Vini di Vignaioli Vins de Vignerons 2017 | Fornovo di Taro (Parma)

 

Sunday 4th and Monday 5th November, back the classic appointment, in Fornovo di Taro village, near Parma (North Italy), with the unmissable event of Vini di Vignaioli, Vins de Vignerons 2017 (winegrowers wines), this year celebrating the seventeenth edition.

 

Not only tasting, but also knowing directly the winegrowers and tune into their modus, to understand their working philosophy.

 

This edition will present more than 130 winemakers, with the possibility, as usual, to purchase the wines in tasting, and there will be also a large group of high quality food, and publishing companies. 

 

As usual, you can find the list of winegrowers, and other useful information, by consulting their website and the fb page.

 

 

 vini di vignaioli

 

 

Arianna Occhipinti SP 68 Bianco Terre Siciliane 2013

This is a blend, slightly macerated, of Albanello and Zibibbo grapes.

 

It envelops the nostrils with freshness and straightness, absolutely devoid of sweetness. Dominating the olfactory spectrum is, at first, the plant connotation that is realized with hay and other herbs, bay leaf, thyme and an exuberant chamomile.

 

Later it was the turn of fruity and marine scents, with hints of citrus and peach, thwarted by seaweed, oyster and strong mineral filler.

 

The taste, giving almost complete consonance with the nose, once again, even more notably, the plant component - here the fruit pays duty - that is adequately supported by delicate mineral texture, as well as balanced acidity.

 

The sip, very wide and of medium complexity, remains dry and closes on persistent iodine notes and citrus returns.

 

High and dangerous drinkability.

 

Massa Vecchia Berace 2010

 

Not even six thousand bottles for this blend consisting of Merlot 40%, Sangiovese 40%, and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.

 

The glass has a beautiful ruby red. The nose is assaulted by red berry fruits - strawberry and blueberry, blackberry and cherry – with a pleasant hints of plant and tobacco.

 

On the mouth it is lively and reproduces, quite consistently, the smell expressions, with regard to the fruity appearance.

 

Good acidity, a balanced slender body, these are the hallmarks of this bottle, which has shown remarkable drink agility.

 

It closes with good persistence, with fruity and sapidity flavors.

Domaine aux Moines Savennières Roche aux Moines 1992

Here we are in the Loire and the Chenin grape, lends, usually very well to aging. And this bowl, fortunately, confirmed the reputation.

 

The cap does not seem new, really it is, you would give him 2/3 hours, not 23 years.

 

A golden color, light and fat. The first impression is that I stopped at a gas station: only oil, hydrocarbon, if you prefer, and a hefty sum of reduced. But I did not hurry and I am waiting for that it stretches.

 

After a few hours, it comes the finesse, with the powerful hydrocarbon tones that have given way to smoky notes, also peat, mixed with fruits confits - quince and apricot - and hints of dried flowers.

Touches of honey and beeswax evidenced by the many springs of the bottle, but winter is still far away and the evolution, at the time, does not rhyme with oxidation.

The aromas continually evolving and climbing octaves of chalky minerality, streaked with orange peel and grapefruit and hints of mushroom.

 

In the mouth it is coup de coeur and impresses me so much freshness. There are material and thickness, consistency and a lot of youth. Thanks to a sharp acidity, incredible and unexpected, herbs, dried flowers and citrus soar.

 

Sip intact and tense - a stylish concentrated mineral salt, flowers and fruit - ending, long and intense, with hints of anise, black tea and walnut.

In two words: the nose is more nuanced and "forward", while the mouth is very young, but already full. 

Merci Monique e Tessa Laroche.

 

Marcel Lapierre Morgon 2011

Thanks to Marcel Lapierre there was the relaunch, for a new life and expression, of the Gamay grape. He, in fact, was able to demonstrate that a different result was possible, compared to the "cage" in which the new Beaujolais kicked itself. 

And the results are seen in the glass and you appreciate.

There is a dark ruby, concentrated, expressing freshness, sweetness of red fruit - raspberry and cherry, strawberry and red currant - with pleasant floral notes and a precise spicy dash.

 

The taste demonstrates full compliance with the sense of smell, with fresh and sweet treats of the red fruit. The palate, little by little, is conquered by a relentless spicy and mineral profile that never abandoned the sip.

Elegant fluency, with good persistence.

 

Drinking Gamay safely, not unreasonably this Lapierre’s considered the reference.