2005 Ovello Barbaresco ($60 at Soif) - The color appeared fairly translucent, but not quite like that of a Pinot Noir. My buddy Zane, who purchased the bottle picked up on some red Twizzler nuances. I didn't know what the wine was because I was tasting it blind. I got some sour cherry-cough drop aromas, so I thought it might be a Sangiovese from Brunello. On the finish I noticed a touch of tannin, like that of a bannana peel. Yeah, there were some tannins and it was clear, so I thought maybe it was a Burgundy, but I decided to stick with my original guess.
Zane thought it was sleek, subtle and femenine. After a glass, he said his heart caught fire and all he could think about was, "Getting that real sweet baige."
After we killed this bottle, I blind-tasted Zane on one of my cellar gems: the 2008 Ruggero de Tasso Nero D' Avola from Sicily ($3.99 at Trader Joe's). He noticed the color was inky and dark like his soul. The aroma was sickly and a bit like dried out herbs. He thought the wine was extremely masculine. He noticed some sour, bitter mint characteristics that made him want to hurl. After he sipped this beauty, he set it to the side, a clear indication of his dissaproval. It had a touch of carbonation and reminded us of a disgusting Dolcetto or bad Beaujolais, but in a good way.
When we got back from the Red Room's upstairs bar at 2:30 a.m., Zane put on some records from the Pixies, Pavement, and Bob Dylan with hopes of impressing the ladies we were entertaining. We poured them some of Nero D'avola and realized that you don't need a $60 bottle of wine to have a good time. But it helps.
Zane Hawley is single and can be reached at: 831-760-0076. Warning: he claims that he's tough to get over if you get with him. "Once you get a taste of this, you'll never want to be with another man, " he said. See picture above.
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