So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye...

Published Sept. 25, 2008 at 9:25 a.m.
, goodbye...

and I will miss the fabulous prices you get on Italian wine which I will not enjoy in...We get stuffed on every import and unless I can attune my to Chapel Down and Camel Valley * the bile* then I will just have to embrace the variety even if it comes at a cost.
. On Saturday we make our way through a twisty and frightfully dangerous piece of terrain and through to a hotel outside and then Sunday morning I take the cinder line to and wind up in London about 11am. So anyone wishing to take me out has the full gen. Monday I'll be back blogging my celebratory Sunday wines so be sure to stay tuned.

I was telling you about last week.

......2006 - - €14
Nice colour, hues were lighter than expected for a 2006...The nose, was giving me very little of anything, not the merest hint of fruit, just a very sugary artificial nose that did nothing for me. The mouth feel was , uninteresting tannins, extremely acidic, I can't think of anything positive to say, I wouldn't use it in a cooking sauce. 73 Points... 2004 - - €10
Dark purple in the glass, very deep intensity. A little timid on the nose but aromas of spice, berries and cherries with the most intense smell profile being blackberries. Shockingly refined and balanced on the palate denoting a classier wine that the price, some nice fruit on the mid palate. A really enjoyable and easy drinking wine. The lack of intensity on the nose is the reason this missed 90 points. Perfect for dinner parties. 89 Points

2006 - €10 - . Characteristic nose of cherries and vanilla, very clean and with just a hint of spices and pepper. Full out attack on the palate, medium body, good acidity and balance with a mid length finish of berries and a touch of plum. Smooth with balanced tannins. Decant for a minimum of 1 hour. 89 Points ...2000 - - €49 beautiful, seductive wine with a good 30 second finish. 95 Points

Steiner 2004 - - €9, what hues? ink black vino. The nose just stinks, wet rocks mixed with onions, soil, even horse manure, I mean this nose is seriously unpleasant and here is where the wine can play mind games with you. The immediate mouth feel is gorgeous, black fruits and such a soft silky mouth feel, you begin to forgive the manure, and then it comes back in the mid palate and you lose all fruit, it turns acidic and very plain and uninteresting and then it gives you a really long finish of this foulness, and you think, "what the hell happened". A confusing wine, but for that I have to give it some kudos for being so interesting. 82 Points Outsider 2005 - - €30
Sits ruby red in the glass and colour on the tilt. Another stand out nose, really an occasion where words can´t describe the intensity of the aroma. Sensational nose, make a kebab out of a wet pencil, blackberries, cherries and strawberries and wear it as a mustache for a week, you´ll get close to a quick sniff of this wine. Majorly exciting for...The palate is also knockout, still very , needs time but super potent, super soft a really intense wine experience. 95 Points
, bills and speeding tickets that financially crippled me. That's , I'm kidding, Rome is still my favourite city in the world, I still want to retire to and no city offers as much "seat of your pants" fun as Naples. It's been a blast!




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