"dick" > wrote in message
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> Another was Falesco Merlot Umbrio.

> The second was also very good, widely available, and fairly resonable
> here. Around $15 per bottle.

IMHO an ex. of the wines I find boaring and disappointing. In our family the
name of such wines is 'steroid wine' - a bug load of muscles with almost no
skeleton to support it.
A lot of theese modern wines er made to please, but they can't keep the
interest after the first glass (stil IMHO).

Another surprise to me was the Barricadiero fro Aurora in Marche.
They make wonderfull whites and also their Rosso Piceno Superiore is
excellent, but the Baricadiero was dropped by me this year because of its
almost sweet softness without the slightest trace of terroir and
owerwhelming oak.

regards
Jan