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So Romagna decided to sub-divide their region into 14 sub-regions, this was brought to our attention last year and more so this year as they highlighted those sub-regions on the tasting sheet beside each wine. In my opinion, Romagna is on the cusp of a breakthrough … but I have said that about a number of regions in the past. But the reason I see Romagna ready for a break-through is because it has something special going for it, and the willingness and passion to push it over the finish line – they just need to harness it: they just need the right push, either marketingwise or winemaking wise and this might be the vintage to do it. I also would point out this is the most wines I have scored in one Anteprima and that would suggest that things are getting better on the winemaking side of things.<\/p>\n
Having been to the region the past 4 years I have developed certain thoughts on the Sangiovese wines being made there – though a further and more in-depth investigation is required to bring those notions into further focus. Vintage variation is important here and during the tasting you could see the differences, here are a few words about each of the vintages showcased (and from past recollection):<\/p>\n
2014 – tough and hard to wrap you head around<\/em> Bertinoro …<\/strong><\/p>\n Bissoni 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Girapoggio”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½) Brisighella …<\/strong><\/p>\n Ballardini Riccardo 2015 Sangiovese DOC Riserva “Torricello”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½) Castel San Pietro …<\/strong><\/p>\n Fratta Minore 2016 Albana Secco DOCG<\/em><\/span> … (***)<\/p>\n Castrocaro …<\/strong><\/p>\n Ca’ Di Rico 2017 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Pezzolo”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½) Faenza …<\/strong><\/p>\n Caviro SCA 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Romio”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½) Imola …<\/strong><\/p>\n Merlotta 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Petali di Viola”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+) Marzeno …<\/strong><\/p>\n Ca’ Di Sopra 2015 Sangiovese DOC “Cadisopra”<\/em> <\/span>… (*** ½) Mercato Saraceno …<\/strong><\/p>\n Braschi Enoica 2015 Albana Secco DOCG “Campo Mamante”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½) Oriolo …<\/strong><\/p>\n Poderi Morini 2016 Albana Secco DOCG “Sette Note”<\/em><\/span> … (***+) Predappio …<\/strong><\/p>\n Noelia Ricci 2017 Romagna Sangiovese DOC “Il Sangiovese”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½) Rimini …<\/strong><\/p>\n Enio Ottaviani 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Sole Rosso”<\/em><\/span> … (****+) San Vicinio …<\/strong><\/p>\n Tenuta Casali 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore”Palazzina”<\/em> <\/span>… (***+)<\/p>\n Serra …<\/strong><\/p>\n La Franzona 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+) <\/p>\n Barrel Samples …<\/strong> GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n Ca’ Di Sopra 2017 Albana Secco DOCG<\/em><\/span> BETTER<\/strong><\/p>\n Ca’ Di Sopra 2016 Sangiovese DOC<\/em><\/span> BEST<\/strong><\/p>\n Ballardini Riccardo 2017 Albana Secco DOCG<\/em><\/span> So Romagna decided to sub-divide their region into 14 sub-regions, this was brought to our attention last year and more so this year as they highlighted those sub-regions on the tasting sheet beside each wine. In my opinion, Romagna is on the cusp of a breakthrough … but I have said that about a number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[460,314,48,321,49],"class_list":["post-4511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-the-road-with-the-grape-guy","tag-albana","tag-anteprima","tag-italy","tag-romagna","tag-sangiovese"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2015 – rich fruit and low acidity, it’s a slutty fruit forward vintage<\/em>
2016 – well rounded fruit and acidity<\/em>
2017 – nice balance, too early to tell<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Romagna_2018_-_glasses.jpg\")
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Braschi Enoica 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Il Costone”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Celli 2017 Albana Secco DOCG “I Croppi”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Tenuta La Viola 2016 Albana Secco DOCG “Frangipane”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Madonia Giovanna 2015 Sangiovese DOC Riserva “Ombroso”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Madonia Giovanna 2016 Albana Secco DOCG “Neblina”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Tenuta de Stefenelli 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Rondo”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Tenuta de Stefenelli 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Preludio”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Tenuta La Viola 2014 Sangiovese DOC Riserva “P. Honorii”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)<\/p>\n
Bulzaga 2015 Albana Secco DOCG “Coronilla”<\/em><\/span> … (***)
Podere La Berta 2016 Albana Secco DOCG<\/em><\/span> … (***+)
Podere La Berta 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Solano”<\/em><\/span> … (***+)
Trere’ 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Amarcord d’un Ross”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Trere’ 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Sperone”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)<\/p>\n
Corte San Ruffillo 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Villa Bagnolo 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva<\/em><\/span> … (***+)
Villa Bagnolo 2017 Albana Secco DOCG<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)<\/p>\n
Caviro SCA 2017 Albana Secco DOCG “Romio”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Trere’ 2017 Albana Secco DOCG “Arlus”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)<\/p>\n
Podere delle Rocche 2014 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Signorello”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Poderi delle Rocche 2016 Albana Secco DOCG “Compadrona”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)<\/p>\n
Fattoria Zerbina 2015 Albana DOCG Passito “Scaccomatto”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Fattoria Zerbina 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Pietramora”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Fattoria Zerbina 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Torre di Ceparano”<\/em> <\/span>… (*** ½)<\/p>\n
Tenuta Casali 2016 Albana Secco DOCG “Valleripa”<\/em><\/span> … (***)<\/p>\n
Spinetta 2016 Albana Secco DOCG “Afrodite”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Tre Monti 2017 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Campo di Mezzo”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Tre Monti 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Thea”<\/em><\/span> … (***+)
Tre Monti 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Petrignone”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)<\/p>\n
Fattoria Nicolucci 2017 Romagna Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Tre Rocche”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Berti Stefano 2016 Romagna Sangiovese DOC “Nono”<\/em> <\/span>… (*** ½)
Drei Dona’ La Palazza 2016 Romagna Sangiovese DOC “Notturno”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Noelia Ricci 2016 Romagna Sangiovese DOC “Il Sangiovese”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Fattoria Nicolucci 2016 Romagna Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Tre Rocche”<\/em><\/span> … (***+)
Conde 2015 Romagna Sangiovese DOC “Chiara Condello”<\/em> <\/span>… (*** ½)
Conde 2015 Romagna Sangiovese DOC Riserva “Le Lucciole”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Fattoria Nicolucci 2015 Romagna Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva<\/span><\/em> … (*** ½)
Fattoria Nicolucci 2014 Romagna Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Berti Stefano 2013 Romagna Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)<\/p>\n
Enio Ottaviani 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Caciara”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)
Le Rocche Malatestiane 2014 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “Il Mastino”<\/em> <\/span>… (*** ½)
Le Rocche Malatestiane 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “I Diavoli”<\/em> <\/span>… (*** ½)
Le Rocche Malatestiane 2017 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “I Diavoli”<\/em><\/span> … (***+)
Podere Dell’Angelo 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Angelico”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Podere Vecciano 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva “D’Enio”<\/em> <\/span>… (****)
San Valentino 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Scabi”<\/em><\/span> … (***)<\/p>\n
Stefano Ferruci 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Centurione”<\/em><\/span> … (***+)
Stefano Ferrucci 2015 Albana DOCG Passito :Domus Aurea”<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½)
Tenuta Masselina 2017 Albana Secco DOCG<\/em> <\/span>… (***+)
Tenuta Masselina 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore<\/em><\/span> … (*** ½+)<\/p>\n
Rated on their potential: Good \/ Better \/ Best because the wines are unfinished.<\/em><\/p>\n
Casadei 2017 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Massarola”<\/span><\/em>
Conde 2015 Sangiovese DOC Riserva “Raggio Brusa”<\/em><\/span>
Conde 2016 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Conde”<\/em><\/span>
Fattoria Montincino Rosso 2015 Sangiovese DOC Superiore Riserva<\/em><\/span>
Fiorentini Vini 2015 Sangiovese DOC “Vigna dei Dottori<\/em><\/span>”
Galassi Maria 2017 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Ca’ Storta”<\/em> <\/span>
Villa Papiano 2017 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Le Papesse”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Ca’ Di Sopra 2017 Sangiovese DOC Superiore “Crepe”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Ballardini Riccardo 2017 Albana Secco DOCG “Leggiadro”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Romagna_2018_-_map.jpg\")
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