May16
newtowines: When @garyvee raves about a wine it raises a lot of eyebrows. The 2007 Il Fiume di Lava was a relative unknown thrust into the spotlight with an episode of the Daily Grape. The story goes that Franchetti, an Italian wine producer that has his triple-digit wines routinely score into the stratosphere from the Wine Advocate, didn’t quite think his 2007 production was up to snuff. End result? You’re essentially getting what normally retails for over $100 at around $40. That’s all well and good, but what’s it taste like? 2007 Il Fiume di Lava Etna Il Fiume Di Lava - Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC (5/15/2011) Rich dark fruit with an almost an incense-like note, red licorice, a hint of leather. So much stuff going on with the nose. Wow on the palate. Big black fruit with off-the-charts concentration, but this has so much minerality, acid, tannin. Beautiful notes of leather grip your palate and lasts for what seems like forever on the finish. This is really a beautiful wine and I’m in complete agreement with Gary V on this. A steal at $35 if there ever was one. (95 points) Posted from CellarTracker Fantastic wine that really brings old-world sensibility to new-world fruit and concentration. Bravo. Hat tip to @troutmonster for encouraging me to give it a shot.

newtowines:

When @garyvee raves about a wine it raises a lot of eyebrows. The 2007 Il Fiume di Lava was a relative unknown thrust into the spotlight with an episode of the Daily Grape. The story goes that Franchetti, an Italian wine producer that has his triple-digit wines routinely score into the stratosphere from the Wine Advocate, didn’t quite think his 2007 production was up to snuff.

End result? You’re essentially getting what normally retails for over $100 at around $40. That’s all well and good, but what’s it taste like?

  • 2007 Il Fiume di Lava Etna Il Fiume Di Lava - Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC (5/15/2011)
    Rich dark fruit with an almost an incense-like note, red licorice, a hint of leather. So much stuff going on with the nose. Wow on the palate. Big black fruit with off-the-charts concentration, but this has so much minerality, acid, tannin. Beautiful notes of leather grip your palate and lasts for what seems like forever on the finish. This is really a beautiful wine and I’m in complete agreement with Gary V on this. A steal at $35 if there ever was one. (95 points)

Posted from CellarTracker

Fantastic wine that really brings old-world sensibility to new-world fruit and concentration. Bravo. Hat tip to @troutmonster for encouraging me to give it a shot.

(Source: newtowines)