This Italian red wine from Sicilia is 50% Syrah and 50% Nero D’Avola. I know nothing about it as is write here today. I probably got it 2 months ago from a pre-sale I opted into 6-months ago. Something in the write up must of caught my attention, but I don’t know what it is. Nevertheless, I have a wine I have never had before. With the pre-sale price of $25 I would expect something good but I don’t know what it is and it can be something strange who knows.
Pouring it, it is a relatively translucent purple, more on the violent hue than the ruby hue. It looks clean and crisp. It is rated at a high 14.5% alcohol level so we may have a bit of a high burn factor going.
You do sense the alcohol on the nose but there are some dark berry aromas in there, a little oak and a little dirt. Probably a good sombo, but I assume it will take half a glass until I can really enjoy this wine. Let’s have a taste as we drink this with some Danish Fontina cheese and a Calandra’s French Bread and oil.
Tasting it you get lots of flavors, almost bomby in the up-frontness of it all.
