Bricco Rosso Centennial Mountain Vineyard Carricante

Still holding up, the fruit has matured but still an excellent American blend of Italian grapes, Nebbiolo, primitivo, barbera, nerello mascalese

Rhys’ take on Italian varietals

Big black cherry aroma with some brown sugar. Fresh fennel upfront, very crisp. Soft body that rolls on the tongue. Orange liquor finish

Verryyyy different and interesting. Mid-to-heavy body, with notes of plum and red fruit but surprisingly also green pepper and green apple, like sour warheads green apple showing up in the finish. Very unique.

5 varietals - much to dissect, nut the Nebbiolo leads. Wonderful wine.

Not carricante, which is white. Rosso means red. Blend of 4 Italian varietals from Centennial Mountain, Sonoma, CA. Impressive pioneering of these grapes in CA.

Not as good as the white wine. Good structure and tannin with dried rose, brick dust, some dark cherries, a bit of pepper. The rose stands out at multiple points in the palate. Probably has many years of evolution.

Daniel had this a month ago