19/04/2025
- Region: Provincia di Pavia IGT (Oltrepò Pavese, Lombardy), Italy
- Subregion: Montù Beccaria
- Style: red
- Winery: Andi Fausto
- Date of tasting: 19/04/2025
- Site location: alt. 230 metres
- Soils: clay, silt, chalk
- Grape: 100% Moradella, an ancient, almost extinct local variety
- Viticultural approach: biodynamic
- Harvest: hand
- Fermentation: in large oak barrel for a year, skin-on the whole length, 30% whole bunch
- Post-fermentation maturation: in large oak barrel for a year with no filtering pre-bottling
- Appearance: medium colour intensity, garnet
- Nose: medium(+) aroma intensity, black cherry, black plum, green bell pepper, balsamic, liquorice, kirsch, meat
- Structure: dry, medium acidity, medium(+) grippy yet smooth tannins, high alcohol(15.5%), full body, medium finish
- Flavour: medium(+) intensity, black cherry, black plum, green bell pepper, balsamic, liquorice, kirsch
- Balance: high alcohol is nicely balanced by very rich fruit concentration, but the alcoholic heat and prickliness are still overwhelmingly noticeable
- Complexity: shows mostly primary and tertiary aromas/flavours
- Definition: aroma/flavour characteristics are distinctively defined
- Length: medium with a touch of kirsch lingering
- Ageability: can drink now, but I’m curious to see what the wine will taste like when a lot more tertiary flavours show
- Quality(outstanding/very good/good/acceptable): very good
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