dezio red table wine

I bought this Dezio red table wine from Italy at USQ wines in New York and took it to Block Island, then back to New York, then on the road trip in the blazing hot trunk of our little Jetta for 4 days across the midwest, through Chicago, camping in the Badlands, and finally to Vail, Colorado. Somehow it made it and we finally got to try it out last night. I am pretty sure it's a Sangiovese based wine. I couldn't find much information on it, but it sure tasted like Sangiovese grapes all mashed up and juiced and aged just for my drinking. For all I know it is blended a bit, but I'm not going to worry about it. Tasting it is what I'm most interested in.

We decided on this bottle to drink with our filet mignon and sweet corn on the grill. It held it's own decently against the steak, though it would likely fair better with tomato based pasta dishes, where the weight and acidity would match each other better. However, I never mind a good wine with good food, and this worked out well. The Dezio started to thicken up as it was exposed to more air. We could have decanted this one to speed it along, but I'm too lazy and like to drink a bottle from opening to finish to see how it changes. It's alive after all and changes dramatically with the air. Drinking slowly, we tasted this for over an hour.

"It tastes so Italian," Keely said. I think that's right. Not fruit forward like California reds, but strong in acid like Italian food.

Tasting notes
Color: A deep thick, dense red - nearly purple- but not old enough to have any browning up on the edge. For an Italian red, this one is young at 3 years old.
Nose: Dark red cherry, plum, under-ripe blackberry, and hints of cassis.
Taste: Same as the nose with good strong black pepper coming through. Medium tannins, decent overall structure, though better after it opened up a bit. Good acidity, which is good for moving the flavors around the mouth. Weak on the back of the palette, but the acidity kept the flavors working in the mouth for a bit after swallowing. Round tannins, but you can tell the dryness on your gums, as you should expect with any Sangiovese.