REPORT ON THE GAMBERO ROSSO ANNUAL TRE BICCHIERI trade tasting, June 2023...

REPORT ON THE GAMBERO ROSSO ANNUAL TRE BICCHIERI trade tasting, June 8, 2023...

The Date and Time: Thursday June 8, 2023  11:30A - 5P
The Event: Gambero Rosso Annual Tre Bicchieri Walk Around Tasting
The Venue: Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex
The Target Audience: wine trade and wine media
The Availability/Catalogue: once again, the catalogue was up in the cloud and had to be downloaded.
The Quote/Background: There was a masterclass from the Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Abruzzo on Cerasuolo Rose, based on Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grapes. We tasted six wines, and the results are noted below. All the wines were under cork, and ranged in price in Italy as 8 – 15 Euros each retail. And they were all small lot bottlings. In the grand hall, 48 wineries in all participated this year in Toronto.
The Wines: I did not taste all the wines, going after the sparkling, the whites, and the roses plus some reds.

**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Barone Pizzini Franciacortia Brut Golf 1927 NV
-Barone Pizzini Franciacortia Xtra Brut Rose 2018
-Zenato Lugana San Benedetto 2022
-Terzini Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOP 2022, hot finish at 14%ABV
-Buccicatino Fatt Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOP 2022, 13%ABV
-Velenosi Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC Prope 2022, 13.5%ABV  [my fave, savoury gamey tones]
-Tenuta Secolo IX Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC 2022, 13.5%ABV
-Planeta Chardonnay 2021 Sicily (Vintages July 8)  $54.95
-Terzini Pecorino IGT 2022 Abruzzo
-Cusumano Noa 2019 Sicily $31.95
-Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019 $104
-Masi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Costasera Riserva 2017
-Lamole di Lamoe Chianti Gran Selezione Vigna Grospoli 2019
-Castello Vichimaggio FSM Vigna Piggarso 2018 $69.85
-Torrevento Castel del Monte Rosso Vigna Pedale Riserva 2016 Puglia
-Famiglia Cecchi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Villa Rosa 2018
-Tenute del Cerro Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2019 Tuscany
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut Particella 181 2021 Prosecco
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut NV Prosecco
-Monviert FCO Ribolla Gialla Riserva 2019 Friuli Venezia Giulia
-Cantina Tollo Peco IGP Pecorino Terre di Chieti 2022
-Infinitum Primativo Rosada $15.95
-Panizzi Vernacia de San Gimignano DOCG 2017


***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-Sorelle Bronca Valdobbiadene Rive di Rua Brut Rose 2022
-Jasci & Marchesani Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC 2022, 12.5%ABV
-Jasci & Marchesani Pecorino IGT 2022 Abruzzo
-Famiglia de Cerchio Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC Passo Sacro 2022, 13%ABV
-Ferrari Brut
-Dievole Chianti Gran Selezione 2018
-San Marzano Edda $27.95
-Fortemasso Barolo Castelletto Riserva 2016
-Castello di Meleto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione V. Poggiarso 2018 $55
-Planeta Maroccoli 2018 Sicily $ 49.95 (Vintages Oct 7)
-Tornatore Etna Bianco 2021 Sicily $37.50 (Noble Estates)
-Tornatore Etna Rosso 2021 Sicily $33 (Noble Estates)
-Italo Cescon Pinot Grigio 2022
-Tenuta Borgo Conventi Collio Bianco Luna di Ponca 2019 Friuli Venezia Giulia


The Food: servers came around with platters of diverse appetizers, including lamb and veggies, beef, meatballs, bruschetta, mushroom pizza, arancini.
The Contact Person: gamberorossocanada@sogood.it
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 89

Dean Tudor,  Prof Emeritus T'karonto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) School of Journalism

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