Farnese, Edizione Cinque Autoctoni, VdT

A blend of 5 autochthonous grapes from Abruzzo - Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Negroamaro, Malvasia and Primitivo. Which feels like someone is trying to prove a point. But they needn’t have bothered as it turned out as oak juice anyway.

2012 vintage

Diam cork, no sign of seepage High ullage, decanted and tasted over 24h. No significant sediment. V: deep purple, opaque Aromas of vanilla and some char P: didn’t really evolve, there was a distinct flavour profile of bitter and overripe fruit in this wine. Definitely not my style. I unecessarily slogged through a bottle in 2 nights but should have used it for cooking. Blend of sangiovese, montepulciano, negroamaro, nero d’avola and another varietal. Drink, hold to 2027 or avoid …

2012 vintage

drinks well, quite balanced, intense sweetish fruit; no hurry

2013 vintage

Good last bottle, just like my TN dated December 2021.

2012 vintage

Always a pleasure.

2013 vintage

While strictly speaking this wine does not bear a vintage but rather the sequential production number, this bottle should be ca 10 years old. The wine still gives great joy (see my other notes). However I am not really sure it has evolved, in fact it anything it might have start approaching the end of the drinking window. Enjoy now!

2012 vintage

This bottle was very good. The plummy richness is well balanced by the chalky "dustiness" and the abundant tannins. One bottle to go, will consume by next year. But if you have more you could keep some longer, I suppose, though I wouldn't expect any new insights from that.

2012 vintage

Super Wein, perfekt ausgewogen,

2013 vintage

Full of flavour, deep purple colour. Not very tannic. Reminds me of amarone a little bit. Delicious

2013 vintage

Like last time where I was pointing back to my TN of January 11th, 2019. But not as impressive this time. Two bottles to go, my window closing after 2022.

2012 vintage

Puissant! Peut faire encore plusieurs années. Petit bémol a mon goût, le sucre risiduel est facilement perceptible.

2013 vintage

Not for purists, Baccalaro's idea of picking autochthonous grapes of different regions and assembling them in a dark purple fruit bomb is in my view a success. Black cherries, plums, blackcurrants, vanilla, mocha, chocolate, oak, leather, menthol, herbs, spices do not compete with each other but harmonise with the tannins and the acidity to deliver true drinking pleasure.

2012 vintage

Lots of power and fruit. Good balance. Personally prefer wine with more tannins

2013 vintage

Rich, soft, round, sweet, powerful. Simple, balanced, sweet Southern Italian power. A fruit bomb but in a good way. Very enjoyable without pretence. Drinking well and for several years.

2013 vintage

montepulciano blend, medium + body, blackberry, plum, chocolate, leather

2013 vintage

Sehr dicht, voller Körper, intensiv, dunkle früchte, Pflaume, mon cherry, mittlerer bis langer Abgang

2012 vintage

This is now peaking in my view. TN by and large identical to my last one dated Jan 11th, 2019, except that this bottle was consistent throughout without any yoyo effet. Very extracted and I love it. 3 bottles to go, yay ! Will use up by 2022, but this could keep longer if you have more.

2012 vintage

Always a favorite and still getting better.

2013 vintage

Matt. Mittlere farbtiefe. Rubin. Sauberer Geruch. Dezent. Gereift. Fruchtig. Relativ komplex. Geschmack: trocken. Rassige Säure. Gerbstoffreich. Kräftige Körper. Füllig. Holz. Würze. Mittlerer Abgang

2012 vintage

Powerful! Blue tongue guaranteed, though

2013 vintage

Very nice, at 2012 still needs 1 hour in decanter. Has a great finish with a pop of currant at the end

2012 vintage

This wine is filling into itself, both primitivo/monte are now dancing in perfect harmony. Still rich, powerful & with great length. For those who know this wine m, the primitivo is now not as chocolate sweet up front & rather having as a dessert cheese wine, it’s now a rib eye main course wine. Will try again in another 6 mnths.

2013 vintage

Has clearly aged since last bottle. Got more complex but less fruity at the same time. I would drink sooner than later.

2012 vintage

Private Extraction Bomb Marathon; 12/23/2018-2/1/2019 (At Our Homes) : Nice ripe black forest berries, chocolate and some black currant against good puckery tannins. This is worlds apart from my first bottle almost 4 years ago which must have been spoilt. Glad I have 4 more bottles. Notice that day 2 seems to drop a little, and for some reason day 3 reached the level of day 1 again. That yoyo effect is consistent with the observation of my first bottle. …

2012 vintage

Nice again!

2012 vintage

Complex black fruits and violets with softness and approachability, yet length. How well will it age? I think better than first impressions might suggest. A lovely wine.

2013 vintage

Another wine that rarely if ever lets me down. A lovely balance between power and dry elegance. Packs a fruit driven punch up front but doesn’t hit twice rather it integrates and tightens nicely with drying tannins with soy, olive and clove. My wife simply can’t take big or sweet wines and she loved this. Super pleasant experience. Lovely balance.

2013 vintage

Always good.

2012 vintage

Cork. 14% alc. A blend of Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Primitivo, Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera. A rich, dark colour that hints at the vibrant aromas - plums, sweet black fruits, chocolate, liquorice. The palate is full bodied, with those ripe black fruits at the core, but surrounded by well judged tannins and oak treatment. It's nicely balanced. The marginal savoury edge is a nod to Italy, but it's a New World style of wine. (With DD at Sciue Sciue).

2013 vintage

Big, bold and driven by the very ripe fruit. A bit of bitterness and some heat towards the finish. Not my style.

2012 vintage

Same as previous bottle, a crowd pleaser!

2012 vintage

Kräftig, rund, nicht zu breit

2012 vintage

Vino Amato's Annual Italian Wine Fair 2017 (Amato's, Norton Street, Leichardt) : Ripe, jammy black fruit, over extracted, raisins as well. It's all quite baked. Nah.

2013 vintage

GMs - Casual Fridays August 2017 : Charcoal, chocolate, mocha, candy and licorice, with a heavy overlay of oak. The palate is obnoxiously sweet with barely any acidity or sense of balance. Rather disgusting.

2012 vintage

Heavy bottle, heavy all over. Still with stewed fruit but the sweet background is dissipating now and the finish gets a bit dry. Still very good but I think it was more impressive when younger and gets a bit one dimensional now, so better drink it earlier than later.

2012 vintage

Dark deep colour, almost purple. Good nose, full body and great complexity. Lots of fruits with that very little sweetness on the finish.

2012 vintage

Bombe de fruits à l'attaque. Semble assez sucré et manquer de finesse le jour #1. Meilleur le lendemain avec plus d'équilibre entre acidité et une bouche toujours aussi gorgée de fruits. Tannins bien présents, mais doux. Légère amertume en finale qui traduit un peu son origine Italienne. Aime bien l'air qui lui fait grand bien. 89-->92 RQP ****

2012 vintage

Nice nose with cherries, herbs. Long taste ending w. Chocolate /roasted. Many tannins . Good wine, probably too early

2013 vintage

Powerful chocolate scent like Napa style Cabernet.

2013 vintage

very dark blackberry colour with violet reflexes; light rim. nose: needs to open; jammy notes in the first attack (plum jam) later more fruity. enetually some rubber and asphalt note appear. taste: medium (+) acidity; hot, some warm fruits (very ripe plums); robust tannins; loads of everything. lack balance and coherence.

2013 vintage

An interesting blend of five autochthonous southern Italian grape varieties – hence the name – without vintage indication, as the grapes for this wine come from two different Italian regions. The Montepulciano (30 %) and Sangiovese (28 %) grapes are from the Abruzzi while the Primitivo (30 %), Negroamaro (7 %) and Malvasia Nera (5 %) are grown in southern Puglia. The indication “2012” only appears on the back of the bottle. The wine was aged for 13 months in …

2013 vintage

The bottle is a monster - purple, opaque, heavy and imposing. The wine remains in character with it purple opaque and inky domination of my stemware. The nose has a lot going on and is hard to pin down as it flexes and shifts with each swirls and sniff. I'm getting rich dark red fruit and floral notes that make the wines smell sweet. The palate is consistent and the tannins are surprisingly soft. Not sure the structure will age …

2013 vintage

Now here we have an interesting wine. As the name suggests it is made out of 5 indigenous grapes of mostly southern Italy (Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Primitivo, Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera). Dark purple. Expressive and baroque nose of lots of plum, prune, black fruit, sweet spices. This is rather ostentatious. On the palate soft and plush with soft tannins but not flabby at all. There is structure and lift. I am personally not a fan of these Southern wines but this …

2012 vintage

Better with food - lamb or duck - to match sweetness

2012 vintage

Dark ruby color - nose very fruity with cassis and sandal wood - flavor an explosion of sweet berry aromas but less body - fine finish

2012 vintage

"2016" Sydney International Wine Show - stewarding notes; 10/11/2015-10/15/2015 (Blue Mountains, NSW) : {cork, 14%} Raisins, raspberries, and the rest; a vast panoply of ripe red fruit is on offer here. There’s a vanillan, varnish quality too, and on the palate even a gluey note to the flavours emerges. The palate is really a compote of sweet red grapes, with medium powdery tannins, medium/full body and fairly low acidity. A medium length finish of burnished caramel and thick texture rounds …

2013 vintage

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