Wine Culture and Information since 2002 - Volume 23 |
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AquavitaeReview of Grappa, Distillates and Brandy |
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Distillates are rated according to DiWineTaste's evaluation method. Please see score legend in the "Wines of the Month" section. |
Grappa Stravecchia di San Leonardo |
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Tenuta San Leonardo (Trentino, Italy) | |
(Distiller: Distilleria Franceschini) | |
Pomace of San Leonardo Wine | |
Price: € 49.00 - 500ml | Score: |
Intense amber yellow, limpid and crystalline.
Intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant with aromas of prune,
dried fig, vanilla, chocolate, caramel, tobacco, incense, honey and
licorice with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency.
Intense flavors and perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to
dissolve rapidly, excellent correspondence to the nose, pleasing roundness,
balanced sweetness.
Very persistent finish with long flavors of prune, dried fig, honey and
chocolate.
Distilled in steam operated batch alembic still. Aged for 5 years in
the same barriques used for the production of San Leonardo wine.
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13 | Maximo 2010, Umani Ronchi | |
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