I originally had this wine about 18 months or so ago at a friends house. It was basically undrinkable--tannic and not showing much of itself. I also had the 2003 of this wine a while back, and found it to be pretty nice. This was around 15$ at Costco and has been in my cellar for a year or so. We had some people over for dinner Saturday night and I made a rack of lamb (in addition to a bacon and sage risotto), so this got pulled out. After being decanted for about 3 hours, it was drinking well. Definitely not the steel-wooly mess that it was 18 months ago. Plums, currants, and some herbal notes. Nice depth, poised fruit and good balance of tannins and acidity. B+
We also had the 2007 Ermacora Friulano, which had nice citrus fruit, and a little bit of peach, to match up to a relatively fat frame. Didn't take a picture of that bottle. I was preoccupied for some reason. About 11$ at K&L. B
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