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GWL Day 16 - From Piacenza (EMILIA ROMAGNA) to Monza and Milano (LOMBARDIA) (135 km)
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Location: Blogs Antonio MaurielloVisiting Italy as a Tourist |
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| Posted by: Antonio Mauriello |
6/9/2004 7:55 AM |
 Milano: the capital of the fashion world.
This day signs
the end of the first part of my trip. I am now going to stay at a
friend's house for about 10 days before continuing my "GLW".
Not that I am taking a vacation... actually I am going to stay in the
Italian capital of fashion and financial business, and now, as the
media is calling it, the capital of wine. In fact there is going to be
the first huge wine show that Milano ever hosted from June 14 to June
16 that I am, of course, planning to attend.
So, I left in the morning from Piacenza and I drove through Pianura
Padana, the largest flat section of Italy that divides the Alps from
the Appennini. It is all cultivated with all sort of cereals, rice and
corn.
Short and boring drive, it brought me through the hundreds of towns
around Milano and then to Monza where my friend's house is located.
6.30 pm to 10.30 pm: A wine tasting evening and the presentation of the book: Guida Go Wine alle Cantine (Circolo della Stampa - Sala Bracco e Sala Camino - Corso Venezia - Milano)
Around 5 pm I left Monza for Milano. Only 20 minutes drive (just
because it was not rush hour...). A beautiful walk in a crowded
capital. To experience a city from a touristc point of view is
delightful. However, I wasn't really doing tourism in Milan today. Like
most of the people around me, I was going somewhere.
I had planned to arrive by 6:30 to a certain building in downtown
Milano to attend a world premiere launch of a book about wine tourism
presented by the association GOWINE. Wine tourinsm.....coincidence....!
Isn't it what I am doing?? A book that provides hints to the
"wine-trotter", as they are called, and advice on how to make a trip to
a cellar worthwhile. Because for people like me, the goal of each
itinerary, in the end, is the visit to a cellar.
The author selected 185 wineries based on certain pre-fixed requisites:
- Must be open on weekends.
- Must have good accommodation and eateries nearby.
The presenter was Cesare Pillon and the panelists were Massimo Corrado (author) and Massimo Zanichelli (editor).
At the end of the one hour presentation, I stayed for a wine tasting
offered by a selection of about 20 wineries from all over Italy: north,
center, south and islands!
These are my notes.
Legenda:
O=olfatto (nose)
G=Gusto (taste)
F=Finish
Numbers go from 1(the lowest score) to 5 (the highest)
Sometimes for the judgement I used the score over 100 points.
Prices, where indicated, are in Euro (E) (1 Euro is almost equivalent to 1 US$)
Le Salette-Fiumane-Verona (Veneto)
1) Ca Carnocchio 2002
2) Pergole Vele - Recioto
O3.5 G4 F3.5
3) Pergole Vele 1999 - Amarone
O3.5 G4 F3.5
Marco Ermete e Figli Reggio Emilia (Emilia Romagna)
1) Concerto - Reggiano DOC -Lambrusco 100%
O2 G3 F1.5
2) Le Tenute Assolo - Reggiano DOC - Lambrusco 60% Ancellotta 30%
O3.5 G3.5 F2
Moccagatta-Barbaresco-Cuneo (Piemonte)
1) Barbaresco Cole 2000
2) Barbaresco Cole 1999 more tannic than the year before or smaller
yields. Both great structure and tannic red prone to good aging.
Villa Sandi-Castello del Montello-Treviso (Veneto)
1) Raboso Piave DOC.
Made 100% with the native grape Raboso
Grass and roasted pepper are typical of this grape
Dezzani - Cocconato (Asti-Piemonte)
1) Ruche' di Castagnole Monferrato 2001
Euro5 - 81/100 - from the native variety, this small DOC is growing in
quality. Intense bouquet with hints of strawberry and grass/earth. Good
final and very good price/quality ratio
2) Gli Scaglioni - Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOC 100% barbera
Euro9 - 84/100 12 months in barrique. Pleasant and complex bouquet with chocolate, cinnamon, blackberry.
Colonna - Vignale Monferrato - (Asti-Piemonte)
1) Mondene 1999
A cab/barbera blend
Euro 10 - O3.5 G4 F4
2) Alessandra 2000
Euro 10 - O3 G4 F3
Gostolai - Oliena (Nuoro-Sardegna)
1) Cannonau 100% O3 G2.5 F3.5
2) Sonazzus 2002
3) Cantico 2003 O2 G3 F25
4) A Medas Annos - Moscato 100% O3 G3.5 F4
5) Su Gucciu - Cannonau passito 90% + Aleatico 10% - O3 G4 F3
Driving through Pianura Padana 
Milano - Wine tasting at Circolo della Stampa |
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