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\"2009-06-09_62009009\"<\/a>Date tasted:\u00a0 June 9th, 2009
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I have written before about Frank Cornelissen<\/a>.\u00a0 To refresh your memory, click here<\/a> for one of my previous tasting notes and more about Frank.<\/p>\n

I may not have mentioned this before, but I feel very fortunate to live in Norway when it comes to wine.\u00a0 We do get our hands on some pretty obscure and rare wines that very few other places in the world get.\u00a0 This wine is no exception.\u00a0 The 2002 was his second vintage in which he produced about 2000 bottles total between the 3 Magma’s and one Rosso del Contadino.\u00a0 In this vintage, Frank Cornelissen produced 3 different single-vineyard bottling’s of the Magma 2.\u00a0 The Calderara, Trefiletti and the Marchesa vineyards.\u00a0 Approximately 1300 bottles of the Magma’s were produced.\u00a0 That’s it.<\/p>\n

The Marchesa vineyard is an ungrafted vineyard which is normally very sun exposed and has a good balance between tannins and density.\u00a0 According to Frank, this was a “backward” vintage, and therefore the alcohol was rather low, even harvesting as late as November 2nd.\u00a0 Harvest of the Nerello Mascalese grapes are done by hand and the grapes are foot trodden.\u00a0 The wine was fermented in Amphorae buried in the ground up to the neck (to keep the Amphorae from exploding during fermentation).\u00a0 Only indigenous yeasts are used of course, and the wine is left to macerate with the skins for between 5 and 6 months.\u00a0 The wine is bottled directly from the Amphorae without fining nor filtration.\u00a0 Nothing is added nor taken.\u00a0 No added SO2.<\/p>\n

504 bottles of the Magma 2 Marchesa were produced, approximately 150 came to Norway.\u00a0 Like I said, I feel fortunate to live in Norway.\u00a0 Price at time of release, 1000 Norwegian Kroner ($155).<\/p>\n

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Bottle opened at 22:45:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Appearance:<\/strong> Very light red but within 15 minutes darkening to a darkish purple, black then going back to red again within a few minutes.\u00a0 This is certainly a “living wine”.<\/p>\n

Nose:<\/strong> Crushed rose pedals, dark plums, rose hips. Very farmyard, especially dead sheep (the specific dead sheep comparison came from my two Norwegian friends who were tasting with me). Wild, sour, small cherries.\u00a0 Hints of dark cocoa.\u00a0 Hints of Macadamia nuts, eucalyptus.\u00a0 Much more tight and precise than it was the first time I tasted this wine back in 2006. If you breath in deeply, hints of prune juice without the dried fruit aspect.<\/p>\n

Palate:<\/strong> Extremely concentrated but very light and fresh with red fruit dominating.\u00a0 Within a few seconds, the tannins arrived and held firmly.\u00a0 None of us could sense the 13.7% alcohol, it was extremely well integrated.\u00a0 The acidity was medium plus and very ripe and “sweet”, but the wine is bone dry.\u00a0 Hints of plums that have been picked a week before being over ripe,\u00a0 the fruit is very ripe.\u00a0 No dried fruit evident.\u00a0 Sour fruits.\u00a0 Every sip seems different and has you going back for another.\u00a0 The wine will most likely run out before we finish analyzing this bottle.\u00a0 There is a slight nuttiness on the finish with super-ripe fruit that\u00a0 lingers and these two aromas add incredible complexity to the wine.\u00a0 One of the most fantastic and interesting wines I have ever tasted, again.<\/p>\n

23:15:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tannins really stepping up, but not dominating.\u00a0 More nutty macadamia’s starting to show.<\/p>\n

23:30:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the hard part of this entry, having to write and report the following:<\/p>\n

The wine seems to be “dying”.\u00a0 The finish seems to fade quickly now. The 3 tasters all agreed that the wine was now dead. Perhaps if we had waited, and if we had any wine left, the wine would have come back alive. I am not sure.\u00a0 I should also mention that this wine was not stored perfectly.<\/p>\n

To conclude, I feel that this wine will throw many old school wine people off.\u00a0 I believe they will most likely say that the nutty aspects of the wine are signs of oxidation and therefore this wine is not a good wine, and therefore not well-made. This being said, you have to remember that when judging\u00a0 a wine, you must do so as objectively as possible.\u00a0 You cannot let your personal opinion of weather or not you like the wine enter into the equation.\u00a0 There are many well-made wines that I just don’t like, that doesn’t change the fact that the wines are well made.<\/p>\n

The facts about the Magma 2 Marchesa are that this wine is well made, has tremendous concentration, complex aromas both on the nose and palate, is extremely well-balanced and the finish seems to never end.\u00a0 These are
\nfacts that are undeniable and in my opinion reflect an excellent, well-made wine.\u00a0 Don’t get distracted by the nutty aromas and forget the aforementioned quality attributes.<\/p>\n

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Translation of back label:<\/p>\n

Ingredients:\u00a0 Only Nerello Mascalese Grapes from the 2002 harvest without the addition of any other ingredient.<\/p>\n

Attention:\u00a0 This wine has not been modified.\u00a0 It doesn’t contain stabilizers nor preservatives.\u00a0 There will be a natural deposit because the wine has been bottled without filtration.\u00a0 It’s important to store the bottle at temperature of less than 16\u00b0C\u00a0 (60.8\u00b0 F).\u00a0 It’s recommended to not decant.<\/p>\n

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