Cosimo Taurino Salento Notarpanaro Rosso 2013 CS20230718 dried plums

dried plums

Soft notes of brown sugar

A stunning example of Xinomavro

The flavor and vanilla almond fragrance come only from the cherries

Bottled at 107 proof

Cosimo Taurino Salento Notarpanaro Rosso 2013 CS20230718 dried plumsHere's a rare thing: a southern Italian red with more than a decade of age on it, released when it's actually ready to drink. Notarpanaro was the first wine Cosimo Taurino ever bottled, and the Taurino family did as much as anyone to put Puglia's Negroamaro on the map. This 2013 comes from old vines on the Salento peninsula; the name honors the notary Panaro, from whom the family bought the land, fermented in stainless, aged about eight months in used