Name Spanna riserva
Vintage 1973
Producer Cantine Francoli
Appelation None
Grapes Spanna
Alc./vol. 12,5%
Other info None
Price 210,- Dkr.


Tasting notes

Deep red colour with a browning rim. Great nose. Complex. Hints of leather, old dust, tar, cherries. Fullbodied and concentrated fruit in the mouth. Quite rounded and elegant structure. Softer than what you expect from this grape. Fine acids and round tannins in the back. Long taste. A great wine.

Arnt Egil Nordlien
Tasting note: Oct-99


Deep red colour with a browning rim. Very complex nose. Hints of leather, cherries, earth, stable and fine floral high notes. Fullbodied in the mouth and still plenty of fruit left. Complex and evolved. Earth, old dust, cherries, tar. Silky structure. High acidity and round tannins. Very fine balance. Long taste. Tremendous wine.

Arnt Egil Nordlien
Tasting note: Jan-00


Deep brick-red colour. Yellow rim. Intense and complex nose. Dust, old woods, cherries, wet forest-floor. Very pretty nose. Acidic spanna in the mouth. Still lots of fruit. Core of cherries, with wet forest-floor-notes, old woods around. Aged complexity. High acidity. Refreshing and food-friendly style. Medium tannins in the finish. Little for this grape. This is as ready as it ever will be, but the fruit is very concentrated and will keep. Tremendous quality.

Arnt Egil Nordlien
Tasting note: Dec-10

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