Cantina Gabriele – Dolcemente 2014 – Lazio – Kosher

Red wine with a quite deep colour, deep ruby-red core still with a hint of youthful purple in there. A youthful nose as well, with an emphasis of quite dark fruit; like dark cherry and cassis. Medium weight on the palate, a little bit more than medium weight has quite more structured. This is marked by a certain sweetness, it is not as sweet as a dessert wine, it is far from port or anything in that direction. So a slight hint of sweetness wine, more like a Madeira style. Again how to use that, I would probably think in the direction of cheese rather than sweeter desserts or chocolate. Whatever people would like to do with it, they can, but it is not a very high sweetness. I think that it has a good purity of fruit. Well-balanced with those dark, fruity, cherry, black currant notes and a soft rounded tannins and quite a long finish.

Tasted by the Best Sommelier of the World, Andreas Larsson.