Thread: TN:good $8 Italian red

"DaleW" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
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I made dinner while waiting for Betsy to return from city Sunday:
eggplant parmigiana, roasted chestnuts, and kale (I was determined not
to go to store, but to work on things from co-op box). Chose the 2005
Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.
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Try Riparosso from Illuminati as a good low price Montepulciano.
Luk

On Jan 6, 1:20�pm, "Luk" <c.micali...@RUMENTAlibero.it.invalid> wrote:
> "DaleW" <Dwmi...@aol.com> ha scritto nel messaggionews:[email protected]..
> I made dinner while waiting for Betsy to return from city Sunday:
> eggplant parmigiana, roasted chestnuts, and kale (I was determined not
> to go to store, but to work on things from co-op box). Chose the 2005
> Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.
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>
> Try Riparosso from Illuminati as a good low price Montepulciano.
> Luk

I'll keep an eye out. Doesn't show up at any of the stores I regularly
patronize, but see it at Pops and Mt Carmel, where I shop once in a
blue moon. Though it is almost double the price of the Masciarelli, if
a good wine still a value.

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:50:17 -0800 (PST), DaleW <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I made dinner while waiting for Betsy to return from city Sunday:
>eggplant parmigiana, roasted chestnuts, and kale (I was determined not
>to go to store, but to work on things from co-op box). Chose the 2005
>Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. I know 2005 is supposed to be a
>lesser vintage than 2004 or 2006 in Tuscany, and my vague feeling is
>that all of central Italy is often the same. But in this case I think
>I liked the '05 more than a recent '04, surprisingly a little more
>tannin and heft. Red and black cherries, some earth, a very satisfying
>"little" wine. Good acidity to standup to the eggplant parm (I was a
>bit short tomatoes and supplement with sundried, which made a little
>sweeter than norm), good length for level, tasty if not especially
>complex. Retasted with veal Bolognese Monday, tannins were gone, still
>a nice fresh sweet-berry red. B
>
>Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
>wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
>drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
>promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
>*

Did you try Sicilian wines?

I give you a couple of names:

- Principe di Corleone Nero d'Avola
- Regaleali Nero d'Avola Tasca d'Almerita
- Duca di Salaparuta

And for a special occasion:

- Baglio Florio



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