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  • Bravo to the 3 New Tenors of Italian Wine

     Taste of Italian Wines

     

    By Frank Mangio

     

    In Italy, carts and straw wrapped kegs are still used by small vineyards to bring wine to market.

    It’s 1990 in Rome Italy:  Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti, and Spanish singers Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, begin a concert and record career as the 3 Tenors. It was perfect harmony and musical excitement, creating a popular movement of the highest tradition of Italian operatic bliss.

     

    Recently in La Costa,  “3 tenors” of Italian wine were introduced at Kris Garrett’s La Costa Wine Company, generating similar excitement:  a 2004 Barolo from Piedmont; a 2006 Amarone style Ripasso from Veneto and a 2005 Nero d’ Avola from Sicily.

     

    Italy is one of the world’s largest producers of red wine with over 1,000 different varietals, and it’s the biggest exporter of wine into the U.S. Weather has a huge influence on the wines.  Winemakers with a heritage of personal care, reach back to their roots when wine was carted to market in large kegs, carefully wrapped in heavy straw for protection from the elements. In Italy’s 20 districts, there are some 900,000 vineyards, from backyard Sicilian families to many thousands of acres such as Tuscany’s Banfi Vintners.

     

    The following 3 Italian “tenors” make music to a wine lover’s palate:

     

    1. Renato Ratti 2004 Barolo Marcenasco.  Comes from the Ratti family’s Piedmont hillside village of Marcenasco.  Steep west-facing slopes provide the Nebbiolo grapes maximum ripening.  15th century abbey serves as the winery.  This is a wine suitable for long aging.  Smooth and balanced ($54.99).
    2.  Masi 2006 Campofiorin Rosso del Veronese.  Deep, dark, ruby red and intense. Pleasing spiciness.  Soft and well balanced tannins.  A drink-now wine from Verona with a remarkable value price ($14.99).
    3. Gulfi 2005 Nerosanlore Nero d’Avola.  Spectacular Sicilian red.  Beautiful aromatics meld into a taste of dark fruit and spices.  95 points from Robert Parker.  To check on inventory of these wines, call La Costa Wine Company at 760-431-8455.

     

    Frank Mangio is a renowned wine connoisseur certified by Wine Spectator.  He is one of the leading wine commentators on the web.  View his columns at www.tasteofwineandfood.com.  Reach him at mangiompc@aol.com.

     

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