Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of 90 minutes. The 2013 pours a deep garnet with an opaque core and a rusty brown rim; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and significant sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with desiccated dark fruit, salmiakki, leather, espresso, and a Maillard reaction thing. On the palate, the wine is dry it’s high tannin and medium acid at best…probably medium-. The finish is medium. Drink now. — 4 months ago
12/01/21
SS fermentation.
Short aged.
Made to drink and enjoy ….within 5 years.
Give me a (petite) filet. — 5 years ago

Served double-blind. Deep, glass staining ruby red with an utterly opaque core. On the nose, decadent, sightly confected, red fruits...almost red rope licorice like...mixed with spiced dark fruits (plums and currants) and cocoa. The palate is more dark fruited with semi-sweet chocolate chips…the ones made with the natural vanilla, and some coffee but there is good acid and the tannins, which are quite fine, are also quite sneaky. Long, satisfying finish. This comes across as a fairly extracted wine and I wondered if there as some residual sugar, possibly some appassimento?? I was totally stumped. Revealed to be this blend of Nerello Cappuccio and Gaglioppo; the latter I had zero experience with but, apparently, related to Sangiovese. This is a wine of intense concentration and proved to be most enjoyable on Day 3 once everything became a bit more integrated. I don’t have a whole lot of experience with Calabrian wines so I’m unsure if this is truly representative or an outlier. I’m intrigued and I think that the quality is certainly there. Paired very well on Day 1 with Osso Bucco and saffron risotto. — 5 years ago
The Italian Stallion — 6 years ago
Gambero Rosso Tre bicchieri l 🇮🇹 trade tasting: dusty strawberry — 4 months ago
やや重め。嫌な味はしない。
リピートしたい。 — 2 years ago
Great white wine with very rich fruity taste. — 3 years ago
Excellent! — 4 years ago
Ciro Doc Bianco paired very well with beef agnolotti. — 5 years ago
2018 is very good, full bodied — 5 years ago
Thicc white. Dinner wine. Apples and grass up front, low acid, party in the back — 6 years ago
Gambero Rosso Tre bicchieri l 🇮🇹 less dusty strawberry — 4 months ago
Very light pizza wine — 5 years ago
Such an amazing wine! Tastes like it was aged in an amphora...salty, mineral, tannic. Really sensational — 5 years ago
Lighter looking wine but a lot of red fruit, earth, leather and salt — 6 years ago
This was a very pleasant surprise, versatile red that can probably pair well with many casual weeknight dinners. Not too fruity, not overly complex. Just overall pleasing. — 6 years ago
Kenji Cal
So fresh with length. Lovely mix of fruits and mineral — a month ago