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Calvari Miani 2004
HED27475
75cl
14.5%
£700.00
£583.33 ex-VAT
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Miani Calvari 2004 is a full-bodied red wine produced from Refosco grapes in the Friuli region of northern Italy. Miani’s Enzo Pontoni is one of Italy’s premier cult winemakers. Working with just 13 hectares in the Colli Orientali DOC yields are miniscule and total annual production is only 9000 bottles. His wines are known for their fruit intensity and textural richness but are always impeccably balanced and surprisingly long-lived. This mature 100% Refosco is concentrated and silky with notes of sweet black cherry and blackberry compote combined with balsamic herbs, liquorice and oak spice.
The 2004 Calvari is a bit of a mystifying wine. Smoke, cedar, tobacco, plums and red cherries emerge from this richly-textured, concentrated offering. There is incredible clarity and detail in the glass. Over time, some of the wilder elements of Refosco take center stage, with notes of bacon fat, grilled herbs and earthiness that become increasingly more prominent. Fresh red berries add a final burst of fruit on the eternal finish. The textural finesse and superb persistence I first loved about the 2004 are still there, but in the last few years the wine has become more rustic. In retrospect Pontoni says he would have performed one of the rackings a touch earlier. Today I am less optimistic about the 2004 than I was a few years ago. - Antonio Galloni
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