A New Star from Indispensable Italy
By Michael Franz
Mar 15, 2011
If you love wine with food, you know already that Italian reds are indispensable at the table–whether or not the table is set with Italian food. No other country can rival Italy for sheer numbers of reds that combine freshness with complexity. Similarly, far more Italian reds combine relatively light weight with strongly expressive aroma and flavor, and these two combinations make Italian reds supremely versatile and delightful with food. As a result, I regard it as major news when an Italian region starts producing excellent reds in serious numbers, and that is exactly what has happened recently in the northeastern region of Romagna.
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Tenuta la Viola “P. Honorii” 2008: Very effectively balanced, this shows soft, sweet fruit firmed up by fine-grained tannin that provides focus without drying the finish. Subtle secondary aromas are beginning to emerge, and this will only get better during the next five years. 90
Read the full article http://www.winereviewonline.com/Michael_Franz_on_Sangiovese_di_Romagna.cfm it is very interesting.









