"Very Italian". "Rustic". "A food wine". Any of these cliches could describe this wine. They are all very true, but it doesn't mean this isn't a good wine. It's a pretty good wine, actually.
Made in southern Italy from the Negroamaro grape, this exhibits a bit of a mushroomy aroma and flavour, which I find indicative of Italian wines. A bit of time in the glass and a bite of food and the cherry flavours and tannins will mix wonderfully.
It's not something that you'd sit around and sip at a party, but taken with food you feel like you are sitting outside a farmhouse somewhere in rural Italy with an eldery Italian couple serving you antipasti. Or something like that.
Masseria Monaci
Eloquenzia Copertino DOC 2004
Apulia, Italy
The Wine Society
£5.95
3/5
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15 hours ago
Just had a bottle for dinner with pasts. I would rate this higher; it is more complex and has an extraordinary peppary fullness;4
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