2017 Cantina Furlani Negrik Rosso Alpino
2017 Cantina Furlani Negrik Rosso Alpino
Vintage: 2017
Region: Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Winemaker: Matteo Furlani & Danilo Marcucci
Winemaker: Matteo Furlani & Danilo Marcucci
Varietal: Blend of native Dolomite grapes
Price: $22.00
Expert Rating: Not rated
My Rating: 90 Points
Things to note: Unfiltered. Grapes from a biodynamic farm at around 700 m altitude.
The Review: HAPPY QUARINTEENING! Hopefully all of you are staying indoors like you should be. Because of the movement of all of my classes to conference calls, I am at home with my parents and we've been living it up I must say. I've had some great opportunities while I've been back to try some really good wines (also some really bad ones, but those will never see the light of day because I'm scared to roast a wine in the instance that I have a career in this lol). I'm excited to share some of them with you all, just as I've been sharing some of my collection with my parents! Here we go!
Today is a special day because I'm reviewing this page's first "natural" wine. THUS MARKS THE END OF ME SAYING "NATURAL WINE." IT WILL HERE ON BE REFERRED TO AS "MINIMAL INTERVENTION WINE." The reason for this is that it's a bit of a faux pas to call wine "natural wine" because, well... all wine... is natural...
Minimal intervention wine when it comes down to it is wild or indigenous yeasts turning the sugars found in grapes into wine. There's no frilly additives or sugar. It's pretty much straight up fermented grape juice. Just as the name suggests, there's very little human intervention. A really interesting thing that has gotten me interested in this kind of wine is that there's a big focus on resurrecting ancient grape varietals and wild yeast. In fact, we see in this wine here a field blend of native Northern Italian grapes. All of these things put together make for an ever-changing, occasionally funky, yet always exciting wine. Oh, and I forgot to mention... these wines sometimes aren't filtered, so there may be some stuff floating around (but fear not)...
OK! On to the review. The Negrik Rosso is a perfect place to start if you're interested in trying minimal intervention wines, but don't want to launch into the crazy stuff. It tastes like a really solid red, and despite being unfiltered, you can't see anything floating around!!! This wine from native grapes starts out with a crisp and zippy nose. There's a TON of red fruit... it smells super juicy. Aside from that, there's not a whole lot more on the nose. And that's totally ok! It's a cool-climate alpine red. It should be really light and juicy. I think something that often happens is that people feel like wine should have a million tasting notes. Sometimes... it just doesn't. On the taste, we get that red fruit just jumping out. In this case, what you smell is what you get (that's also ok!). The wine is really smooth, light, and just floats on the tongue. It's got a great crisp, refreshing, and a lingering finish.
In summary, this wine is great! It's really solid and quite enjoyable to drink. It would be great slightly chilled, hopefully with the drinker slightly chilled as well. It's not ridiculously complex, but wine doesn't always have to be on level 100 all the time. I think almost anyone would like this wine, even if you don't really like reds. Only downside is that it can be a little difficult to find(a common occurrence with minimal intervention wines).
Anyways, sorry for the long review. Let me know if you have any questions as always. Stay safe out there and drink up!
Today is a special day because I'm reviewing this page's first "natural" wine. THUS MARKS THE END OF ME SAYING "NATURAL WINE." IT WILL HERE ON BE REFERRED TO AS "MINIMAL INTERVENTION WINE." The reason for this is that it's a bit of a faux pas to call wine "natural wine" because, well... all wine... is natural...
Minimal intervention wine when it comes down to it is wild or indigenous yeasts turning the sugars found in grapes into wine. There's no frilly additives or sugar. It's pretty much straight up fermented grape juice. Just as the name suggests, there's very little human intervention. A really interesting thing that has gotten me interested in this kind of wine is that there's a big focus on resurrecting ancient grape varietals and wild yeast. In fact, we see in this wine here a field blend of native Northern Italian grapes. All of these things put together make for an ever-changing, occasionally funky, yet always exciting wine. Oh, and I forgot to mention... these wines sometimes aren't filtered, so there may be some stuff floating around (but fear not)...
OK! On to the review. The Negrik Rosso is a perfect place to start if you're interested in trying minimal intervention wines, but don't want to launch into the crazy stuff. It tastes like a really solid red, and despite being unfiltered, you can't see anything floating around!!! This wine from native grapes starts out with a crisp and zippy nose. There's a TON of red fruit... it smells super juicy. Aside from that, there's not a whole lot more on the nose. And that's totally ok! It's a cool-climate alpine red. It should be really light and juicy. I think something that often happens is that people feel like wine should have a million tasting notes. Sometimes... it just doesn't. On the taste, we get that red fruit just jumping out. In this case, what you smell is what you get (that's also ok!). The wine is really smooth, light, and just floats on the tongue. It's got a great crisp, refreshing, and a lingering finish.
In summary, this wine is great! It's really solid and quite enjoyable to drink. It would be great slightly chilled, hopefully with the drinker slightly chilled as well. It's not ridiculously complex, but wine doesn't always have to be on level 100 all the time. I think almost anyone would like this wine, even if you don't really like reds. Only downside is that it can be a little difficult to find(a common occurrence with minimal intervention wines).
Anyways, sorry for the long review. Let me know if you have any questions as always. Stay safe out there and drink up!
bere solo vino buono,
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I had no idea that minimal intervention wines were even a thing! Thanks for the info. Can you recommend a minimal intervention white wine? Are those a thing? Thanks! Happy quarantining. -Allyson
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