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Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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James Dietz
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:45 pm
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Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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James Dietz wrote:I've loved the Passopisciaro every time I've tried. Really impressive stuff.
James Dietz
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:45 pm
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Jenise wrote:James Dietz wrote:I've loved the Passopisciaro every time I've tried. Really impressive stuff.
We bond! And don't you love the label? Looks like no other, you'd recognize it across a crowded room.
Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Tim York wrote:That's an interesting line-up from Sicily, Jenise. I was blown away by the Terrre Nere range the first time I tasted them but foolishly never bought any. As well as the original flavours which you underline, they show a quasi-Burgundian refinement which is unexpected so far south. Is Passopisciaro also from Etna? It sounds my sort of wine.
I have greatly enjoyed whites from indigenous varieties like Grillo, Insolia and Caricante from Etna. Good examples of these manage to develop fine acidity and minerality in the torrid Sicilian climate and the last can show a quasi-Chard roundness.
I'm more positive than you about Frappato. I find good ones very refreshing and highly original with an interesting combination of fresh cherries and a lightly quinine type bitterness. At yesterday's tasting I was delighted that Valle d'Acate's rep remembered that I had asked him whether he imported any Frappato and he brought a bottle of it, which was not listed by the merchant, for my delectation and probably also for that of others who ask about it, because the grape makes up about 30% of their darkly impressive Nero d'Avola in the merchant's line-up.
Oliver McCrum
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:08 am
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Keith M
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:25 am
Finger Lakes, New York
Tim York wrote:I have greatly enjoyed whites from indigenous varieties like Grillo, Insolia and Caricante from Etna.
Oliver McCrum wrote:The vineyards on Etna are at very high elevation, which helps with freshness. They go from 500m to 1,000m or more. They certainly don't taste 'baked' or obviously southern.
Dale Williams
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:32 pm
Dobbs Ferry, NY (NYC metro)
Keith M wrote:Do they grow white grapes on Etna's slopes? Till now I was under the impression that Mount Etna was the home of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio . . . did not realize other grapes were grown there.
Oliver McCrum
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:08 am
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Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Dale Williams wrote:Jenise, I actually have preferred the base Terre Nere to the more expensive bottlings, which tasted more like Marc de Grazia owned the estate.
Keith M wrote:Tim York wrote:I have greatly enjoyed whites from indigenous varieties like Grillo, Insolia and Caricante from Etna.Oliver McCrum wrote:The vineyards on Etna are at very high elevation, which helps with freshness. They go from 500m to 1,000m or more. They certainly don't taste 'baked' or obviously southern.
Oliver,
Do they grow white grapes on Etna's slopes? Till now I was under the impression that Mount Etna was the home of Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio . . . did not realize other grapes were grown there.
Oliver McCrum
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:08 am
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Jenise
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
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Mark Lipton wrote:
Heaping on, Arianna Occhipinti sells an SP68 Bianco blend, too.
Mark Lipton
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