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2007 Passopisciaro
- Thread starter Cristian Dezso
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Matteo Mollo
Matteo Mollo
I think his (deftly used) barriques make the wine darker.
Levi Dalton
Levi Dalton
originally posted by MarkS:
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by Matteo Mollo:
Yes, yes. If you want me to list all the exceptions i can try but i was simply refering back to the light and bright style wines that these producers make. Clearly there are myriad exceptions. Part of my point, and maybe you'll agree, is that i find the Palari wines quite a departure from etna and vittoria wines based on nerello mascalese/cappuccio (or similar grapes) which have that tendancy to be on the "lighter and brighter" side of the spectrum (again, from certain producers and certainly not all their wines). I think it is a welcome departure and an interesting counterpoint to the wines from other parts of the island.
I think a part of the reason for the difference is the addition in the wines of Palari some Nero d'Avola (referred to as Calabrese). And there is probably some Grenache cousin in there as well.
But grenache wouldn't make it a darker wine...
It does argue against "light and bright," though, doesn't it?
The alcholic extract of Grenache brings a broader mouthfeel.
Oliver McCrum
Oliver McCrum
Bonavita's Faro just uses the Nerellos, and Nocera, which is said to add acidity. I think it's the only Sicilian wine other than Etna Rosso that has real class, but that could be because I've found I don't really like Nero d'Avola.
...I've found I don't really like Nero d'Avola.
Hear! Hear!
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
Oliver and Mark, I wasn't much of a fan until I tasted Occhipinti's. If you haven't tried it, give it a go.
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Oliver and Mark, I wasn't much of a fan until I tasted Occhipinti's. If you haven't tried it, give it a go.
Cellaring the 06, as we speak! And I have yet to pull an upper-end Gulfi yet, so the jury is still out, although I have had Feudo Montoni's Vrucara which I liked but had it too young. If they were around $20 instead of being $35-40 wines, I'd like them a lot more. I find similar kind of profiles but with more interesting things going on from St. Joseph for that price range.
Levi Dalton
Levi Dalton
Old Riserva del Conte from the '80s can be a revelation.
Oliver McCrum
Oliver McCrum
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Oliver and Mark, I wasn't much of a fan until I tasted Occhipinti's. If you haven't tried it, give it a go.
Oswaldo,
There must be exceptions. I suppose what I mean is I used to think that I had to have a Nero d'Avola in order to make a decent job of a Sicily selection, but now I'm not worrying about it.
I asked Giovanni Scarfone of Bonavita what other terroir he thought was really interesting in Sicily (other than Faro and Etna) and he said 'Vittoria,' where Occhipinti is. There aren't very many good producers in Vittoria, unfortunately, as far as I can tell from tasting at the Consorzio. There are certainly a number of bad ones.