(Apulia)

Malvasia Bianca

Sweet Wine

Score: ✧✧✧✧

This wine shows a brilliant amber yellow color and nuances of amber yellow, transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas that start with hints of dried fig, honey and raisin followed by aromas of dried apricot, quince jam, peach jam, date, almond, medlar, honey, vanilla and enamel. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a sweet attack and pleasing roundness, however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of dried fig, honey, medlar and raisin. Gravisano ferments in barrique.

Alcohol: 14%

Hard cheese, Almond and dried fruits tarts, Confectionery

Suggested glass

14 °C
(57 °F)

(Sweet Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

Pier delle Vigne 2000

Botromagno (Italy)

(Apulia)

Aglianico (60%), Montepulciano (40%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

This wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, moderate transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of plum jam and blackberry jam followed by aromas of raspberry jam, blueberry, carob, tobacco, vanilla, cyclamen, licorice and black pepper. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum jam and blackberry jam. Pier delle Vigne ages for at least 18 months in barrique followed by at least 6 months of aging in bottle.

Alcohol: 13%

Roasted meat, Braised and stewed meat with mushrooms, Hard cheese

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)

Issue 40, April 2006

Botromagno (Italy)

(Apulia)

Primitivo

Red Wine

Score: ✧✧✧✭❂

The wine shows a brilliant ruby red color and nuances of ruby red, moderate transparency. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of plum, black cherry and raspberry followed by aromas of blueberry, cyclamen, blackberry and carob. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a slightly tannic attack and pleasing crispness, however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum, black cherry and blueberry. This Primitivo ages for 6 months in bottle.

Alcohol: 13%

Roasted meat, Broiled meat and barbecue, Braised and stewed meat

Suggested glass

18 °C
(64 °F)

(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

March 2006

Botromagno

Apulia (Italy)

Gravisano 2001

Botromagno (Italy)

Pier delle Vigne 2000

Botromagno (Italy)

Primitivo 2004

Botromagno (Italy)