La Fiorita Winery

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  June 2009

  Lamborghini la Fiorita Trescone Umbria IGT 2004

  Snoothrank: Starting at $17^.99

  Nove Italiano (The Palms Hotel, Las Vegas) features this wine as their Somelier's choice on their menu (June 2009). They are charging 20/glass and 80/bottle! It was absolutely wonderful and soft, with a smooth finish.

  Wine review by JenOtt

  
  
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  August 2008

  Lamborghini la Fiorita Trescone Umbria IGT 2004

  Snoothrank:

  No written review

  Wine review by SWL

  
  
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  August 2008

  Lamborghini la Fiorita Trescone Umbria IGT NV

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  essayé chez divino

  Wine review by jef

  
  

• June 2008

  Early on I had blogged about the responsibility of wine knowledge and how ... age in the cellar. 2001 La Fiorita Laurus Toscana IGT 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot. Rich, deep red in color. More modern in style, but oak is not really apparent. Round tannins and nice acidity. Dark... Read moreEarly on I had blogged about the responsibility of wine knowledge and how ... age in the cellar. 2001 La Fiorita Laurus Toscana IGT 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot. Rich, deep red in color. More modern in style, but oak is not really apparent. Round tannins and nice acidity. Dark berries, black cherry, some spice, and a pleasant earthiness. Very enjoyable and a nice value. While enjoyable now, it should continue to improve. 2005 Loxton Cellars Cabernet-Shiraz ‘Grandfather’s Cuvee’ This wine is a classic Australian Cabernet-Shiraz. 70% Cabernet and 30% Shiraz. Australians consider cabernet to be a donut wine; there is a whole in the middle that is filled by the shiraz. Smoke, leather and spice in the aroma. Herbs, spice, current with black fruit in the taste. As you can see there were some very similar wines and some that should be easily identifiable. The trouble is that when you get into a blind tasting everything that you think should be easy becomes more difficult. When you have the tasting notes it is like having the labels there. You can’t help but persuaded by the words, vintage and reputation of the wine. You might think this would be easier but I think I might have fared better without the notes to confuse me. In my defense, I have never claimed to be able to pick out a producer or a vintage or a producer & vintage. I’ve always claimed that I could pick out the varietal. Out of the 16 people there the best score was 3 out of 8. What did I get? I’m not telling but I was able to identify the wine I brought with me which is all I really care about. The next time you host a wine event make it blind tasting … you’ll find the results very interesting.    (hide)

  Forum post in the topic Blind Tasting by HondaJohn

  
  

• June 2008

  Blind Tasting Early on I had blogged about the responsibility of wine knowledge ... age in the cellar. 2001 La Fiorita Laurus Toscana IGT 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot. Rich, deep red in color. More modern in style, but oak is not really apparent. Round tannins and nice acidity.... Read moreBlind Tasting Early on I had blogged about the responsibility of wine knowledge ... age in the cellar. 2001 La Fiorita Laurus Toscana IGT 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot. Rich, deep red in color. More modern in style, but oak is not really apparent. Round tannins and nice acidity. Dark berries, black cherry, some spice, and a pleasant earthiness. Very enjoyable and a nice value. While enjoyable now, it should continue to improve. 2005 Loxton Cellars Cabernet-Shiraz ‘Grandfather's Cuvee' This wine is a classic Australian Cabernet-Shiraz. 70% Cabernet and 30% Shiraz. Australians consider cabernet to be a donut wine; there is a whole in the middle that is filled by the shiraz. Smoke, leather and spice in the aroma. Herbs, spice, current with black fruit in the taste. As you can see there were some very similar wines and some that should be easily identifiable. The trouble is that when you get into a blind tasting everything that you think should be easy becomes more difficult. When you have the tasting notes it is like having the labels there. You can't help but persuaded by the words, vintage and reputation of the wine. You might think this would be easier but I think I might have fared better without the notes to confuse me. In my defense, I have never claimed to be able to pick out a producer or a vintage or a producer & vintage. I've always claimed that I could pick out the varietal. Out of the 16 people there the best score was 3 out of 8. What did I get? I'm not telling but I was able to identify the wine I brought with me which is all I really care about. The next time you host a wine event make it blind tasting … you'll find the results very interesting    (hide)

  From the article Blind Tasting

  
  
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  December 2007

  Fiorita Lamborghini Campoleone 2001

  Snoothrank:

  No written review

  Wine review by acon

  
  

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