About the Wine: A fun fact about Italian wine is that there are something like 4,000 varietals actively cultivated there. That means that is a practically infinite number of blends and combinations possible with native grapes, not even including whatever varietals are imported. This wine is 90% Merlot and 10% Alicante. It is an international wine with a regional accent.
About THIS Wine: The bottles was actually substantially better the second night I had it open and tasted like it could have gone a little longer. In the glass it is dark purple with a violet rim. The nose is very smoky with a curious undercurrent of red fruit. The palate is soft but not too soft with firm tannin in the finish.
Drinking This Wine: This is not quite a steak wine but it definitely wants food. I'm going to say pasta with meat sauce because it's hard to go wrong with that with an Italian red.
Overall Impression: Wines of this style normally go for a lot more, at least $30. So this is a good value.
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