Tormaresca Bocca di Lupo 2014

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Varietal

Region

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Vintage
2014

Size
750ML

ABV
14%

Features
Green Wine

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

The 2014 vintage of Bocca di Lupo is an intense ruby red in color with pleasurable sensations of ripe fruit and sweet spices. Balsalmic aromas are also felt along with notes of plums, jam, pepper, and chocolate. The palate of this red wine is enveloping and persistent with vivid and vibrant tannins. Made with 100% Organically Grown Aglianico.

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    From the winery's estate in Castel del Monte, this Aglianico boasts a dense dark-berry aroma on the nose, with shades of anise, crushed peppercorn and violet. There's richness to the firm palate that's built by flavors of thick-skinned dark berries and earthy spice. While approachable now, it should cellar well for years to come. Drink through 2029.
  • 92
    An elegant red, featuring light, taut tannins trimming the ripe cassis and blackberry fruit, accented by hints of herbes de Provence and smoky mineral. Creamy and finely knit, with a long, mouthwatering and spicy finish. Drink now through 2029.
  • 92
    Striking iodine and nori aromas with dark berries, as well as a cedary thread of fresh oak. The palate has impressive weight and concentration. There is a terrific wide-set frame with fine tannins at the core. Smooth and supple plums, too. Drink or hold.

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Tormaresca

Tormaresca

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Tormaresca, Italy
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A wonderful joining of classic winemaking and modern viticultural techniques, these exceptional wines are crafted from 100% estate grown fruit, a rarity among Puglian wines. Tormaresca is the only producer with vineyards in both of Puglia’s two elite winegrowing sub-regions: Salento and Castel del Monte DOC.


The Tormaresca estate is composed of two properties. Bocca di Lupo is located in the Castel del Monte DOC of northern Puglia. It offers an ideal growing environment for Chardonnay, Aglianico and Cabernet Sauvignon. Masseria Maime is located on the Salento peninsula in Southern Puglia. Its vineyards extend over half a mile along the Adriatic coast and are planted with Negroamaro, Primitivo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.

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Making its home in the mountainous southern Italy, Aglianico is a bold red variety that is late to ripen and often spends until November on the vine. It thrives in Campania as the exclusive variety in the age-worthy red wine called Taurasi. Aglianico also has great success in the volcanic soils of Basilicata where it makes the robust, Aglianico del Vulture. Somm Secret—The name “Aglianico” bears striking resemblance to Ellenico, the Italian word for "Greek," but no evidence shows it has Greek ancestry. However, it first appeared in Italy around an ancient Greek colony located in present-day Avellino, Campania.

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Well-suited to the production of concentrated, fruity and spicy red varieties, Puglia is one of Italy’s warmest, most southerly regions. Its entire eastern side is one long coastline bordering the Adriatic Sea. About half way down, the region becomes the Salento Peninsula. This peninsula, bordered by water on three sides, receives moist, nighttime, sea breezes that bring a welcome cooling effect to the region, where little rain creates a challenging environment for its vines. In fact, the region is named for the Italian expression, “a pluvia,” meaning “lack of rain.”

Puglia’s Mediterranean climate and iron-rich, calcareous soils support the indigenous Primitivo, Negroamaro and Nero di Troia. Primitivo produces an inky, spicy, brambly and ripe red wine whose best expression comes from Manduria. Nero di Troia produces tannic, rustic reds from Castel del Monte DOC while Negroamaro, typically blended with Malvasia nera, plays a large part in may blends made throughout the peninsula.

Puglia produces a small amount of white wines as well, predominantly made of the fruity, Trebbiano Toscano, or light, Bombino bianco grapes.

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