As day 1 was spent traveling and seeing a couple of vineyards, the Vinitaly experience didn't start until day 2. Here are the highlights of the wines I tried on that day.
2006 Poggiotondo Chianti Superiore
Dusty, lean fruit, a bit of sour cherry and dried fig. A little overripe banana (?). Palate is simple, earthy – a good peasant wine. This is what I want. Flawed but great. 8.5/10
2004 Fontodi Vigna del Sorbo Chianti Classico
Again, dried cherry, a bit of Christmas pudding (just a little). Palate is nice, dry, spicy with good smoky element to it. 8/10
2007 Capezzana Vin Ruspo Rose
Strawberry and Irn Bru! Good, simple and gentle with raspberry flavours. Fun. 8/10
2006 Capezzana Barco Real di Carmigano
Polished, very rich, nice cherry and raspberries. Dry, earthy with a smoked fish element. A lovely wine, with a stalky bramble finish. 8/10
2005 Capezzana Villa di Capezzana Carmignano
Dried stewed fruit. Good, cinnamon aroma. Dry, bitter toast, good stalky fruit. Bramble and a lovely spice. Such a cracking wine. 8/10
2003 Capezzana Ghiaie della Furba
Rich, gentle stewed fruit, very intense cherry and strawberries. Palate is nice, balanced with earthy stalky fruit. Lovely. 8/10
2002 Capezzana Vin Santo
Lovely dried raisins, spicy, Christmas cake and not too sweet. Very elegant wine. Clean, leaving a nice nutty finish. So clean. 9.5/10
2005 Petrolo Galatrona
Dark, haunting nose. Quite ripe, a bit of intense, bitter chocolate and a long finish. I love this. 8.5/10
2006 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico
Light, gentle wine. Gentle raspberry flavour with coffee. Finish is soft, herby with great length. 8/10
2005 Isole e Olena Ceparello
Soft, round nose. Raspberries, strawberries on a dry, firm tannin palate. Lots of berry leaf flavours, quite chocolatey and with wild raspberries. 8.5/10
2004 Isole e Olena Syrah
Juicy, bramble and cracked black pepper. Palate has barbecue smoke then a tight, intense spice fest. Very dry, great! 8/10
2006 Isole e Olena Chardonnay
Good, touch of woody spice. Melon is good, got spicy, clean flavours of lemon and with bang on acidity. 8/10
2007 Proprieta Sperino Rosa del Rosa
Very pretty, gentle raspberries. A gentle palate, clean with just a touch of mint and lovely fruit. This is a ****ing good rose. 9/10
2006 Vie di Romans Dessimis Pinot Grigio
Candied orange peel, a little full on. Palate is good, oaky, spicy with a bundle of booze. Yet it all works. Very very well. 8.5/10
2007 Vesevo Falanghina
Lemon, a touch of lime. Nice peachy pear aromas. A savoury finish. Very clea, and a very good wine. A touch too much warming alcohol on the finish. 8.5/10
2007 Vesevo Fiano di Avellino
Nice ammonia and grass on the nose. The palate is rich, honeyed with a bitter toast and zesty lemon. This is tasty. Gorgeous on the finish. 8.5/10
Farnese Edizione 7 (2005 Vintage)
Rich, balanced with a touch of light fruit mingling with dark berries. A bit of chocolate, a bit of hot pepper and a dry finish. This was inspired by Hugh Johnson saying that there wasn’t an “Italian Wine” As a result, this wine with Italian grape varieties - Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Negroamaro, Primitivo and Malvasia Negra 0 was born. 9/10
2006 Poggiotondo Chianti Superiore
Dusty, lean fruit, a bit of sour cherry and dried fig. A little overripe banana (?). Palate is simple, earthy – a good peasant wine. This is what I want. Flawed but great. 8.5/10
2004 Fontodi Vigna del Sorbo Chianti Classico
Again, dried cherry, a bit of Christmas pudding (just a little). Palate is nice, dry, spicy with good smoky element to it. 8/10
2007 Capezzana Vin Ruspo Rose
Strawberry and Irn Bru! Good, simple and gentle with raspberry flavours. Fun. 8/10
2006 Capezzana Barco Real di Carmigano
Polished, very rich, nice cherry and raspberries. Dry, earthy with a smoked fish element. A lovely wine, with a stalky bramble finish. 8/10
2005 Capezzana Villa di Capezzana Carmignano
Dried stewed fruit. Good, cinnamon aroma. Dry, bitter toast, good stalky fruit. Bramble and a lovely spice. Such a cracking wine. 8/10
2003 Capezzana Ghiaie della Furba
Rich, gentle stewed fruit, very intense cherry and strawberries. Palate is nice, balanced with earthy stalky fruit. Lovely. 8/10
2002 Capezzana Vin Santo
Lovely dried raisins, spicy, Christmas cake and not too sweet. Very elegant wine. Clean, leaving a nice nutty finish. So clean. 9.5/10
2005 Petrolo Galatrona
Dark, haunting nose. Quite ripe, a bit of intense, bitter chocolate and a long finish. I love this. 8.5/10
2006 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico
Light, gentle wine. Gentle raspberry flavour with coffee. Finish is soft, herby with great length. 8/10
2005 Isole e Olena Ceparello
Soft, round nose. Raspberries, strawberries on a dry, firm tannin palate. Lots of berry leaf flavours, quite chocolatey and with wild raspberries. 8.5/10
2004 Isole e Olena Syrah
Juicy, bramble and cracked black pepper. Palate has barbecue smoke then a tight, intense spice fest. Very dry, great! 8/10
2006 Isole e Olena Chardonnay
Good, touch of woody spice. Melon is good, got spicy, clean flavours of lemon and with bang on acidity. 8/10
2007 Proprieta Sperino Rosa del Rosa
Very pretty, gentle raspberries. A gentle palate, clean with just a touch of mint and lovely fruit. This is a ****ing good rose. 9/10
2006 Vie di Romans Dessimis Pinot Grigio
Candied orange peel, a little full on. Palate is good, oaky, spicy with a bundle of booze. Yet it all works. Very very well. 8.5/10
2007 Vesevo Falanghina
Lemon, a touch of lime. Nice peachy pear aromas. A savoury finish. Very clea, and a very good wine. A touch too much warming alcohol on the finish. 8.5/10
2007 Vesevo Fiano di Avellino
Nice ammonia and grass on the nose. The palate is rich, honeyed with a bitter toast and zesty lemon. This is tasty. Gorgeous on the finish. 8.5/10
Farnese Edizione 7 (2005 Vintage)
Rich, balanced with a touch of light fruit mingling with dark berries. A bit of chocolate, a bit of hot pepper and a dry finish. This was inspired by Hugh Johnson saying that there wasn’t an “Italian Wine” As a result, this wine with Italian grape varieties - Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Negroamaro, Primitivo and Malvasia Negra 0 was born. 9/10
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