Radikon Merlot Radikon Merlot comes in one jazzy bottle in a litre size with a shocking label. Radikon Merlot is one of the top Merlot bottlings of Friuli and as Merlot Month enters its final leg we are investigating the Merlots of my ‘hood, north eastern Italy and specifically Friuli. This is where the great…
Month: June 2008
Tua Rita Redigaffi
Tua Rita RedigaffiTua Rita Redigaffi is the mega Merlot from top Bolgheri estate, Tua Rita. Redigaffi – the cult wine with the Valentino price tag is a critic pleasing Merlot of the highest order. If ratings are to be trusted the Tua Rita Redigaffi should claim top spot in Merlot Month (which is zipping by…
Le Macchiole Messorio
Le Macchiole Messorio Le Macchiole Messorio – the top bottling from Le Macchiole, the Messorio is a 100% Merlot wine that is the 4th of 10 Italian Merlots I am trying out for Merlot month. We’re into the top guns now, yesterday we crowned Falesco’s Montiano as the best Italian Merlot outside of the traditional…
Roberto Voerzio Merlot
Roberto Voerzio MerlotRoberto Voerzio Merlot, or, Roberto Voerzio Langhe Merlot Fontanazza to give the wine its full name, is the 3rd wine of 10 Italian merlots I am sampling for Merlot Month. Already blown away with the Feudi di San Gregorio Patrimo and the Falesco Montiano, I was really looking for something to fall on…
Italian wine and cheese
Italian wine and cheese Italian wine and cheese combinations are fairly stock and I can reel off Italian wines and pair them with different cheese all day long. I’m not gonna go that route though. I’ll be kind enough to list the traditional pairings but really, taste is, um, a matter of taste! As a…
Feudi di San Gregorio Patrimo
Feudi di San Gregorio Patrimo Feudi di San Gregorio Patrimo is a 100% Merlot wine from the Campania region of Italy. Feudi di San Gregorio Patrimo 2004 is the vintage I chose for Merlot month and I was not disappointed. This is a pricey bottle of wine but I was always confident this would be…
Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Trebbiano d’Abruzzo is a huge D.O.C area in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Trebbiano d’Abruzzo wines can be, at their very best (see Valentini) epic whites capable of ageing, honeyed and nectar-esque and at their worst, like myself and pal Tina experienced last night, like Apple Tizer with some lemon Jif (no, hang…
Falesco Montiano 2001
Falesco Montiano 2001 Falesco Montiano 2001 is a 100% Merlot from Falesco (Lazio). Falesco Montiano 2001 is one of Lazio’s most famous wines and was a frequent suggestion as a top Merlot that I must try out for “Merlot Month“. The 2001 got some great reviews from Parker et al and as such I was…
Gaja Darmagi 2001
Gaja Darmagi 2001 Gaja Darmagi 2001 is a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wine from the Piedmont. Gaja Darmagi is considered to be one of the most exciting Cabernets in Italy’s top vintages and I’m writing a quick blog entry to announce that we’re now carrying this wine and for those Gaja fans out there who haven’t…
Lagrein
LagreinLagrein, yes, Lagrein, it’s Italian wine, Lagrein, look it up. Coming from the Alto Adige region of Italy we have a wine that is black as night and can be serious, deadly serious. It’s a tiny little region where old Lagrein is produced, shockingly this is from up close to the Austrian border, close to…
Italian Merlot
Italian Merlot Italian Merlot month begins right here, right now. Italian Merlot is a hugely vast and exciting world with some excellent Merlots coming out of the Friuli and Tuscan regions. There are a handful of world famous Italian Merlots that I’m going to be trying this month, as well as some more obscure and…
Michele Chiarlo
Michele Chiarlo Michele Chiarlo, founded in 1956 by Michele and Giuseppina Chiarlo produce some of the most interesting Barolo (Brunate, Cannubi, Cerequio, Tortoniano) in the Piedmont. Michele Chiarlo vineyards are located amongst the finest terroir the region has to offer. One of the larger producers in the Piedmont, and one of the few in the…