Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
2007 Occhipinti Nero d'Avola Siccagno Sicilia IGT 13.0% AP#:LS0109
Loved my first bottle of this last October, but others found brett in the second at the Who Needs Tuscany or Piedmont tasting two weeks ago. I was eager to try a third one in the sanctity of the home, with my own glasses, etc. Here my colleagues might have found brett too, as the aromas seemed the same, but Marcia and I must be genetically altered by Bacchus, may the chubby little bugger revel in peace. Dark sour cherry aromas, not giving much, give way to vibrant acidity, light tannins, pronounced salinity, and a taut and nervy sensation of stemminess. With food, it was balanced and pleasurable, with satisfying weight. Aromatically, should fulfil the promise in a year or so. The last 50ml, about twenty minutes after the buffering effect of food had faded, were surprisingly thin and acidic (not sure what that means, if anything).
Loved my first bottle of this last October, but others found brett in the second at the Who Needs Tuscany or Piedmont tasting two weeks ago. I was eager to try a third one in the sanctity of the home, with my own glasses, etc. Here my colleagues might have found brett too, as the aromas seemed the same, but Marcia and I must be genetically altered by Bacchus, may the chubby little bugger revel in peace. Dark sour cherry aromas, not giving much, give way to vibrant acidity, light tannins, pronounced salinity, and a taut and nervy sensation of stemminess. With food, it was balanced and pleasurable, with satisfying weight. Aromatically, should fulfil the promise in a year or so. The last 50ml, about twenty minutes after the buffering effect of food had faded, were surprisingly thin and acidic (not sure what that means, if anything).