Let me expand on that idea of ‘style’, it can be a divisive issue relying on that ‘style’ label, can, and often is, a pitfall for (some) wine drinkers as much as it is a tool for other wine drinkers. But tonight was different, I wanted to see how this ‘style/blend’ had held up over after a rest of nearly 20 years since harvest. As I’ve said, I’m not one to drink these types of wines, I prefer to drink single variety wines as opposed to blends most nights. The 15 days of maceration, the international varieties, and the use of small, French oak barrels are all evident in tonight’s wine – but that’s not a good or a bad thing, it’s just a fact. This, the 1998, marks the first year of the Sportoletti family’s relationship with Riccardo Cotarella, an enologist/agronomist known for his enologic/agronomic consultancy for more than 80 wineries, in Italy, and in other countries, too. I think I’d have liked to have tried that in its youth, if only to have as a reference point. The first Villa Fidelia Rosso was produced in 1990. That said, the wine, like most, needed some air at first so that it could shake off the damp soil smells that often come with age after 30 minutes, the wine was completely opened up, and stayed that way until it was finished some two hours later.
Cork, fill, and color all in excellent conditionĪs you can see in the photos above, the fill, cork and condition of this 1998 Villa Fidelia Rosso were as good as one could hope for at twenty years old.
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