Red Wines Flashcards
IL Poggione
“Brancato”
Rosé
Origin: Tuscany
Varietal: Sangiovese
Salmon color with amber highlights. Notes of raspberry, strawberry and citrus on the nose. Fresh on the palate, but with a pleasant roundness, this rosé flows onto the palate with an expressive core of perfumed cherries, spices and flowers.
Caparzo
Rosso di Montalcino DOC
Origin: Tuscany, Italy
Varietal: Sangiovese (Grosso)
Intense ruby. Penetrating, quite ample, and complex, vith violets, raspberries and pomegranates. Warm, dry, and rich, with nice balance
Antinori
Santa Christina
Chianti Superiore
DOCG
Origin: Tuscany, Italy
Varietal: 95% Sangiovese, 5% Merlot
Ruby red in color with purple hues. The nose offers bright aromas of blueberries, raspberries and hints of red cherry. The palate is well-balanced and complex with supple tannins and ripe, red fruit notes. Savory flavors linger on the long, complete finish
Cecchi
Chianti Classico
Origin: Tuscany, Italy
Varietal: Sangiovese
Deep ruby-red. Warm, vegetal nose opening up to macerated fruits. Fresh, mineral attack on the palate. A full, spicy wine with melted, subtle tannins. Leaner yet very focused aftertaste.
Ornellaia
“La Volte”
Super Tuscan
Origin: Tuscany, Italy
Varietal: Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon
Sangiovese(50%) Merlot(40%) Cab Sauv(10%) A vintage of structure, great depth and concentration. On the nose complex, intense fruit with hints of wild berry and sweet spice. On the palate, ample and dense, with expressive supple and well integrated tannins and a long-lingering, notably vibrant finish with aromatic fruit notes.
Ausonia
Montepulciano D’Abruzzo
Origin: Abruzzo, Italy
Varietal: MontWhile Ausonia’s Montepulciano is darkly colored, its blueberry and blackberry fruit flavors are bright and fresh, in contrast with so many other heavier Montepulciano wines on the market. The wine’s soft tannins and thirst-quenching touch of sea spray recall the drinkability and flexibility of reds from Chianti.
Gagliardo
Dolcetto D’Alba
Origin: Alba, Piedmont, Italy
Varietal: Dolcetto
Ruby red with violet reflections, vinous and pleasantly fruity, soft flavors, rich with fruits. This is a classic expression of dolcetto, Regan found a great one here.
Damilano
“Marghe”
Origin: Langhe, Piedmont, Italy
Varietal: Nebbiolo
Aging Process: 16 months in 225L French barrique (40% new, 60% second or third use French oak barriques). Color: Ruby red with garnet highlights. Bouquet: Characteristic notes of violet and red fruit – rose petals, tea leaves, forest floor. Flavor: Dry on the palate with good body and character; velvety and harmonious. Pairings: Pairs well with hearty first courses, red meats, roasts, braised meats, game and aged cheese
Fontafredda
“Silver Label”
Barolo
Origin: Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
Varietal: Nebbiolo
Ruby-red with garnet highlights. Clean, full and intense, with the wine’s typical traces of withered flowers, dry leaves and underbrush. A robust, well-bodied wine packed with structure and capable of withstanding the test of time. The acidity is nicely balanced with the tannins, giving a sense of freshness that prolongs the finish
Bottega Vinaia
Pinot Noir
Origin: Trentino, Italy
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Ruby red, with brick red nuances. Wide aromatic spectrum exalts cherry, sour cherry, cooked plum and tones of spices and tobacco. Velvety, harmonious and well balanced with excellent structure. With age it evolves in roundness, fullness and complexity
Masi
“Bonacosta”
Valpolicella Classico
Origin: Veneto, Italy
Varietal: 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 5% Molinara
Medium intensity cherry red with edges still youthful. Intense cherry aromas on the nose, very inviting and attractive combined with hints of violets. Instantly noticeable freshness on the palate, with good supporting acidity and excellent balance marked by soft and silky tannins. The biggest fruit component is cherries sweetened with touches of vanilla.
Sandhi
“Fox Block 12”
Pinot Noir
Origin: Santa Rita Hills, CA
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Exuberant and high-toned red fruits jump from the glass! These bright, lifted tones move across the palate with liveliness and freshness as a core of fruit purity carries through to a terrific finish.
Columbia Winery
Merlot
Origin: Columbia Valley, WA
Varietal: 85% Merlot, 8% Syrah, 5% Malbec
Dark purple color and enticing aromas of plum, clove and baking spice. On the fruit-forward palate, dark fruit flavors of black cherry, wild blackberry and juicy plum are met with pronounced notes of sweet oak, vanilla and hints of mocha for a silky, textured mouthfeel. Notes of ripe raspberry and caramel linger on the generous finish.
Terazas de los Andes
Malbec
Origin: Mendoza Argentina
Varietal: Malbec
Notes of blackberries, sour cherries develop into hints of smoke and spices. Bright, a lovely mouthfeel of ripened plums and boysenberry with chewy tannins.
EOS
Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: Paso Robles
Varietal: 81% Cabernet Sauvignon 16% Merlot 1% Petit Verdot 1% Petite Sirah 1% Syrah
A very deep purple in color with garnet hues. The wine has dusty black cherry and aniseed aromas along with dried black tea leaves, bell pepper and mulberries. Spicy aromas of clove, cola and espresso come from the oak. The palate is full of cola and cherries with a sleek refined body that angles down the palate.
