Cusumano, Nero d'Avola, Sicily

Bright, fresh red fruited style. Plenty of acids but still balanced. Best to pair with food. Excellent QPR!

2014 vintage

Full body, deep ruby color. Intense red fruits and peppery aroma. Dominant raspberry and cherry jam palate with long spicy finish. It is value but not so simple wine. Rich, concentrated and harmonious enough, slightly loss balance because high alcohol but nice acidity and sweet tannins. Interesting method of closure by glass stopper. Food friendly, probably best match is heavy meat dishes but tasted with antipasti and fried potato sausages in lamb guts. Serve 15º - 18º. Open about half …

2013 vintage

Glass stopper. Enticing nose of black raspberry, milk chocolate, and an occasional waft of vanilla. Cherry taffy on the palate with tannins that coat your mouth. Short, but not unpleasant finish. Very drinkable, but not worth much more than the $10.99 I paid.

2013 vintage

Nicely blended Italian table wine. No negative attributes. I went well with steak and barbecued pork.

2014 vintage

Sat, 12/17/16, $2 Tasting (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA) : N: Ripe, jammy with notes of roses & poss tar? QUITE fragrant! P: MF, poss Med, body; Swtish frt on front (threshold R.S.?), acidity reasonably balancing. LONG, spicy, somewhat tangy finish. Drinking nicely now, the R.S. makes me hesitant 'bout its longevity. This vendor's $7.95 looks to be **very** competitive pricing. 14% ABV 90 pts Suckling & 85 WS

2013 vintage

Just opened this 2007, thought it would be past its prime, but was actually quite good.

2007 vintage

Medium-plus purple. Ripe dark fruit aroma with a hint of spices. Medium body with medium-low tannins and long acidity. Fruity dry wine which will pair weel with pork.

2014 vintage

Wow, this wine is awesome with pasta and red sauce. Especially a nice old world meat sauce, or with meatballs/sausage. Very much reminiscent of Chianti or other sangiovese blends, but with a bit more depth and complexity. Needs to be decanted and given time, like at least 45 minutes +. But it opens up with nice cherry and deep red fruit, some nice herbal notes and excellent acid as you would expect. This wine is done in a nice old …

2014 vintage

This wine provided fruit in abundance with only moderate amounts of pepper and spice for balance. The fruit ranged from ripe strawberries and cherries to darker blackberry and plums – it even ventured into stewed or baked notes. Cassis, sweet spices, and pepper mixed with earth and stone on the savoury side. The moderate tannins and acidity provided a smooth mouthfeel. Normally I’d say this heavy lean towards fruitiness was a problem, but in this case (and for $16, no …

2014 vintage

Joyfully simple Italian wine. The best I think we could find in the red checkered tablecloth kind of Italian restaurant with pseudo-Roman busts. It matched the restaurant. Fun but not sophisticated. Very drinkable and fruit-forward.

2014 vintage

Crimson and purple in the glass. Sweet vanilla and spices on the nose (takes a while to open up). Well balanced acidity in the mouth, red berry fruits (strawberries), and chewy tannins. Nice finish with tobacco that lingers to deliver a sweet finish.

2014 vintage

Opaque red. As Zweder notes, this a a creamy bouquets of cherries and raspberries. The palate has some lush dark berries and cola with firm acidity and some mouth coating sticky tannins. Satisfying and good at the table. Someone brought this to a party at our house and it does seem like really good value in the 10-15$ range.

2013 vintage

Nose of strong dry chalky minerality, bordering on musty basement or dirty dishrag. On the palette it's the same strong mineral effect in your face with some mild bright fruit in the distant background. Moderate tannins with not much pizzazz on the finish.

2014 vintage

It's hard to imagine a better, more profound wine for the price, just $12 in Ontario -- and like other Cusumanos, it's consistently good and reliable year after year. The '14 is still very young and raw, and could use some time to soften, but beyond the rough tannins that seem to stick to the palate there's a good deal of complexity with notes of blackberry, dark cherry, leather, herbs, spicy black pepper (emerging on the finish), and, most distinctively, …

2014 vintage

Tannic forest floor and mushroom. Black pepper, cranberry, tart.

2014 vintage

Good rich fruit with more balance and elegance than you'd expect at this $10 price point. Enjoyable smooth finish. Definite crowd pleaser but interesting enough for wine buffs to enjoy. Great value.

2014 vintage

Interesting body, good value wine

2013 vintage

The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like cherry and blackberry. It tastes like cherry. The body is medium. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. For $11, it might just be the greatest value ever...definitely will buy a case of it.

2014 vintage

Weekly tasting group #167; A fully blind test. (@ AH) : In the bouquet creamy cherries and raspberries. On the palate primary cherries and raspberries as well. Also some dark berries. A firm amount of acidity and slightly sticky tannin. A lush wine.

2013 vintage

Smooth tannins with dark fruit flavors permeating. Cut flowers and an almost cola like flavor developed as the wine sat at the table. Brought this to a cook out and everyone at the table loved it and wanted more. Great value for money.

2013 vintage

From last night. Fruit forward, strong tannins. A bit abrasive.

2013 vintage

Solid nero for the money. Good fruit, nice cocoa on the finish. No detailed notes. Vino-seal glass enclosure.

2013 vintage

OK, with pasta, cherry notes, not a lot of body.

2007 vintage

Deep color, harmonious, great flavours.

2007 vintage

Pop and pour at a dinner party. Went well with lasagna and ravioli. Didn't take specific notes, but a straight-forward, fairly light red wine that pairs well with pasta dishes. Nothing complex, but enjoyable. Great QPR. I'd agree with the community average of 86-87pts. Aloha!

2007 vintage

Very good wine for the money. Nice balance, simple & pleasant.

2007 vintage

As per others, and my prior note - well liked by the group around table (bbq stuff and potluck dinner). Yes this is fruity - but a subdued cherry juice kind of vibe. Not overly complex, but for the style and what i wanted this is good, with great QPR. I have a few on shelf for these kind of occasions. It also has some kind of "cache" with the sicilian origin and the unusual grape that most people don't …

2007 vintage

Consistent with prior notes. Not quite as jammy as last year -- nice and full, a little spice. Tasty.

2007 vintage

Great QPR. Aroma of dark cherry and freshly cut apple. Dark cherry on the palate, very fresh and nice green apple like acidity but not sour. Not a serious one but delicious.

2007 vintage

Very jammy.

2007 vintage

color: medium purple; nose: lots of bright cherry and some vanilla -- nice!; taste: bright light-medium mouthfeel, blueberry jam on mid-palate, fruit and spice on finish with light-to-medium tannins; overall: great value for money ($10.75 on sale at World Market) and worth buying again, a simple but coherent flavor package, good enough to be both a house wine and a wine to serve company another bottle 10/20/09: picking up a little cotton candy on the nose this time, otherwise as …

2007 vintage

Very nice Italian Red. Candied cherries with some spice and minerality. Great value!

2007 vintage

Great taste - well balanced. Want more!

2007 vintage

Nice light fruity (cherry) wine. No significant tannins and easy drinking solo - drank this at the cabin and was perfect. Price is great.

2007 vintage

Yummy. Nice wine for everyday consumption. Not great, but good start and fiinish, nice on the pallet. Smooth flavors, nothing pronounced, just good.

2007 vintage

No notes. Great pizza quaff.

2007 vintage

Ruby in the glass. Inviting nose of jammy plum. Abundant flavor of fresh cherry, raspberry and cassis, with some vanilla and spice on the finish. Surprisingly, a bit soft-tasting. Balance is good, with a long finish.

2007 vintage

Good everyday drinking red.

2007 vintage

Enjoyed this everday wine

2007 vintage

Sicily is emerging as a reliable, even exciting, Italian wine-producing region. Nero d’Avola is Sicily’s “signature” red grape variety, exemplifying the best of what the island has to offer. This rendition features aromas of violets and earth that lead to tangy flavors of red plums and licorice, with a backbone of zingy acidity. This is an easy drinking wine that pairs beautifully with Italian fare.

2007 vintage

Walker's Newport Tasting (The Spiced Pear) : Rich, candied fruit. A little sweet. Raspberry and cherries. Good. 86-87

2007 vintage

still young, very much on the fruit, raisin, light to medium body, fun but inferior to Morgante NdA of same vintage

2007 vintage

Violets, earth, raspberry and tar with black licorize. Palate is disappointing. Flat and salty. Plum and stewed fruits. After 3 hours, palate started to flesh out a bit. Sour cherries, raspberries and plums. Tannins were better integrated but still with a short finish. On Day 2 there was more earth. Overall, disappointing compared to earlier vintages.

2007 vintage

An outstanding Italian red wine. Delicious fruits, hint of earth, and flavor throughout. Worth having in your cellar all the time.

2007 vintage

Tasted blind – Medium bright ruby, clear throughout. Youthful nose of red twizzlers, cotton candy, candied red fruits and vanilla oak. Artificial. Flavours of vanilla and candied red fruits. Light to medium body, medium acidity, boozy shorter finish, low tannin. Too fake for me. Not my style. Drink now. Average.

2007 vintage

Pefect pizza wine. Fresh and simple with bright red berries, cherry, and moderate acidity. Virtually no tannins. Almost quaffable.

2007 vintage

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