Marco Tinessa, Ognostro, IGT

Dense ruby. Quite a lifted nose, slightly dusty but with a lovely freesia topnote. Warm and ripe dark fruit. Some spice. A breadth rather than length, and could do with a bit more acidity and line, but really quite interesting.With air the feesia note lifts and shows more of a raising, figgy fruit. ***

Very interesting stuff here. Dense scents of ripe red fruits come to the nose upon opening. Very intense flavour with lots of spice, pepper, ginger, curry. Red hot wine from southern Italy, an hidden gem, I'd say. By the way "10" is meant to say that the vintage is 2010 it ain't true that it's NV...

A naturalist Aglianico made with grapes sourced from Taurasi but vinified in the premises of Frank Cornelissen - i.e. in the hills of Etna, Sicily. As the wine is not allowed to use the appellation, it isn't entitled to label the vintage, hence the name "Ognostro 10" with the 10 designating the vintage 2010. 14,5% alcohol. Dense, slightly figgy black-red color. Very rich and sunny nose with aromas of marmaladey dark fruits, succulent plummy tones, a little bit of lifted …

Deep ruby. Good red fruit on the nose, quite dark and slightly dusty. Medium to full bodied, ready now but will last. Reasonable interest here, though not particularly long and complex. ***