Cesanese d Piglio

I blogged about the Cesanese grapes recently, now I will deal with the two wines made from the grapes that I tried at this year's Wine Fair. Both were from the 2011 vintage. The lesser offering was called Hermanico, and was a deep purple ruby with a sweet berry nose. The palate was sweet acid with berry fruit notes, supported by an acid tannic backbone.

The better wine was called Romanico and had been awarded Tre Bicchieri. A deep purple ruby as well, the nose was still berry and fruity but has orangey citrus notes. These orangey citrus notes carried through to the sweet berry palate and the backbone was more dominated by tannins with the acid staying in the background of the sterling backbone.