Winery - Librandi
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Riserva Duca San Felice is an important wine that sets the bar for Calabria’s budding winemakers. Made with 100% Gaglioppo, the wine is lean and compact with vibrant aromas of chilled raspberry, drying minerals and white almond. Despite its lean appearance, it does deliver ample power and personality.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here is a distinctive “super Calabrian” blend of Gaglioppo and Cabernet Sauvignon that delivers black olive and capers beyond subtle notes of blackberry and cherry. It has sharp, crisp dimension in the mouth with good structure and should be paired with a cream- or butter-based dish for balance.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This brilliant Greco Bianco from Calabria makes an immediate good impression on all your senses: It has luminous color and intense aromas of passion fruit, mango, papaya, peach and stone fruit. The feel is crisp, tonic and easy, and you can’t beat its low price.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Magno Megonico, from Calabria in the deep south of Italy, is an edgy, sharp wine with a pointed vein of acidity that carries through the end. That natural freshness and 14% alcohol helps underline the wine’s aromas of raspberry and forest fruit. Pair this wine with a fatty food cooked with butter or cheese.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made with a blend of Gaglioppo and Cabernet Sauvignon, this bold “super Calabrian” wine offers a bright ruby color with aromas of small berry and Indian spice. There’s power, determination and chewy softness here, although this is not an overtly dense or extracted wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Duca San Felice Riserva is an historic wine that highlights the potential of winemaking in Calabria (the toe of the boot of Italy) and its native Gaglioppo grape. There’s elegance here in the wine’s ruby color and bright berry nuance. But there’s also power in terms of the wine’s intensity and length.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The Greco Bianco grape (a native variety of Calabria in southern Italy) offers compelling aromas of pear, Golden Delicious apple and stone fruit. Librandi does a great job with this wine that shows density and creamy spice on the close. Pair it with white meat or fish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a well structured and creamy rosé from Calabria, southern Italy, that opens with a bright pink color and enticing aromas of raspberry and cranberry jelly. Thanks to that extra density, you could pair this wine with roast chicken or pork chops.
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Librandi Rosé - 2009
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Le Passule is a gorgeous passito dessert wine that offers sweet tones of honey, candied apricot and almond paste backed by a zesty touch of exotic spice. There’s enough heft and determination here to pair with aged cheese.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This Calabria-based producer is a tireless advocate of indigenous grapes such as Gaglioppo and has skillfully produced a southern Italian red with the sweeter, ripe red fruit aromas you’d expect and with delicate cola and mineral tones as well. There’s a touch of astringency in the mouth.
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