Tuesday 6 January 2015

Forteto della Luja Monferrato Rosso Le Grive 2007




This winery is based in Loazzolo, a small village in the countryside of Asti.

Today I’m writing about an assembled red.
This is Pinot Noir and Barbera, in not declared percentages, for a wedding, perhaps a bit unusual and atypical, not so common, not so obvious.

A dark and almost impenetrable purple, for a sweet nose, with very ripe dark fruit - blackberry and blueberry, plum, cherry and currant - a delicate violet and rose and a hint of vanilla.

The palate comes fresh and firm, losing much of the nasal sweetness and assumes a dry and vertical profile.
The taste is vinous and fleshy, full but velvety, and resumes the fruity and floral aspects, even if the spicy aspect is slightly unfinished.

The satisfactory acid-tannic and alcoholic balance, has allowed a smooth drink, accompanying “ad hoc” homemade pappardelle with gravy.


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