Castiglion Del Bosco, Brunello Di Montalcino 2009

 The Castiglion Del Bosco, Brunello Di Montalcino 2009 is  wine that I tasted the last time 2014.A long time ago now and I remember that I thought that it was quite heavy at that time so it will see what seven more years of ageing has brought on. The producer Castiglion Del Bosco is a producer in Tuscany, Italy. They own 62 hectares of vineyards near Montalcino

In the taste I get red cherry, red currant and black currants. Some tannins in the back that has became smooth after seven years of ageing. Quite complex wine with flavours that go very well together. This wine definitely needed some more ageing and now it is excellent.

However, this wine cost 189 SEK when I bought it seven years ago. Now it costs 495 SEK. Very expensive but very good.But way out of my price range nowadays.

Birthday celebrations with Rotari and two strong Italian reds

For birthday it is good to have good food and wine and this time the food consisted of three different parmesans, a four year old, a three year old and a Modena bianco 30+ months and two different Pecorino, one stored in a grotta. Extras were parma ham and three different salamis.

The wines served for this food delight were all Italians. The first wine served were a sparkling wine from Trentino made by producer Mezzacorona and it is an old Rotari from 1996 which were sboccatura in 2013. The taste is very good. Strong citrus notes with some apples followed by bread notes. Excellent wine and it is fun to taste an older Italian sparkling wine. I have to admit that this wine were all drank before the food as it was such an easy drinking.

The first wine together with the food were something new for me. A Brunello di Montalcino by producer Castiglion del Bosco from 2008. Very strong wine that goes very well together with the food. Tastes of cherries, dark berries with a hint of tobacco. Very interesting.

The next wine is an amarone, Castelforte Amarone della Valpolicella from 2007. Now this wine is very complex and also has very strong flavous and it also goes very well with the food. Wonderful wine. Both of these red wines need food or they will be to strong.