Famiglia Cotarella Ferentano

94. Incredible. Expressive, complex nose, with citrus, pineapple, and a delightful floral bouquet. On the mouth, this wine is complex, with a delightful weightiness that fills the mouth. This full bodied white has notes of grapefruit, peach, pineapple, honeydew and mango. Strong acid and minerality balance out the graceful fruit. Excellent! Drink this wine cool but not fridge cold. I also think this wine can benefit from another year or two in the bottle, but if you want to enjoy …

Kind of a revelation, from first waft of delightful nose, to taste, to final glass. Delicious, nuanced. Ceasar77 note from not quite a year ago is a fine summary, though did not see much umami, more citrus and mineral. Spectacular qpr, and worth seeking regardless. Loved the fine fruit, floral notes in the nose that carry over and deepen late on palate showing up again in long finish. Fine rich and balanced acidity.

PnP. Gold with greenish hue and clear edge in color. Nose of white flowers, honeysuckle, grapefruit, honeydew mellon and oyster shell. On the palate: lemon curd, asian pear, unripe mango and mineral salinity. Acid is fairly linear across the palate and the wine has satisfying weight w/ plush umami. Tremendous balance between acid, sugar and weight--feels Burgundian (flavors are not--just the mouthfeel). Long finish of white fruit, yellow delicious apple skin and saline minerality.

Great wine, This feels like it was aged on the lees, with great creaminess and body, good acidity and yellow fruits, really good sipper, with a really beautiful touch of salinity at the finish. Dont drink cold as you will cover this wines expression, drink 50-55. Delicious and really special. 92+

Beautiful wine, super clean and linear great acidity with a touch of sweetness balanced out by salinity on the finish, highly recommend! 92+

Cotarella, Ferentano, 2018 Particularly for the kosher wine drinker, the ability to taste a wine from a new spot in the world is exciting. It is an even greater experience to be able to taste an autochthonous variety. Roscetto is an exceedingly rare white variety grown not only in a single place, but by a single producer, the Cotarella family of Montefiascone, a town in Lazio, central Italy, about 100 km from Rome. Famiglia Cotarella was founded by winemaker brothers, …

Delightful, complex and nuanced. Really showing well. white flowers, grapefruit pith, yellow plums, balanced vanilla, lemon merengue, macadamia nuts, etrog, something toasty. Will try and get more!

What a drinking experience. The nose and mouth at opening were highly aligned with strong notes of citrus and minerals and a vanilla note in the background. The wine had a medium body which coated the mouth in the most perfect fashion. After a few hours the citrus and minerals retreated leaving the vanilla and some nuttiness upfront. Great wine!

Famiglia Cotarella, Ferentano, Lazio IGT, 2018: Falesco made a kosher run of this wine before, in 2005. Unfortunately I never got to taste it. This wine is made of a very rare grape variety named Roscetto, which is indigenous to Italy. In fact, only Ricardo Cotarella produces a varietal wine with this variety, and he is said to have solely saved it from extinction. Shiny gold, with green reflections, the nose on this wine shows notes of orange blossom, lime, …