 metres, 9 tonnes per hectare, vertical...
by Ray Johnson | Sep 28, 2007 | Italy, Nero d'Avola, Sicilia
This flight shows two budget Island reds with different personalitites. Nero d’Avola also goes by the moniker Calabrese. Feudo Arancio Sicilia IGT Nero d’Avola 2005 This wine carries on value shown in the 2003. One of the class described the smell as...
by Ray Johnson | Sep 28, 2007 | Italy, Sardegna, Sicilia, Vermentino
Southern Italian white table wines have improved by leaps and bounds over the last decade. As in other hot winegrowing regions, temperature control in the cellar is making the difference between wines that smell like nuts and varnish versus fresh fruit and other...
by Ray Johnson | Sep 24, 2007 | Madeira, Portugal
Blandy’s, Madeira, 5 Year Old, Malmsey nv This wine is quite consistent in displaying complexity, sweetness and balancing acidity. Again today’s bottle wraps caramel and butterscotch into a good value fortified dessert wine. For me it makes one of the...
by Ray Johnson | Sep 24, 2007 | Barbaresco, Barolo, Italy, Nebbiolo, Piemonte
Fratelli Revello Barolo DOCG 2003 This is the Revello’s regional bottling and it’s no slouch. Tasted earlier in the year, I wrote: spot on for the price, with new world styling of chocolaty oak and ripe fruit along with massive tannin and classic licorice....
