Stravento Nero d'Avola Frappato 1999

Description: Rich and full with super ripe berry fruit flavours and sweet tannins. Best red varieties in Sicily.

Newest Review: ... more white wine than red. 90% of their of production from the winery is White Wine. Are they mad? As an owner of three ... more

... bottles of this wine from their 10%, I demand that they increase this percentage to meet what will I'm sure a highly regarded red wine. The best native grape for reds is Nero d'Avola, and for whites, Inzolio. They also produce red grapes Nerello Mascalse, Perricone and Frappato di Vittoria. This wine is a mix of their best with the Frappato. 1999 was supposed to be the best vintage for Sicilian wines in decades - so if you see it, buy it. The Frappato can only really be liked to the red grapes used in t...more

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Stravento Nero d'Avola Frappato 1999: Try Saying That After A Bottle (569 words)
by - written on 20/09/01 (Very useful, 62 readings)
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Okay, okay. I promise I'll write about something else soon, but hey, I'm on a roll here with my red wines! SNd'AF (I can't be bothered to write it's full title out again - it's also impossible to request after drinking a bottle of it!) comes not actually from Italy itself but from the island of Sicily. Sicily isn't renowned particularly for it's wines, but it has been producing for many years. It is known world wide for it's sweet wines like Mamertino, Muscatello, and of course, Marsala. However, Sicily is now bringing out some very fine wines indeed. And this, my friends, is one of them. Bizarrely ... Read the complete review

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