Ok, I’ve got a deal for you! For $20 I will give you a deep purple color liquid whose taste can best be described as sucking on a bunch of wood chips! Are you lining up for the opportunity? This seems like one of those wines that was designed to please Robert Parker who loves Oak. For me, take a total pass on this wine and move on …
TENUTA COPPADORO COTINONE 2005
IGT Daunia
TASTING NOTE: Tenuta Coppadoro’s 2005 Cotinone is a blend of equal parts Aglianico, Montepulciano and Cabernet Sauvignon aged in French oak. It is a plump, powerful wine endowed with generous dark fruit, licorice, sweet toasted oak and earthiness. It offers outstanding length, finessed tannins and a fresh, vibrant personality that leads to me to think it will drink well to age 12 or so. Score – 90. (Antonio Galloni, www.erobertparker.com, Feb. 2008) (D) 750 mL $19.95
