Light transparent red colour. Lightly browning rim. Complex
and leathery nose. Some red berries, lemon and oil/petrol
(which I find typical for the grape). Light wine in the mouth.
Lemony fruit. Some red berries and leather. Quite fruity. A
little low on the concentration. Fruit going down. Good acids
and some tannins in the back.
Not a blockbuster of a wine but shows nice aged character and
some typicity. The most impressive thing about this wine was
the little leftover that was there in the bottom of the bottle
(decanted off the sediment). I forgot about it and when I found
the bottle two days later I put it in a glass. The wine in the
glass was still the same. The same nose, the same light
fruitiness in the mouth and no oxydation at all in the fruit.
Impressive when one thinks of many mass-produced wines today
that oxydize within hours even from fresh bottles. The maker
knew something about caring for the fruit that has been lost
by many today.
For those that don't know Emilio Croesi he was recognised by
Burton Anderon as the far best producer ever of Rossese di
Dolceacqua. Emilio Croesi lived quite an adventurous life.
In his youth he was a cycling champion and a professional
tennis-player in Monaco, where he was instructor for the
King of Sweden; King Gustav. During the world war II he
was a member of the partisan guerrilla fighting against the
nazis. He was captured and heavily tortured. In 1945 he
returened to his hometown Perinaldo, with no chance of
continuing the athletic career. He started working the
vineyards and later bacame mayor in town. He could have run
a larger political career, but remained in the small town as
mayor and winemaker because he said he was happy here. He
died in the 80's and the winery does not exist today.
