Gravello 1999

Librandi (Italy)

(Calabria)

Gaglioppo (60%), Cabernet Sauvignon (40%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

The wine shows a ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose reveals an elegant personality with intense and clean aromas of black cherry, carob, chocolate, blueberry jam, strawberry, licorice, plum and vanilla followed by pleasing hints of black pepper and menthol. The mouth denotes an agreeable body and pleasing flavors, very correspondent to the nose, excellent balance and good body, with tannins well balanced by alcohol. The finish is persistent with pleasing and clean flavors of black cherry, plum and strawberry. A well made wine produced by macerating skins for 10-15 days and aged in barrique for 12 months and 6 months in bottle.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Game, Hard and piquant cheese, Roasted meat, Braised meat

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

Issue 7, April 2003

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