DonnaFugata 2023 Rosa – Dolce & Gabbana DonnaFugata 2022 Anthilia<\/strong><\/em><\/span> DonnaFugata 2021 Sedara<\/strong><\/em><\/span> DonnaFugata 2020 Tancredi<\/strong><\/em><\/span> DonnaFugata 2019 Mille e Una Notte<\/strong><\/em><\/span> DonnaFugata 2022 Ben Rye<\/strong><\/em><\/span> DonnaFugata 2019 Sparkling<\/strong><\/em><\/span> DonnaFugata 2020 Mille e Una Notte<\/strong><\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (March 2024) … Jose Rallo, of Donnafugata, a Sicilian winery, came to town to host a lunch and kick off the launch of her new wines. We spoke to her in this podcast, so if you want to know more about the winery, click here. As for the wines tasted at lunch – see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-road-with-the-grape-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Donna](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donna_3a.png\")
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Let’s forego the price and just talk about the wine: fresh and fruity, which is a good thing for a rose. (*** ½)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Grapefruit pulp and pith, nice acidity, pleasant floral component and there’s nice length on the finish. (*** ½+)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Smoky with notes of blackberry plus subtle tannins and a finish that doles out some cassis. (*** ½+)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Lots of dark fruit and mocha – a pleasing red. (*** ½+)<\/strong><\/p>\n
A thousand and one nights has a smooth, silky palate with mocha, black fruit, rugged tannins and a finish that goes on for days. This wine is made for the long haul. Keep some in the cellar for those Arabian movie nights. (****)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Cereal note, along with honey and apricot, creamy and smooth across the palate with a lovely long finish. (****)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Chardonnay \/ Pinot Noir … Acidity is a little muted, but the palate shows nice biscuity and Bosc pear with some pleasant citrus backing – more than I expected from a Sicilian bottle of bubbles. (*** ½+)<\/strong><\/p>\n
The newer version of 1001 is approachable now, but has the stuffing to last years in the cellar: lots of dark cherry and cassis, while tannins coat the mouth. (****+)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Donna](\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Donna_2a.png\")
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