Tar, white pepper, figs, wet gravel, kalamata olives and dried plums. The fruit can be coaxed out with some air, but it is the spice and the olives and the tar which drive this earthy and old-world styled Syrah. Medium bodied with silky tannins.
The Tenuta Pederzana Gibe Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro DOC offered something very different. Once the nice violet color was in the glass, we were able to enjoy the deep dark flavor of overripe cherries. This wine started with the typical bitterness you'd expect with Lambrusco, and finished with sweeter plummy notes.