Tamborini – Pascal's Wine Experience

Best of Ticino Merlot

Last week I organised a wine tasting focused on some of the best Merlot based wines of my region: Ticino.

For this tasting we had seven wines lined up, which we tasted blind: Continue reading “Best of Ticino Merlot”

Costamagna 2013

It reminds me of a Mon Chéri, the famous single-wrapped chocolate, consisting of a “heart” of cherry floating in a liqueur and contained in a bittersweet chocolate shell.

In fact, although in a fairly discrete way, the 14.5% alcohol reveals itself from the first sniff, giving a sensation of fruits under spirit. The time spent in the barrique adds a clear chocolate flavour. Continue reading “Costamagna 2013”