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Bibi Graetz- 100% Ansonica- Artwork on label is his, artist turned producer.
Made from 100% Ansonica grapes grown on the Island of Giglio (a.k.a. Inzolia in Sicily). As a child, Bibi used to spend summers on Giglio Island, a small sparsely inhabited island in the Tuscan Archipelago that comes to life in the summer, reachable only by boat, surrounded by crystal-clear waters. Giglio is about 6 square miles.
Tasting notes- Not much on the nose, warm lemon, yeast, salty, acidic and dry
Damiano Cesanese- M+ (bit lighter than last), Cherry, Rose, Iron, Rusty, Herbal, Pepper and Acidic
New by the Bottle
Gattinara, Nebbiolo
Tasting notes- Red fruit, blackberry, plum, liquorice, hint of vanilla, cream and leather- full and slight acidic.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
DESSERT WINES
Traversa, Brachetto, Piemonte
--Frizzante, pink, strawberry and rhubarb paired with Gelato, nice with pie
Luciano Landi, Lacrima di Morro d’Alba Passito, Le Marche---100% Lacrima di Morro d’Alba,inky, rose petal, lavender, violet, blueberry, pomegranate, and cinnamon, ripe dark berries and wild flowers. Paired with Baci
Planeta, Moscato di Noto, Sicilia
---Dried fruit, mango, dates, orange peel, and spicy notes of tea and ginger,vanilla cream,dense and thick, lively acidity. Paired with panna cotta
Gianni Doglia, Moscato d’Asti, Piemonte
----Wild flowers and apricot, bitter marmalade, dried apples, and spices. Not very sweet, balanced acidity and a medium body. Long and elegant finish, orange zest and flowers. Paired with Pie
Librandi 'Le Passule' Mantonico Passito, Calabria
---100% Mantonico, an ancient local grape, dried and aged in wood. Poached pear, floral, bright and lighter. Paired with Bavarese
D’Ancona, ‘Cimillýa’, Passito di Pantelleria, Moscato di Alessandria, Sicilia 2004
---Harvested by hand-balanced,elegant, honey, apricot, dates, nuts, hops. Paired with Crespelle
Pieropan, ‘Le Colombare’, Recioto di Soave, Veneto 2004
-Apricot jam and honey, nutmeg and flowers. Paired with Torta
Cornarea, ‘Tarasco’, Roero Arneis Passito, Piemonte, 2005
-Quince Jam, toasted hazelnuts, honey. Paired with cheeses
Cantine del Castello Conti, Elixir,Piemonte NV-Herbal & medicinal Paired with Biscotti
--Frizzante, pink, strawberry and rhubarb paired with Gelato, nice with pie
Luciano Landi, Lacrima di Morro d’Alba Passito, Le Marche---100% Lacrima di Morro d’Alba,inky, rose petal, lavender, violet, blueberry, pomegranate, and cinnamon, ripe dark berries and wild flowers. Paired with Baci
Planeta, Moscato di Noto, Sicilia
---Dried fruit, mango, dates, orange peel, and spicy notes of tea and ginger,vanilla cream,dense and thick, lively acidity. Paired with panna cotta
Gianni Doglia, Moscato d’Asti, Piemonte
----Wild flowers and apricot, bitter marmalade, dried apples, and spices. Not very sweet, balanced acidity and a medium body. Long and elegant finish, orange zest and flowers. Paired with Pie
Librandi 'Le Passule' Mantonico Passito, Calabria
---100% Mantonico, an ancient local grape, dried and aged in wood. Poached pear, floral, bright and lighter. Paired with Bavarese
D’Ancona, ‘Cimillýa’, Passito di Pantelleria, Moscato di Alessandria, Sicilia 2004
---Harvested by hand-balanced,elegant, honey, apricot, dates, nuts, hops. Paired with Crespelle
Pieropan, ‘Le Colombare’, Recioto di Soave, Veneto 2004
-Apricot jam and honey, nutmeg and flowers. Paired with Torta
Cornarea, ‘Tarasco’, Roero Arneis Passito, Piemonte, 2005
-Quince Jam, toasted hazelnuts, honey. Paired with cheeses
Cantine del Castello Conti, Elixir,Piemonte NV-Herbal & medicinal Paired with Biscotti
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
5/19/10 updates
Gurrida, 'Victory', 100% Grenache, Sicilia 2002
-M+,beautiful brick color, raisin, stewed fruit, prune, cherry, raspberry, slightly oxidized.
Grenache main grape in Rhone blends and most Cotes du Rhone and Chateaunuef-du-pape. Yields soft, lightly colored yet full wines endowed with deep notes of strawberry and raspberry. It is particularly common in Spain as Garnacha, and Sardinia, as Canonnau,
The Gurrida estate, above the town of Randazzo at an altitude of 850 meters, comprises 36 hectares that are under water from late October to mid March, when the River Flascio breaks its banks.
Viticulturalists who have never actually seen the gnarled, unpruned vines protruding from the mirror of water refuse to believe their survival is possible.
Early 1800s planted with Grenache, the French variety, at the behest of Lord Nelson. When Lord Nelson's Sicilian property was divided up and sold in the late 1960s, the Cesarò family of nearby Giarre purchased the Gurrida estate.
A lawyer turned agriculturalist, Angelo Cesarò set to work on the abandoned vineyard in 1990, and he now produces a velvety red table wine that he has called Victory, in memory of Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when the British Navy destroyed Napoleon's fleet.
Terre del Principe, 'Castello delle Femmine', Terre del Volturno, Campania 2008- 50% Pallagrello Nero & 50% Casavecchia
Terre del Principe =The Prince’s Land
M+, Raspberry,candied cherry, baking spice, fresh black pepper, wood tannins, tart, smokey, bitter almond finish
Castello delle Femmine (Women's castle) named after an castle where young women went be trained in “ars amandi” or the art of love. The vintage made by hand during the last 20 days of october.
Poggio di Bortolone, Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico, Sicilia 2006- Nero d' Avola and Frappato
-----Classic IT. Red, Med, bright red fruit, blackberry, cranberry, dried rose, acidic, hot earth with little spice.
Not New but a bit more info-
Terre del Principe, 'Fontanavigna',100% Pallagrello Bianco, Terre del Volturno, Campania 2008
-Named after old fountain in area- Hand picked in first few weeks of September.
Fresh fruit, apple, pineapple, melon, balanced with finish of dried apricots
-M+,beautiful brick color, raisin, stewed fruit, prune, cherry, raspberry, slightly oxidized.
Grenache main grape in Rhone blends and most Cotes du Rhone and Chateaunuef-du-pape. Yields soft, lightly colored yet full wines endowed with deep notes of strawberry and raspberry. It is particularly common in Spain as Garnacha, and Sardinia, as Canonnau,
The Gurrida estate, above the town of Randazzo at an altitude of 850 meters, comprises 36 hectares that are under water from late October to mid March, when the River Flascio breaks its banks.
Viticulturalists who have never actually seen the gnarled, unpruned vines protruding from the mirror of water refuse to believe their survival is possible.
Early 1800s planted with Grenache, the French variety, at the behest of Lord Nelson. When Lord Nelson's Sicilian property was divided up and sold in the late 1960s, the Cesarò family of nearby Giarre purchased the Gurrida estate.
A lawyer turned agriculturalist, Angelo Cesarò set to work on the abandoned vineyard in 1990, and he now produces a velvety red table wine that he has called Victory, in memory of Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when the British Navy destroyed Napoleon's fleet.
Terre del Principe, 'Castello delle Femmine', Terre del Volturno, Campania 2008- 50% Pallagrello Nero & 50% Casavecchia
Terre del Principe =The Prince’s Land
M+, Raspberry,candied cherry, baking spice, fresh black pepper, wood tannins, tart, smokey, bitter almond finish
Castello delle Femmine (Women's castle) named after an castle where young women went be trained in “ars amandi” or the art of love. The vintage made by hand during the last 20 days of october.
Poggio di Bortolone, Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico, Sicilia 2006- Nero d' Avola and Frappato
-----Classic IT. Red, Med, bright red fruit, blackberry, cranberry, dried rose, acidic, hot earth with little spice.
Not New but a bit more info-
Terre del Principe, 'Fontanavigna',100% Pallagrello Bianco, Terre del Volturno, Campania 2008
-Named after old fountain in area- Hand picked in first few weeks of September.
Fresh fruit, apple, pineapple, melon, balanced with finish of dried apricots
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