Synopsis, Our Opinion: A versatile wine that’s an outstanding value.
Producer/Winery: Azienda Agricola Andrea Visintini; Corno di Rosazzo, Italy.
Grape Variety: Blaufränkisch (Franconia).
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Trevenezie; Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Vintage: 2017
Price: $16.20 (with a 10% mixed case discount)
Purchased From: The Caviste Wine Shop; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Paired With: Pork stuffed peppers, oven potato fries and corn-on-the-cob.
Tasting:
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Opened one hour before drinking. Clear, very dark ruby color with a lighter brown/red rim. Very fruity ripe cherry aroma dominating with plum and blackberry in the background. Lively, bold and quite spicy mouthfeel, medium to full body and a 80-grit texture. Wonderful dark cherry, plum, mulberry and current fruit with very strong peppery spice flavors. Medium edgy acidity, delicious and abundant fine grained tannins and a long gritty finish. A little different from traditional Italian red wines…heaver, rich deep fruit flavors, lots of tannin and a unique bitter finish. FANTASTIC paired with the strong flavored dinner, but equally good sipping without food after the dinner. We found it more like a heavy European wine than an Italian red, but we really liked it. We called it a versatile wine that’s an outstanding value.
Since 2002, the winery, has been run by Oliviero and his sisters Cinzia and Palmira
Photo from Visintini.
See our reviews of other Visintini wines.
Alcohol Content: 13%
Closure: Aluminium covered 45mm Natural cork.
UPC Code: 8 077777 000443
Imported by: Piedmont Wine Imports, Durham, North Carolina.
