Monastero Suore Cistercensi
Benedic Red Blend
Lazio, Italy
Just like the 2018 vintage, this is basically a blend of mostly Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo with a small amount of Merlot added. The wine pours a translucent garnet. On the nose, the lightest touch of funk enhances the ample dark red cherry fruit. Lilies and chrysanthemums and dry dusty earth as well. On the palate, red cherry fruit is dominant and seems to overpower just about everything else right now. Medium - tannin with medium + acid. It provides an effortless pairing with food. A rather simple but charming little wine in the most wonderful ways. Giampiero Bea consults.
Just like the 2018 vintage, this is basically a blend of mostly Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo with a small amount of Merlot added. The wine pours a translucent garnet. On the nose, the lightest touch of funk enhances the ample dark red cherry fruit. Lilies and chrysanthemums and dry dusty earth as well. On the palate, red cherry fruit is dominant and seems to overpower just about everything else right now. Medium - tannin with medium + acid. It provides an effortless pairing with food. A rather simple but charming little wine in the most wonderful ways. Giampiero Bea consults.
2 people found it helpfulJul 12th, 2021
Lovely. A bit of soy sauce and iron on the nose, thyme and purple plum, dashi. Strawberry, sour cherry, bedstraw, bramble.
Lovely. A bit of soy sauce and iron on the nose, thyme and purple plum, dashi. Strawberry, sour cherry, bedstraw, bramble.
Nov 6th, 2022
Bbq’d wine. Or bbq wine. Smells like bbq sauce.
Bbq’d wine. Or bbq wine. Smells like bbq sauce.
Oct 2nd, 2021
Slight funk, ripe cherries, bracing acid, medium finish. Fresh and delicious with food. Always a pleasure.
Slight funk, ripe cherries, bracing acid, medium finish. Fresh and delicious with food. Always a pleasure.
Sep 28th, 2021Unpretentious, easy-drinking blend of Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo by Paolo Bea - benchmark producer of natural wines - and the nuns at the Cistercian monastery in Vitorchiano in Lazio (coenobium is the Latin for monastery). Fermented with wild yeasts. Pale, slightly cloudy cherry color. Red fruit (cherry, strawberry jam) aromas and flavors. Earthy and floral notes and a hint of tobacco and herbs. Fruit-forward, medium bodied, great acidity. Nice rusticity. Very pleasant
Unpretentious, easy-drinking blend of Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo by Paolo Bea - benchmark producer of natural wines - and the nuns at the Cistercian monastery in Vitorchiano in Lazio (coenobium is the Latin for monastery). Fermented with wild yeasts. Pale, slightly cloudy cherry color. Red fruit (cherry, strawberry jam) aromas and flavors. Earthy and floral notes and a hint of tobacco and herbs. Fruit-forward, medium bodied, great acidity. Nice rusticity. Very pleasant
Sep 21st, 2021
