Mezzo Mondo - Negroamaro Salento
Producer: Mezzo Mondo
Name: Negroamaro Salento
Region: Puglia, Italy
Vintage: 2007
Price: Unknown
Put your goddam pinky down and drink your wine like a normal human.
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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
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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