The Wines of This Week's Tasting:
Uncommon Grapes and Far Away Places: A Winter's Tale
January 31, 2018
2016 Camin Larredya Jurançon La Parte Davant Sec layered and lightly textured, balanced ripe fruit without being cloying, orange peel and orange oil, salty and mineral, light quince Very Good Plus 25.99; Mixed Case, 23.39; Case, 22.09
Red
2015 Di Francesco Gasperi Fumin Valle d’Aoste: Ruby with purple highlights. Full and spicy flavors with savory dark fruits and firm tannic structure. Very Good to Excellent 34/bottle 30.60/mixed case 28.99/case
2015 Domaine des Terrisses Gaillac l'Oree Prunelart; Aroma: heady earthy, rather dense, full, sweetly ripe fresh; Mouth: dense rather fine herbal, clean sweet rich, lots of character, very fine tannins on the finish; Very Good Plus 21.99; Mixed Case, 19.79; Case, 18.69
2014 Domaine des Terrisses Gaillac Terres Originelles; Color: dark Aroma: fruity, marked by oak, rather dense, fresh, very pretty, ; Mouth: clean fresh, very hearty base rather dense, lightly clean pretty layered, elegant and ripe, fine tannins tight clean, firm; Very Good - Excellent 23.99; Mixed Case, 21.59; Case, 20.39
2013 Azienda Agricole Reale Cardamone: Deep ruby. Blackberry and bramble with bright acidity and smooth tannin. Complex spicy finish. Very Good to Excellent 23.99/bottle 21.59/mixed case 20.39/case
2014 Brana Irouleguy Ohitza; Color: very dark opaque, very dense; Aroma: sweet intense varietal notes, very full, very rich, heady very ripe; Mouth: smooth, very rich dense low acid, very full, thick rich, fine tannins deep good acidity; Very Good Plus 26.99; Mixed Case, 24.29; Case, 22.94
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