Tom Glasgow
Thomas W Glasgow
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SP68
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Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Tenuous.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Tenuous.
Since when is that not enough?
Ian Fitzsimmons
Ian Fitzsimmons
Yes, okay.
georg lauer
georg lauer
by chance, we had one last night. great fun, empty in no time.
Cristian Dezso
Cristian Dezso
Yes, I've opened mine last night as well. It inspired me to seek out more of the wines of sicily. I liked it less than the 2007 passo, but it was fun nevertheless. I am not sure whether the one I had is from the good or bad batch, but it was a little tannic and alcoholic, but nice fruit nonetheless.
Matteo Mollo
Matteo Mollo
Tannic? alcoholic? You talking about Arianna Occhipinti's wine?
Better watch yourself 'round these parts.
Better watch yourself 'round these parts.
georg lauer
georg lauer
originally posted by Cristian Dezso:
Yes, I've opened mine last night as well. It inspired me to seek out more of the wines of sicily. I liked it less than the 2007 passo, but it was fun nevertheless. I am not sure whether the one I had is from the good or bad batch, but it was a little tannic and alcoholic, but nice fruit nonetheless.
I need to check exactly what we had, since it was neither tannic nor alcoholic. At all. The absence of heat was what I specifically liked about it.
Cristian Dezso
Cristian Dezso
I know I know, I am sorry, I'll retract the alcoholic then. I hope this works out well for all.
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
originally posted by Cristian Dezso:
I know I know, I am sorry, I'll retract the alcoholic then. I hope this works out well for all.
No it doesn't. You are hereby sentenced to one year in a reeducation camp.
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Cristian Dezso:
I know I know, I am sorry, I'll retract the alcoholic then. I hope this works out well for all.
No it doesn't. You are hereby sentenced to one year in a reeducation camp.
Heh. In my haste, I read that as a "reduction camp" and imagine poor Cristian sentenced to a steady diet of oversulfured, screwcapped Rieslings. Ouch!
Mark Lipton
Cristian Dezso
Cristian Dezso
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by Cristian Dezso:
I know I know, I am sorry, I'll retract the alcoholic then. I hope this works out well for all.
No it doesn't. You are hereby sentenced to one year in a reeducation camp.
Busy day today in the camp. Some high-ranking members of the Politburo visited, so we had bread for the first time in months, and wine brought straight from Sicily. Interesting wine, a little tannic and alcoholic but who cares, it's wine after all...
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
Boy, those dudes were natty dressers.
I like the idea of reduction camp. Screwcaps would be interesting headgear, sort of Devo.
I like the idea of reduction camp. Screwcaps would be interesting headgear, sort of Devo.
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
All this time I thought we were talking about roads maps of Siclia.
Once again I have no idea what is going on.
Man, when you move on, you really move on.
originally posted by VS:
Reduction camp. Sounds like my 'chai' in late fall. Five fiercely reductive wines and then poor grenache, oxidatively apart and on its own...
Better keep them well separated, Victor, or who knows what mayhem might ensue?
Mark Lipton
garrett_pierce
Garrett Pierce
Arianna's wines are probably my favorite coming out of Sicily. The first time I had the new vintage of the SP68 it stayed on my mind for days. At first it was simple, fun, cherry fruit with a hint of something more earth-bound. After an hour it bloomed into a damp, complex beast...but still with that fun cherry fruit. This is a wine that even my non-wine buddies really enjoy!
Matteo Mollo
Matteo Mollo
originally posted by garrett_pierce:
Arianna's wines are probably my favorite coming out of Sicily. The first time I had the new vintage of the SP68 it stayed on my mind for days. At first it was simple, fun, cherry fruit with a hint of something more earth-bound. After an hour it bloomed into a damp, complex beast...but still with that fun cherry fruit. This is a wine that even my non-wine buddies really enjoy!
you dont have to love it just because it's cool.
Cole Kendall
Cole Kendall
[Apologies for thread revival but it seemed the best place]
I was pointed to the new hipster food spot in Milan "Eat's" that turns out to be sort of a subterranean Dean & Deluca grocery store with a little restaurant attached. As I am staying in the area I browsed and found some lovely stuff only moderately overpriced ranging from beautiful looking fish and meats and cheeses to cookies and whatever you would imagine a high end Italian grocery would sell (delicious donkey salame).
I went up a flight to the wine department and asked for something inexpensive (15E) that was the opposite of woody and international and bottle number 3 offered was the 2010 SP68 that was probably a bit overpriced (13.5E) but wonderful and delicious and at 12.5% not alcoholic at all to my taste.
I was pointed to the new hipster food spot in Milan "Eat's" that turns out to be sort of a subterranean Dean & Deluca grocery store with a little restaurant attached. As I am staying in the area I browsed and found some lovely stuff only moderately overpriced ranging from beautiful looking fish and meats and cheeses to cookies and whatever you would imagine a high end Italian grocery would sell (delicious donkey salame).
I went up a flight to the wine department and asked for something inexpensive (15E) that was the opposite of woody and international and bottle number 3 offered was the 2010 SP68 that was probably a bit overpriced (13.5E) but wonderful and delicious and at 12.5% not alcoholic at all to my taste.