Category: Tasting Notes
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Dal Forno Vigna Sere 2004
Dal Forno Vigna Sera 2004 Vapolicella, Veneto, Italy Incredible vibrant ruby with glints of electric blue. It’s a young-looking wine! On the nose it’s an intense riot of mint, chocolate, Christmas cake spice, anis, Cognac, pine cones, blackcurrant jam, charred cedar and prune. It’s evocative and enticing. Medium sweet but not luscious, well balanced with…
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Dal Forno Amarone 2008
Dal Forno Amarone 2008 Vapolicella, Veneto, Italy The nose is so evocative and so herbal, it’s almost like a Chinato or Vermouth! It’s intensely savoury and woody, with notes of charred wood, grilled duck with griotte cherries, tea-soaked prunes, dried herbs, cracked black pepper, late season raspberries, violets. The alcohol is immense but perfectly integrated.…
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Dal Forno Amarone 2011
Dal Forno Amarone 2011 Vapolicella, Veneto, Italy Profound on the nose: a wine you keep returning to as it unfurls its treasures. Roasted meat, charred rosemary, blackberry, cherry liqueur, Earl Grey tea, dark cholocate, blood orange, savoury herbs and prune. As it warms in the glass and breathes it comes together like a brandy-laden Christmas…
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Dal Forno Amarone 2015
Dal Forno Amarone 2015 Vapolicella, Veneto, Italy The nose is a bit closed and takes some time (and temperature) to emerge. Dark fruits and vanilla oak. A touch jammy but with loads of acidity and a pleasant bitterness. After a while it opens up to reveal dried hibiscus, brandied prunes, cocoa and tea. A bit…
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Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore 2017
Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore 2017 Vapolicella, Veneto, Italy So light on the nose – it’s almost Pinot-esque (though certainly not once you taste it). Red cherry, wild strawberries, cracked black pepper. More subtle oak than the 2015. Noticeable tannins – quite grippy. Lacking a bit in texture and concentration. It’s odd to describe a Dal…
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Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore 2015
Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore 2015 Vapolicella, Veneto, Italy Deep ruby in colour. The aromas take some time to be coaxed from the glass but eventually emerge as ripe raspberry, red cherry, sage leaf, and charred cedar notes. There’s a strong whack of oak. The residual sugar is fairly low, but the ripeness gives an off-dry…
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Ch. La Croix du Casse 2012
Chateau La Croix du Casse 2012 Pomerol, Bordeaux, France Intense deep ruby in colour, it takes some coaxing out of the glass before revealing notes of ripe red cherry, dark chocolate, raspberry, prune, blackcurrant leaf, dying candle flame, roasted meat and dried herbs on the nose. These notes carry across to the palate, where the…
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