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Review of Grappa, Distillates and Brand

 

Franciacorta Nature Veritas, Bonfadini (Lombardy, Italy)
La Grappa Invecchiata
Cantine del Notaio (Basilicata, Italy)
Pomace of Aglianico
Price: € 42.00 - 700ml Score: Wine that excels in its category

Brilliant amber yellow, limpid.
Intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant with aromas of black cherry, prune, blackberry, blueberry, hazelnut, licorice, vanilla, honey, dried fig, cocoa and caramel with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency.
Intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, balanced sweetness, pleasing roundness.
Persistent finish with flavors of black cherry, prune, blackberry, hazelnut and honey.
Bain-marie batch distillation. Aged in barrique for 30 months.



Franciacorta Nature Veritas, Bonfadini (Lombardy, Italy)
B-Rum 2021
Berolà (Campania, Italy)
Fermented Sugar Cane Juice
Price: € 67.00 - 50cl Score:

Limpid, crystalline and colorless.
Intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant with aromas of sugar, toffee, vanilla, caramel, hazelnut and honey with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency.
Intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, pleasing roundness.
Very persistent finish with long flavors of sugar, mou and vanilla.
Aged in steel tanks for at least 6 months.





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Wine Guide Parade

November 2023

The best 15 wines reviewed in our Guide and voted by DiWineTaste readers

Rank Wine, Producer Votes
1 Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore La Cengia 2020, Begali 14252
2 Fiano di Avellino 2022, Torricino 13979
3 Minutolo Almaditria 2022, Upal 11975
4 Colli di Parma Sauvignon Spumante Brut 2022, Carra di Casatico 11947
5 Malvasia e Moscato Frizzante 2022, Carra di Casatico 11301
6 Locorotondo Superiore Cinqueò Almaditria 2021, Upal 10958
7 Greco di Tufo Riserva Raone 2021, Torricino 10376
8 Falanghina 2022, Torricino 10239
9 Eden 2017, Carra di Casatico 10166
10 Greco di Tufo 2022, Torricino 10153
11 Taurasi Cevotiempo 2019, Torricino 10086
12 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Monte Ca' Bianca 2017, Begali 9972
13 Sturnio Rosato 2022, Upal 9705
14 Prima Valle Brut, Upal 9558
15 Arcòl 2017, Carra di Casatico 9465




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