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Castiglioni - Chianti

Producer: Marchesi de' Frescobaldi
Name: Castiglioni Chianti
Region: Chianti, Italy
Vintage: 2007
Price: ~ $18

The bouquet is full of dark berries, raspberries, black cherries and spice. On the palate flavours of licorice and forward spice present themselves first but as tasting progresses you can start to pick out some dark chocolate. The chianti ends with a dry and medium finish.

I've missed you red wine. Beer just wasn't doing it for me. It's time to come back home...

* Sorry about the repeated post! I'm not sure what happened but before even publishing, nine of the same posting appeared on my site with no explanation. I guess that's what happens when you use MobileMe Mail in beta stage...

J

     
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Marchesi de Frescobaldi - Nipozzano Riserva

Producer: Marchesi de Frescobaldi
Name: Nipozzano Riserva
Vintage: 2005
Varietal: Sangiovese,Region: Chianti, Italy
Price: ~ $17

I believe this is the last of the "thanksgiving party" wine. The colour/clarity is that of a smokey red brick. The bouquet on this is quite interesting. It smells heavily of dark fruit like plums and blackcurrant but ends with a slight spice. There's also a sweetness mixed in with the spice that makes you return for another smell. The wine has plenty of bold spice that's well balanced and complex. It's not too heavy but has a good robust body and finishes with a nice and long.

I did some searching and discovered that the 2005 vintage of the Nipozzano Riserva scored 90 with Wine Spectator and ranked 76th in their top 100 Wines world classification.

(Not exactly an Irish wine but do you know how hard it is to find a wine from Ireland in the SW of Calgary? Whatever! Happy St. Patty's Day!!!)

Peace ooouuut!

J

     
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Mezzo Mondo - Negroamaro Salento

Producer: Mezzo Mondo
Name: Negroamaro Salento
Region: Puglia, Italy
Vintage: 2007
Price: Unknown

I'm pretty sure a family member brought this wine. Sure it doesn't have a specific appellation but I have to at least try it out. The bouquet smells of heavy black cherries, spice and a hint of vanilla. Straight forward, it tasted of rich black spice, dark cherries and blackberries with subtle notes of oak. A balanced and dry full bodied wine with a medium finish.

I wish I could remember who brought it. That's one of the great things about hosting a party—to the host go the spoils!

Okay peace out!

     
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Rocca delle Macie - Chianti Classico Riserva

Producer: Rocca delle Macie
Name: Chianti Classico Riserva
Region: Tuscany, Italy
Appellation: Chianti Classico
Vintage: 2004
Price: ~ $23

Okay let me first start by saying what shitty pictures these are. I think that by the time I took them I was already a few glasses deep and thought they looked blurry but it was just my eyes playing tricks on me. Apparently they actually were blurry... (iPhone where are you?!)

This was a nicely bold chianti from the old world. The bouquet smelled of forward spice with a lingering ripe black cherry scent. On the palate the wine was equally quite bold. It had a hearty full body that was complex and intriguing and carried flavours of chocolate, bark, leather and subtle notes of cherry. The whole wine wrapped up with a long dry finish. Mmm...

In the terrible pictures you can see the shape of a silver medal award for Wine Access's International Value Wine Awards.

In other news the Golden Globes were yesterday and Tarantino was robbed of best picture yet again! In 2009 Inglorious loses to blue aliens. In 1994 Pulp Fiction loses to a retard from the south who farms shrimp... "Lieutenant Dan! Lieutenant Dan!"... bah! Drives me nuts...

J

   
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Barone Ricasoli - Brolio

Producer: Barone Ricasoli
Name: Brolio
Varietal: Sangiovese, et al
Vintage: 2006
Region: Chianti Classico, Italy
Price: ~ $28

And we start with a little news story out of Annapolis.

You would think they would've used a big red stop sign to warn kids that a sex offender lives at this house rather than a cute halloween pumpkin that easily blends into all of the other halloween decorations! Doesn't even make sense!

And now onto a fabulous little wine called Brolio. This was a gift from our good friend Danah who spent many evenings (and some afternoons) at Abruzzo, an excellent Italian restaurant here in Calgary. The bouquet smells of dark cherries with strong notes of pepper and spice. It has a complex and balanced palate with an interesting earthy spice that reveals itself with each sip (almost getting stronger and stronger). The full body finishes long and dry.

Peace ooouuut!

J

   
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Masi - Campofiorin

Producer: Masi
Name: Campofiorin
Region: Verona, Italy
Vintage: 2006
Price: ~ 18

I know I've tasted this one before but in all honesty it's been quite a while. So why not again right? The Masi Campofiorin has a bouquet (I hate using that word) of rich dark cherries and really subtle notes of smoke and cedar. It has a full body that wraps your tongue in more dark cherries and blackberries but I wouldn't say that it's fruity. The cherry and berry notes are quite parred down as the tasting progresses because I think the smokey earth tones take over and wrap it all up with a long dry finish. I say "I think" because I kinda had a hard time deciding if things were wrapped up nicely with the smoke and earth flavours or if they weren't wrapped up at all and things fell flat. If someone has tasted this one before I'd love to hear your comments on it. It could also very well be my own inexperience coupled with the fact I'm already gettin' my buzz on!

Peace!

J

PS: you're two o'clock appointment is going to come soon Chris... very soon indeed.
PPS: enough about the goddam Wolf Blass. My point was that it's a decent wine for the price and mass production isn't a good enough reason not to like it.

   
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