Maculan Wines

I had a chance to try wines from Maculan Wines, a winery form Berganze, Italy.
Berganze is a lesser known wine region in Veneto, but JC told me that this producer would make good wines, especially the dessert wines, so I was curious
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Pino & Toi Bianco 2015
25% Pinot Bianco, 15% Pinot Grigio, 60% Tai.
Tai is a grape formerly known as Tocai Friulano.
Flower, green fruit and ripe citrus. Easy to drink.

Brentino 2013
50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot.
Pyrazine smell of bell pepper and asparagus, then stewed plum and cedar.
Pyrazine is one of the characteristic aromas of Cabernet Sauvignon, but this one had a little too much.

Palazotto 2012
100% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Black cherry, blackberry, cassis. Oak was there but subtle.
Fruit was ripe but not over baked. I liked this.

Dindarello Moscato 2015
This is a sweet wine made with Passito method.
Pronounced aromas of grape, melon, orange blossom, sugar coated kumquat and candied orange peel.
Good balance of the sweetness and the high acidity.

Torcolato 2011
100% Vespaiola.
Vespa means wasp in Italian.
This grape was named so because the sweet smell of their flowers lured wasps.  

This sweet wine is made by Passito method, too.
After the harvest, grapes are tied on a rope and hung from the ceiling like a braid for four months.
The name Torcolato (= twisted) comes from here (nowadays grapes are spread on crates for drying, though).

Aromas were of overripe banana, coffee candy and baked pear.
Refined sweetness.
Very good wine, as I was told.

The lady in the black dress was Angela Maclan.
It was very busy but she was attentive and explaining about wines to everybody with maps and pictures.
It of course made this tasting more informative and joyful.