Azienda Agricola La Visciola
Priore Ju Quarto Cesanese del Piglio
Piglio, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
Medium Ruby with lovely aroma of cherries, Raspberry, red plum, red currant, mountain herbs and violet. Medium body, crisp acidity and medium Intensity flavors of cherry, plum, raspberry, violet and an herbal note of bay leaf and bell pepper. One year aging in older barrels. Only 1,000 bottles produced. The tannins are notably soft and silky. La Visciola is widely considered the greatest producer of wines from the Cesanese grape (they also have two other bottlings).
Medium Ruby with lovely aroma of cherries, Raspberry, red plum, red currant, mountain herbs and violet. Medium body, crisp acidity and medium Intensity flavors of cherry, plum, raspberry, violet and an herbal note of bay leaf and bell pepper. One year aging in older barrels. Only 1,000 bottles produced. The tannins are notably soft and silky. La Visciola is widely considered the greatest producer of wines from the Cesanese grape (they also have two other bottlings).
Jun 27th, 2022
Cesanese + This is like stepping up to a Cru bottling of Gamay. Still fun, juicy Cesanese fruit, but with added structure and secondary aromas. Next level producer who is making terroir specific wine in Piglio, Lazio. Seek this out!
Cesanese + This is like stepping up to a Cru bottling of Gamay. Still fun, juicy Cesanese fruit, but with added structure and secondary aromas. Next level producer who is making terroir specific wine in Piglio, Lazio. Seek this out!
Sep 30th, 2019
Had it November 2012. Very good, it is the closest expression to a Pinot noir in my region. Great character and easy to drink. Persistent and balanced👍😍
Had it November 2012. Very good, it is the closest expression to a Pinot noir in my region. Great character and easy to drink. Persistent and balanced👍😍
Aug 9th, 2016
Big cherries and slight alcohol on the nose that comes off as flowers on the palate, then, with air, the nose opens to figs, plums, blackberries, brown sugar. The cherries are super sweet, and there's light spice, fennel, nutmeg, and light leather on the palate, and a cherry skin or overripe fruit, barnyardy-savory bitter edge on the finish that I am very happy about. Some mouth-coating tannins on here, which soften, but certainly do not go away, the tannins give it structure the way that minerals do elsewhere. I don't think they take from this nimble wine, and they give it a character of its own: rustic and highly fragrant.
Big cherries and slight alcohol on the nose that comes off as flowers on the palate, then, with air, the nose opens to figs, plums, blackberries, brown sugar. The cherries are super sweet, and there's light spice, fennel, nutmeg, and light leather on the palate, and a cherry skin or overripe fruit, barnyardy-savory bitter edge on the finish that I am very happy about. Some mouth-coating tannins on here, which soften, but certainly do not go away, the tannins give it structure the way that minerals do elsewhere. I don't think they take from this nimble wine, and they give it a character of its own: rustic and highly fragrant.
Nov 28th, 2019