Wine Review - 2006 Torre Quarto 'Quarto Ducale' Rosso di Cerignola

This wine is a little more than our typical Thursday night drinker, coming in at just under $30 (full disclosure - this bottle shot is from the same producer just not for this wine). 

The wine is made from 70% Uva Di Troia and 30% Negroamaro, two grape varietals we are not familiar with but are common in the Puglia region of Italy where this wine is produced.

The wine itself is a medium bodied wine with a lot of stuff going on with it.  It is a 2006 which shows in the way the wine looks in the glass as it has a bit of mahogany around the edges.  Also, in the glass there is an oily look to it as it hugs the glass when you swirl it.  It is somewhat dull but it looks good overall.

On the nose, it is woody notes with nutmeg/cinnamon and rubber tire (if you can believe that).  As for the taste, there was definitely addition wood notes as well as anise and (wait for it) sour cherry Twizzlers (we know they don't exist but if they did, it would taste just like this in the wine).

It had a lot of things going for it but once again, there was just that hint of residual sugar that for our palates does not equate as well to a medium bodied wine.  If there had been more body or weight to it the very slight sweetness would be absorbed into the rest of the wine.  Again, this is not a bad trait in the wine at all, just not where our taste buds want to be.  So, overall a nice wine but at the price point, we would have liked a bit more body and mouth-feel.

	Tasting Notes:	Score:
Sight (0-5)	Medium red colour, dull overall with oily texture and mahgony around the edges.	3.5
Smell (0-5)	Wood, nutmeg, and rubber	4.0
Taste (0-10)	Sour Cherry Twizzlers, anise, and wood.	8.0
	Total:	15.5 / 20  (77.5%)

Again, at the price we would like to see a little more overall body to reflect the great flavours in the wine.

Keep on drinking!

Chris & Shannon