TN: 2006 Miani Friuli Merlot Buri (Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli)

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  • 2006 Miani Friuli Merlot Buri - Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli (11/10/2012)
    Rocks,fruit, and I traveled downtown to support lower manhattan. One restaurant at a time. Cookshop after the power came back was outstanding. Great radishes with salt and butter. Happy plate of pickles. Booming walnut pizza. Mighty duck stew.

To accompany, in the vein of drink em while you go em, another why not now wine.

This wine is very well made, with great stuffing. It was anonymous. It was light on it’s feet for the stuffing. Elephant ballet so to speak. Tons of structure and balance, but I found it cloaked. It was dark chocolate and stewed tomato and tar. It was,again, well crafted but unexciting. The stewed tomato character blew off with air, but the overripe, big character remained. Tis wine could have been a California cab that the scarecrow and maybach crowd would relish. Don’t get me wrong. This is clearly quality. Not interesting (91 pts.)

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Think you would get more for your C-note.

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It depends on how you feel about the Italian mega-Merlots like Masseto. I’ve not had the '06 Miani, but I really enjoyed the '00, '01 and '04. All 4 were big wines, but very balanced and built for the long-term. I didn’t find them over-the-top like you might in a Southern Rhone. Typically I don’t enjoy or drink Merlot very often either but really like the wines.

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This is from Drops of God Mangá.