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.

 

Giuseppe Rinaldi Nebbiolo 2010

 

The nose is quite fruity, sweet, but not too much, sometimes; then black cherry, raspberry, blueberry, very mineral.

The sip is very dry, delicious, savory, with ground, vertical tannins, almost furious.

Long, and persistent, it closes balsamic and mineral.

What a great Nebbiolo!

P.S.: these are the notes, "live" reported, naked and raw, no frills.

Once in the life, without eloquence, cup in the right hand, pen in the left.

Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico “Cultus Boni” 2009

80 percent Sangioveto grapes, with small doses of Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Mammolo and black Malvasia.

Ruby enough load, starts with a warm nose and little else. Waiting for an half-hour and the alcohol perception slows, so there emerges, discreetly, the fruit - cherry, plum and orange - with some purple embroidery and a delicate balsamic note.

The palate sees the return, important and influential, of the alcohol weight, which shortens, concretely, the expressiveness of the sip.

Not convinced, I grant him a second pass in the evening, with the mouth that has improved significantly. Now there is more freshness, that oversees and regulates, the peaks of the alcohol content. Consequently, the sip found its fruity, floral and even spicy size, although the structure remains massive.

Cappellano Nebbiolo 2007

The oldest Piedmont's native red grape, the Neb(b)iolo, Teobaldo pronounced it as it was once called, without the double b “…because it is sweeter”.

 

In the glass meeting a garnet red transparent, diaphanous. A balsamic wave, precise and clean, with spicy bouquet, gradually reveals intense aromas of pipe tobacco in the foreground, followed by undergrowth, leather and iron, cherry, blackberry and violet.

 

These clear olfactory signs are coherent on the palate. The tasting, very fresh, is marked by the strong presence of tobacco and the recall of the other flavors respecting the nose. Bright acidity, deep tannins and whole mastership of the alcohol content – here we travel to 14,5 % - enhance the harmony and the balance, never questioned, of the sip.

 

A nice, long, furrow minty-spicy, ends this cup by high drinkability, with lasting and admirable persistence.

Ciao Beppe

Thank you, Citrico
God bless you