Very saturated black ruby/garnet with brick edges. Deep, very ripe blackberry and plummy fruit together with loads of fragrant gravel and minerals on the nose. Intense, deep-toned flavors of pungent graphite-laced earth and bone-dry essence of blackberry extract. Lots of medium fine-grained tannins and full body give lots of oomph, and the finish is long and chewy. I can't imagine this improving much, so drink over the next 18 months. A-. Was $14.99 from WTSO.com. Imported by Palm Bay International, Boca Raton, FL.
An idiosyncratic journal of wines I buy from a mix of Internet sources and retailers in the Northern Virginia/D.C. area. Mostly inexpensive and moderately-priced stuff, reflecting my frugal New England roots. Cent anni!
Friday, October 05, 2012
2007 Col d'Orcia ROSSO DI MONTALCINO "Banditella" (Tuscany, Italy)
Very saturated black ruby/garnet with brick edges. Deep, very ripe blackberry and plummy fruit together with loads of fragrant gravel and minerals on the nose. Intense, deep-toned flavors of pungent graphite-laced earth and bone-dry essence of blackberry extract. Lots of medium fine-grained tannins and full body give lots of oomph, and the finish is long and chewy. I can't imagine this improving much, so drink over the next 18 months. A-. Was $14.99 from WTSO.com. Imported by Palm Bay International, Boca Raton, FL.
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