Sarah and I picked this wine at
Checchino dal 1887, a restaurant in the Testaccio neighborhood (way off the tourist path) of Rome, that's been open since...1887. Lots of tradition. We went on Easter, which is the only Sunday all year it's open. This wine was 28 Euro--pretty cheap by restaurant standards. Lots of dried cherry and pipe tobacco. Ripe and full, but with enough of everything to make a well rounded, delicious wine. A- we drank this with a bunch of traditional Roman stuff--favas, artichokes, baby lamb, and then went to see the ancient cellar built on top of the broken amphorae that make up Romes unofficial eighth "mountain." a cool experience to say the least.
Update: I was looking around, seeing if it might be possible to get this wine in the US, because I would love to have another bottle or two or three. Unfortunately, I think the answer might be no. However, I do have a really good field trip planned for the next time we go to Rome. We're going to go visit
Marcella Giuliani, and I'm sure it will be a blast.
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