Sticking my nose in manure
Since my wife wasn't drinking tonight, I looked for a wine that she wouldn't enjoy. I dug up an Italian wine that I had mental note to "let it cellar, about 18 months ago". After getting the tightly stuck synthetic cork to open, I was greeted with a blast of manure, sulfer, and farm yard smells. Oh my. I thought I was getting use to earthy wines, but this was too much. It was hard to imagine drinking this. The palate was sharp with twig, manure and just bit of black berry in the acidic ("juicy") body.
I looked it up online, as I had a recollection it was liked by WS. The site lists a bottle for $52 but there's no way I paid that much. Looking up my email, the Wine Club says I bought it for $8. And it is the wine listed on the WS site, but they have a typo in the price. The WS review states:
Good blackberry and chocolate aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, with soft, round tannins. Juicy. This is an outstanding new wine from Angelini. Merlot, Sangiovese and Canaiolo. Best after 2007.After writing this far in my blog, the smell has started to dissapate but the flavors are still quite lean.
Oh, what is it? TENIMENTI ANGELINI 2004 Toscana Tuttobene Red.
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