Got this originally from small vineyards after an impressive showing at a trade tasting.This is from a producer of various sparkling wines under many labels. This one designated C.E. for Collio Euganei. Oranges, some white flowers, smooth with excellent balancing acidity. A Saturday night special. – Tasted 6/29/2008.
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Pinkish-orange hue. Notes of rose petals, cherry and raspberry. Nice acidity, with mineral and red berry tones on the palate. Fine texture and a nice clean finish. (91 pts.) – Tasted 6/22/2008.
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Herby, aromatic, lightly spicy and citrusy. Clean and refreshing. – Tasted 6/18/2008.
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tannic, lighter red, sour cherry, great QPR (89 pts.) – Tasted 6/17/2008.
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This wine opens with a lychee, sweet candied nose is very concentrated and filled with ripe fruit. This thick, Bordeaux Blanc ends with an intriguing lemon, lime note that lasts over :30. (93 pts.) – Tasted 6/15/2008.
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This is already showing some lightening at the edges. Scents of jammy dark berries, spice and chocolate tints come forth with only a bit of swirling. The style has more firmness than 03 or 05. The finish shows a hint of under ripeness from the vintage. This is a Branaire to enjoy today and over the next decade. (90 pts.) – Tasted 6/14/2008.
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This opens with fresh herbs, ripe red and black fruits, new oak and fennel. Medium bodied/full bodied, with sillky textures and ample freshness to give it lift. The wine finishes with elegant ripe fruits. (93 pts.) – Tasted 6/12/2008.
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This is a elegant, translucent plum colored wine turning to clear at the edge. It’s aromma leaps out of the glass, carrying nose singing esters of clove, white pepper, orange blossom, b urnt rubber, strawberry and vanilla. The wine is light to medium bodied with a feeble attack, a round and alcoholic mid-pallate, and a fine grained tannic finish of mineral and green apple. Overall, t his alcoholic and assertive wine lacks fruit and ballance. Drinkable. Note: I think the wine was too young, and would have benifited from cellaring. On day two, the alcohol, while still excessive, had toned down allowing a more pronounced minerality to shine though. – Tasted 6/10/2008.
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A light colored wine showing bricking around the edges and a clear meniscus. Upon opening, the wine had a big alcoholic nose of bright cherry, tar, and earth, but quickly shifted to blueberry, bug spray and green pepper. The palate begins with a clean dry metallic attack, transitions to stems, green pepper, and sweet tobacco, and ends with a long bitter finish. This wine is extremely primary and rustic with rough drying tannins, and it is not entirely unenjoyable. Gave me a nasty headache. (83 pts.) – Tasted 6/9/2008.
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packs a fruity punch, spirit on the nose, acidity little forward. (84 pts.) – Tasted 6/1/2008.
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