FW Bok Nan Lo 2007 Marchesi di Barolo Cannubi Barolo 2007 Marchesi di Barolo Cannubi Barolo 8/10 stars OLD SCHOOL Talking about Piedmont wines, especially Barolo, it used to be an old school zone, they made wines that required decades to be ready, and t... 2007 Vintage 8 Stars Barolo Italy Marchesi di Barolo Nebbiolo Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 1975 Riguardo Brunello di Montalcino 1975 Riguardo Brunello di Montalcino 9/10 stars HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE In a recent Italian wines blind tasting, this brunello wine won wine of the night, and deservingly so. Brunello di Montalcino is know... 1975 Vintage 9 Stars Brunello di Montalcino Italy Riguardo Sangiovese Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2011 Curatolo Arini Coralto Nero dAvola 2011 Curatolo Arini Coralto Nero dAvola 6/10 stars BEGGAR OF SICILY This grape from Sicily is often compared to Malbec due to its dark character on sight, nose and taste. Sicily was known for producin... 2011 Vintage 6 Stars Italy Sicily Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2012 Duchessa Lia Barolo 2012 Duchessa Lia Barolo 7/10 stars MASCULINE Before recent technology and skills improved, Barolos were known to be wines with very harsh tannins that would need as much as 15 years or more to just b... 2012 Vintage 7 Stars Barolo Italy Nebbiolo Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2013 Duchessa Lia Barbaresco 2013 Duchessa Lia Barbaresco 7/10 stars STRONG AND FEMININE I drank a Barolo and a Barbaresco from the same producer side by side to really emphasize the difference between these 2 wines. Although the... 2013 Vintage 7 Stars Barbaresco Italy Nebbiolo Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2011 Uggiano Chianti Riserva 2011 Uggiano Chianti Riserva 6/10 stars SOUR WINE This Chianti is labelled as a Riserva, which means that this wine has been aged longer with a min of at least 2 years in oak and 3 months in the bottl... 2011 Vintage 6 Stars Chianti Italy Sangiovese Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo NV Giacobazzi Dolce Spumante Moscato NV Giacobazzi Dolce Spumante Moscato 8/10 stars ENJOYABLE MOSCATO Someone served me a blind glass of this wine and made me guess. The sparkling wine threw me off although I surely concluded it’s not f... 8 Stars Italy Moscato/Muscat Piedmont Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2013 Castello di Nipozzano Chianti Rùfina Riserva 2013 Castello di Nipozzano Chianti Rùfina Riserva 5/10 stars POOR VINTAGE? I’m not so familiar with Italian vintages, is 2013 very bad? I felt it was a bad vintage, judging from the content of this wi... 2013 Vintage 5 Stars Chianti Italy Sangiovese Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2015 Vigneto Saetti Rosso Viola 2015 Vigneto Saetti Rosso Viola 7/10 stars NATURAL GRAPE JUICE Right from the start I smelled grape juice, coupled with some woody character too. Decent flavor, with loads of creamy fruits. Quite a th... 2015 Vintage 7 Stars Italy Lambrusco Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2013 Menti Giovanni Roncaie Sui Lieviti 2013 Menti Giovanni Roncaie Sui Lieviti 7/10 stars NATURAL WINE My first encounter of a natural wine, of which I have no knowledge about except for the hear say. At 11.5% abv, this was mild. Almost pe... 2013 Vintage 7 Stars Italy Tasting Notes 2018 Veneto
FW Bok Nan Lo 2011 Rivera Il Falcone Riserva Castel del Monte 2011 Rivera Il Falcone Riserva Castel del Monte 7/10 stars RARE GRAPE VARIETALS This is made by Uva di Troia, a rare grape varietal found in Italy. It’s supposed to give good structure and high tannin... 2011 Vintage 7 Stars Italy Puglia Tasting Notes 2018
FW Bok Nan Lo 2016 Marenco Strev Moscato dAsti 2016 Marenco Strev Moscato dAsti 6/10 stars LIGHT BUT SKEWED At 5.5% alcohol, it’s easy drink for all ladies. Nose was pear ? like. But the palate was way too sweet, definitely over the limit sweetnes... 2016 Vintage 6 Stars Italy Moscato/Muscat Piedmont Tasting Notes 2018