The Event: A tasting of Bartali wines

The Date and Time:  Monday, September 28, 2015  3PM to 8PM

The Event: A tasting of Bartali wines

The Venue: Scratch Kitchen (great name) Yonge and Glen Echo

The Target Audience: wine media, sommeliers, customers and clients.

The Availability/Catalogue: six pack wines by consignment, from a new wine agency: www.w5vino.com (brothers Dan and Nick Lattanzio).

The Quote/Background: Filippo Volpini of Vincola Bartali (grandson of the founder Alberto Bartali who established the estates in 1927) was along for the private showing; he greatly assisted in providing additional information.

The Wines:

 

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Bartali Villa Reale Line Vecchia Corona IGT 2010 [supertuscan], $22.65

 

***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Bartali Classic Line Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2010, $55.30

-Bartali Classic Line Bolgheri DOC 2012, $34.35

-Bartali Villa Reale Line Chianti Classico DOCG 2013, $21.75

 

*** GOOD -- Three Stars (85 – 87 in Quality/Price Rating terms):

-Bartali Classic Line Chianti DOCG 2014 Ducceto, $16

-Bartali Classic Line Sangiovese di Toscana IGT, $13.50

 

The Food: Spuntini (snacks) from Chef Michael Tucker – salumi platter, cheeses, peppers, mushrooms, bruschetta, and diverse skewers.

The Downside: I had two previous tastings that day.

The Upside: My palate was fine since the stretch was from 11AM through 5PM, and I got a good walk to the Scratch Kitchen.

The Contact Person: nick@w5vino.com or dan@w5vino.com

The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 86.

 

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