Wine Tasting Notes: Italy - page 4
What I have been drinking. What I have been thinking. Wines from Italy...
Italy
Aromatic & smokey. Orange peel & rose petals.
Fragrant and round. Marzipan & nuts.
Evolved & elegant. Underwood, tobacco leaf & chocolate.
Creamy, refreshing & mineral. Melissa and citrus fruits.
Crispy and lively. Black cherry, liquorice & tarragon.
Mineral. Tinned pear and citronella.
Fine and fresh. Bread, yogurt, golden apple.
Elegant and complex. Raspberry, violets, underwood.
Light and juicy. Raspberry, basil and tomato sauce.
Structured and complex. Pink grapefruit, walnut, fig leaf, hay…
Sapid and mineral. Nettle, acacia flower, wet stone.
Refreshing, mineral and sapid. White flowers, under ripe pineapple, tinned pear.
Mineral and evolved. Leather, tobacco leaf.
Refreshing and sapid. Tomato leaf, elderflower.
Fresh and mineral. White flowers, citrus fruit, green apple.
Caiarossa "Aria di Caiarossa" 2015
Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Syrah (Shiraz) / Cabernet Franc
Rich, elegant, umami. Cedar wood, nettle, dried violets.
Complex, sapid, mineral. Tomato leaf, tinned pineapple, rose, lychees.
Fragrant, fresh and mineral. Bread, bitter almond, citrus fruit, green apple.
Elegant and refreshing. White flowers, pear, pink grapefruit.
Evolved and elegant. Leather, wet stone, graphite.
Fresh with soft tannins. Raspberry, leather, graphite, vanilla.
Warm with soft tannins. Cherries, licorice, graphite, mushroom.
Deep and elegant, complex. Dried violet, leather, underwood and graphite. Sapid, umami.