January 20, 2018
This is a medium-bodied, but still dry and earthy red wine. There are no negatives to this wine. It is an unpretentious red table wine. Pour it straight from the bottle and enjoy with food. Think red when selecting a food for pairing; red sauce, spicy red pepper, red meat. The lighter body makes this a good wine to help get the food down. There’s no dainty sipping at the dinner table.
I like this wine. However, it’s a different wine than most on the shelves today. The flavor profile or style is different from most of its neighbors. I’m going to call this old-school wine; earthy, dry and good.
Two things are of interest. One is the somewhat disjointed backstory on the bottle explaining how this wine got its name. There are mosquitos, birds, woods, a pond, a red goose, a zen master (?) and of course grape vines in the story. All this, I suppose, means the grapes are grown in harmony with nature. And the name? “Oca rossa” means red goose in Italian. Ocarossa is the red goose that lives in the pond.
The second noteworthy item is the cork. This is corkscrew-less cork. Just grab the top of the cork protruding from the bottle, twist and pull the cork until out. Everyone needs one of these for their cork collection.
Price $5.99.
Tags: italy, Ocarossa, price, red wine, review, reviews, table wine, tj, tj's, trader joe's
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10/01/2021 at 18:32 |
I wish tht I knew where to buy it now that Trader Joes no longer (2021) sells it.
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10/01/2021 at 19:40 |
I have a strong feeling you’re not going to find it. I did a Google search, which was not promising. Here’s a link for what I believe is the producer’s contact page. You might try asking them if it is available in the US or even if it’s produced anymore. https://www.castelwine.com/contact/
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09/15/2018 at 17:47 |
where ca I buy this wine ocarossa cuvee rosso thank you
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