2005 Dominio de Tares
Bembibre (Bierzo DO)
Day 1- Starts off denser & richer than I remembered. Dry
tannins with a vague hint of dried fruit. There's smokiness & licorice &
all the usual spicy suspects. In fact I think my taste buds instinctively
search for fennel seeds, cumin & mixed spice. Opens with violets, almonds
& red fruits. The dried fruit, especially figs comes through the middle, but not
stewed or overbearing.
Day 2- Still a deep
garnet colour with dense aromas of cloves & spice. Heady violets with funky
marshmallow & sarsparilla flavours. Subtle changes to more blue fruit
today. Could easily convince me this was a nebbiolo today. It's a thinker &
there's a lot to like about it.
Tasted 6th & 7th April 2012
14% Alc vol
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2006 Pizzini
Nebbiolo (King Valley)
Crimson, not dark red. Light, almost a brown tinge in the glass. Violets, blueberries, cloves, tar and something else I
cannot describe; almost a sweet tang... Rose petal, orange peel, briar, tar, aniseed/fennel seeds. That's just the nose.
Loving the long, almost crunchy marshmallow aftertaste. Opened
up nicely after few hours in the decanter. Crunchy,
funky, velvety tannins melt with the gelatinous meat falling off the lamb shanks that
were braised in a 2002 Pizzini Sangiovese (left over from the night before), rosemary, tomato & cannellini bean sauce.
Great combination of flavours.
Tasted 25th August 2012
www.pizzini.com.au
2008 Boireann La Cima
Nebbiolo (Granite Belt, Qld)
Light in colour. Rose petals, violets, toasted hazelnuts & tangy
blueberries dance in the glass. Dry, taught, chalky tannins. Fennel seeds & five spice. Lingering crunch & funky marshmallow (turkish delight) that I
love searching for & embracing about the variety.
Not a provocative
Baroloesque nebbiolo, but thoughtful nonetheless. Ticks all the pedigree boxes
plus a couple of smiley faces to boot.
Tasted 6th May 2012
www.boireannwinery.com.au
2011 Boireann La Cima
Barbera (Granite Belt, Qld)
Sour cherries & bitter dark chocolate. Toasted
hazelnuts, freshly ground coffee beans & smokey meats. Very much a thinking
man's wine.
Matched the homemade pizza like James Bond wearing a black suit to
a bbq. Over dressed? Probably... But bloody good all the same.
Tasted 14th April 2012
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