Hello, Tuesday Xina had made an horiatiki, a Greek feta sallad with black olives and red onions etc (no tomatoes though). She wanted a glass of red and brought up the number one suspect which we had tasted previously. It was a disaster. THe onion and the feta conspired with eACH OTHER to make the wine an unbalanced acidic streak of misery ... Lewtting the wine rest while finishing the sallad, and rinsing the mouth with bread, was enough to let it resume its full though youthfull glory - lots of cherries, cherry pits, and a fresh aciidty which was quite mouth watering. HAd a very good nose with notes I find hard to describe and still spells "Italian" with all uppercase letters. THis one was from the Mantelassi Brothers - it responded very well to some aeration, but this was a bit of infanticide - this wine would do well with some cellar time.
CHeers
Nils Gustaf