There is a slight saline note lingering in the mouth after the wine has (regretfully) departed

The wine shows great integration of the oak

There is a sense of panache and class about this 1996

I was visiting them with a group of Portuguese wine producers a decade ago

Dark blackish ruby

Castello del Terriccio, Lupicaia other_regions_italy There is a slight salineThe balsamic notes are really starting to open up here in the 2009 Lupicaia. This wine has begun to come of age. This was a slightly cooler growing season, and this wine shows little of the ripe, fruit forwardness that marked many of the following vintages. There is a velvety side to this Lupicaia, with more textural looseness and openness in general.