Color: This wine tend to be deeply coloured, a deep ruby red.
Palate: Has intense berry-fruit flavours, a slight taste of iodine or saltiness. It’s reasonably full-bodied with well mannered tannins, and has dark chocolate and graphite characters along with light notes of spicy cedar. Shows attractive blackcurrant and wild raspberry aromas with touches of eucalyptus and liquorice.This red is still young and fresh. I love the combination of savoury and sweet elements this variety produces – dark berries and dark chocolate, herbs, warm earth, forest floor notes and exotic spices. There’ good line and length and fine tannins on the finish.
92 pts - Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)Lagrein occupies a niche position in the pantheon of Italian varieties grown in Australia, but if one wishes to see an example from its homeland, look to the Trentino/Alto Adige region in the Italian Alps. Castel Firmian represents the best wines from the Mezzacorona co-op. An opaque maroon hue, on the nose we have aromas weaving through chocolate, leather, bay leaves, soy, coffee beans and cloves, with hints of dried herbs emerging as well. There is good intensity here and a fine line of acidity. The wine has decent length, through to fine powdery, drying tannins. Enjoy this over the next six to eight years, but there is definitely room for it to improve even further.
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