Cracked the wine for DinDin last night:
1. Antica Masseria Venditti Bosco Caldaia Rosso DOC: Solopaca RW (12%; Aglianico/Montepulciano/ Piedirosso; WineWarehouse/LA) Nicola Venditti/Castelvenere/Campania 1998: Dark rather murky/brown color; rather tired/dried out fairly earthy/dusty/OV some cedary/pencilly/oldRed no fruit nose; soft rather tired/dried out/cedary/pencilly/oldRed some oxidative no fruit flavor w/ light gentle tannins; no fruit remaining to speak of & pretty much DOA. $19.00 (WE/SantaMonica)
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More bertobluster from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. This is one of the last wines I bought from Roberto at WineExpo/SantaMonica. One that got lost in my archives of wines to taste. It was probably already 10 yrs old when Roberto urged me to try it. It, unlike me, has not withstood the test of time.
Tom