My original note:
Actually quite lovely, despite a tannic backbone that’s still quite firm. There’s a lushness here for a medium-weight wine, with strong mineral notes and a nose of truffle, leather, tobacco and deep red fruit. Needs ten years.
Curious what you paid for this. I ask as I picked up a 2009 bottle at Costco last year for $65. Was there this past weekend and they still have the 2009 and 2010 at $65 each (CT suggests 2009 is better?).
Sicily?
Campania.
My bad. Campania. Mostly aglianico. 
Was about $50/bottle at auction.
O-kay, that was a weird note, but I don’t want to go there. ![[scratch.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/4/42a16863a8714da3c1604419e3eb9206bb87aa50.gif "scratch"){kind=small}
What’s weird about oblique wine tasting notes as thinly disguised, oddly topical, transgender political jokes?
The 2008 is drinking surprisingly well now. Very accessible. More so than any of the wines going back to 2001.
I don’t think I’d ever think of a wine as transgendered, especially not a big burly wine like the Terra di Lavoro. These take ages to tame the tannnins.
Yeah, I can’t really detect any gender dysphoria in Terre di Lavoro or any other aglianico I can think of. They seem pretty comfortable with their manliness.
I’ve tried a few vintages going back to '02. I haven’t found one that seemed within a decade of being ready to drink. I’ll have to try an '08 soon.
Cheers,
Warren