Alberto Longo Le Cruste 2005
Finally I can post after very long days including one day (yesterday) in UK. Since my parents talked to me about Nero di Troia (and here I mean 100% based wines) and their positive experience, I have been always on the hunt for them. I tried the Rivera (not bad, but expensive for what it is). This time I decided to try a boutique wine, which seemed to be in high esteem ...well, it was an experience, but not one I would repeat. Elke did not like any of the two wines we had from Alberto Longo. I loved one and hated this one. But my hate is not based on personal taste, I simply feel this wine is badly made.
Alberto Longo Le Cruste 2005
Country: Italy
Grapes: Nero di Troia
Winery: link
Price: 18-20 euros
Impressions: The nose is nice. Fruity with plums and berries. I can smell some spices and sweeteness here. It gives an impression of a fine and typically wine from Puglia (wikipedia link). The taste starts from the nose ... but after few instants it gets amazingly bitter. And the aftertaste gets even more bitter and disgusting. Ok, let's decant ... I have tried over 3 days and the bitterness got only worse. No fruit, no finesse, only bitterness. When drunk with food, the bitterness was a bit subdued and fruit could come a little back. But after day 2, the wine was just undrinkable.
Verdict: Poor execution. We could drink some of it the first two days but with food and only because of the price we paid. But half of it was drunk by the sink.
Would I buy it? No. Never again.
Rating: 60
Alberto Longo Le Cruste 2005
Country: Italy
Grapes: Nero di Troia
Winery: link
Price: 18-20 euros
Impressions: The nose is nice. Fruity with plums and berries. I can smell some spices and sweeteness here. It gives an impression of a fine and typically wine from Puglia (wikipedia link). The taste starts from the nose ... but after few instants it gets amazingly bitter. And the aftertaste gets even more bitter and disgusting. Ok, let's decant ... I have tried over 3 days and the bitterness got only worse. No fruit, no finesse, only bitterness. When drunk with food, the bitterness was a bit subdued and fruit could come a little back. But after day 2, the wine was just undrinkable.
Verdict: Poor execution. We could drink some of it the first two days but with food and only because of the price we paid. But half of it was drunk by the sink.
Would I buy it? No. Never again.
Rating: 60
Labels: wine
posted by The Food Traveller at 7:08 AM
3 Comments:
dont'know this kind of wine, i'll try it soon (even if i'm a bit diffident on wines with cool designed label)
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Vorrei poter ogni tanto dire anch'io la mia sui vini, ma purtroppo ho un'allergia a qualsiasi tipo di alcolico, anche il più leggero. Almeno per quello di oggi cmq non mi perdo nulla, a quanto ho capito :-)
Ciao, alex
Archi - Do NOT try this one. As I wrote, I definitively would not suggest it to anyone. If you really are curious about Nero di Troia, try to get a wine from Rivera or any other producer but Longo.
Alex - peccato per l'allergia. Ma hai ragione, questo e' stato orrendo. Io invece non posso toccare la nutella, le noci poco poco, mandorle pochino, gianduia neanche l'odore ... :-(
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