Name: Podere Castorani Cadetto
Variety: red blend
Region: Montepulciano D'Abruzzo
Country: Italy
Year: 2019
Price: $25
Vinous review: The 2019 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Cadetto opens in the glass with a dusty blend of dried sage, brown spice and crushed cherries. It sweeps across the palate with ease, soft and round, with juicy acidity that enlivens its core of ripe red and blue fruits. This finishes with medium length and a gentle tug of fine tannin that frames the experience nicely.
Wine Folly: pp 135 and 250 state Abruzzo offers some of the finest of Italian wines. Wines are aged in oak and give deep black-fruit flavors with grippy tannins and a smokey-sweet finish. I agree with the dark fruit flavors, but I mostly found the tannins and tartness overpowering (there was not a smokey-sweetin finish in this bottle). My bottle's vintage was 2019, and WF recommends seeking out those aged 4 or more years... I think my wine could have improved with more time.
My Review: I was really excited to enjoy this wine from Montepulciano - a part of Tuscany we visited earlier this year and loved. The acidity and earthiness of this wine reminded me of other wines we enjoyed in Tuscany, but with every sip of this wine I was kind of overpowered by the tartness. It was dry and left a sticky sandpaper mouth as well. Tried to tell myself I was enjoying it, but really, no.
Food Pairing: Tuscan wine paired with tuna/artichoke/olive in pita pocket - atypical, but my wife is a vegetarian so no meat at this meal.
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