Castel De Paolis
On this ambitious new estate in the hills to the southwest of Rome, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and viognier have been planted in addition to the standard white varieties of the area. For the red wines, there is cabernet, merlot, petit verdot, and syrah. The red wines have been enjoyable but not particularly distinctive, though in all fairness the vineyards are still very young. The whites, meanwhile, have been heavy and too alcoholic. Franco Bernabei began supervising the winemaking in 1998 and it will be his job to work on and assemble the red wines of the 1997 vintage. His first white wines will shortly be on the market.
From The Best Wines from Central Italy: Umbria, the Marches, Latium (Sep 1999) by Daniel Thomases
1998 Selve Vecchie
Color: White
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1998 Frascati Vigna Adriana
Color: White
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