Mastroberardino, Taurasi Radici

Mastroberardino, Taurasi RadiciIn the bottle with the black label, the Mastroberardino 2019 Taurasi Radici is a brambly and intense wine with dark fruit, resin and petroleum jelly. Those tertiary tones have taken hold for sure, but the mouthfeel is graciously not too heavy or thick. Texturally, it remains light on its feet, with hints of cumin, spice and dried berry fruit. This is an ample release of 75,000 bottles that to me has more depth and verticality compared to the two

and toasted oak

reserved and intensely floral nose is gorgeously spiced with ripe red berry fruit aromas that offer up attractive notes of red cherry liqueur

and just a hint of blackcurrant leaf and of desiccated orange peel

but the palate is more lavish

and coffee bean

layered and complete

It does show fine elegance throughout and great promise as a result

with very integrated oak after 14 months in barrel and two months in oak vats

most of which can also be found on the rich

refined and polished

to discover that the sugars were that high

The honey nuance comes back on the impressively persistent finish