Collavini Merlot

[Botafogo]

Karl, these days (and ESPECIALLY in Italy) people use what ever type of bottle they think will be best for marketing. You could go to an enoteca in Friuli and find similarly structured Merlots in everything from classic Bordeaux OR sloped Burg bottles to tall flasks like Alsatian Riesling comes in to some VERY exotically shaped bottles stolen from Olive Oil producers.

The MOST structured and potentially sediment laden Italian Cabernet we have in the store (Vallona Selezione) comes in a sloped Burgundy type bottle and the LEAST structured red we have EVER had (TreVini from Sicilia, nearly rose and even chillable) comes in a Bordeaux bottle...

Roberto


[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 08-20-2002).]