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| FOUR ITALIAN WINE THIS MONTH ON THE TOP WINE PRESS |
UK Press
15th April, 2013
Brindisi Rosso Vigna Flaminio 2009
Writing in the Daily Telegraph Victoria Moore recommends
this wine, which she wrote is “from Italy’s heel, and full of the exuberance of
the warm south”.
She added that the wine is “reminiscent of mulberries, with
an edge of sour cherries. Made from Negroamaro, it’s smooth and easy-going with
a sweet ripeness that, if you are having a pizza, is extra delicious if you fry
some red onions and add them to the topping with some chilli and fatty salami.”
UK Press
22th April, 2013
Castello di Potentino Piropo IGT Toscana
This “best buy” is the first of the wines for a cellar, recommended by
David Williams in The Observer, and he labelled it.
He wrote: “An unusual blend
of Pinot Noir with the Chianti grape variety Sangiovese and a little of the
unheralded Alicante from a British expat winemaker, this beautiful Tuscan red
is alive with cherry fruit and fresh herbs now, but it could mellow and soften
still more over the next half a decade."
US Press
25th April, 2013
2010 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
In the Chicago Tribune, Bill St John features Vino Nobile di
Montepulciano which, he writes, “sweeps the Tuscan trifecta: It’s all, or
predominantly, made of the great grape Sangiovese; it’s terrific with food; and
it’s Tuscan.”
In regards to this wine, he wrote: “True to the winery’s
aim, this all-Sangiovese Vino Nobile offers up gobs of pretty, bright red fruit
aromas and tastes, with subtle grace notes of wood, menthol and balsamic; tangy
acidity and soft tannins have an eye on food of many stripes; great price for
all it gives.”
UK PRESS
29th April, 2013
Brezza Barbera d’Alba Santa Rosalia 2010 Piemonte
Victoria Moore, in the Daily Telegraph, recommends this
wine, writing that “these reds are as gentle as chiffon.”
She added: “The tannin that gives them bones and structures
feels as if it has been hand-stitched with a tiny, fine-pointed needle. The
Barbera would light up any evening.”
