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La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1999 Moscato Bianco (California)
- Best Buy
- $11
A light, refreshing, amazingly clean and delicious wine. With only 8% alcohol but 9.7% residual sugar, it’s a tasty sweet-toother that delivers plenty of wonderful ripe fruit and spice. It’s almost delicate, the wine equivalent of a well-made crème brûlée—which it would pair with beautifully.
— S.H.
(12/31/2000)
La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1997 Colmera Red Table Wine (Napa Valley)
- $40
A luxuriously smooth and fruity wine that drinks well now, it has pretty aromas of wild berries, herbs and bacon, and very extracted berry and spice flavors. Dry, but has a sweet glycerin-laden mouthfeel and a long finish. Mainly Sangiovese, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, Teroldego and Cabernet Franc.
— S.H.
(9/1/2000)
La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1997 Sangiovese (California)
- $19
This illustrates one trend in California, toward making riper, sweeter, softer and oakier Sangioveses, more akin to St.-Julien than Chianti. In the process, it loses the varietal’s delicacy, but there’s no denying this is a sumptuous, delicious, complex red dinner wine, like a light but fine claret.
— S.H.
(9/1/2000)
La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1998 Colmera Sangiovese (California)
- $45
The flagship of La Famiglia, this represents a supreme effort to perfect Sangiovese in California. Dry berry fruit is wrapped in soft acids and low tannins that make for elegant drinking. It’s a good wine but struggles to find complexity and nuance. Yet Colmera is a wine to watch. Contains 83% Sangiovese, with 14% Syrah and 3% Teroldego. —S.H.
— S.H.
(5/1/2002)
La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1997 Pinot Grigio (California)
- $16
Zesty and zippy. Absent are the lean grapefruit and bitter-almond flavors common to this varietal; they’ve been benched for a fuller-bodied style with texture and orange and tangerine qualities. Best lightly chilled, it’s the perfect foil for cheese.
— M.S.
(11/15/1999)
La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1996 Sangiovese (California)
- $22
Better than most California Sangioveses, with rich berry-spicy aromas and flavors, and a silky texture. It’s youthful and vibrant now, and should be drunk young. Contains 3% Zinfandel and 2% Charbono. The odd-shaped bottle contains only 2/3 of a regular bottle.
— S.H.
(10/1/1999)
La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1997 Barbera (California)
- $20
Winemaker Tim Mondavi has been trying as hard as anyone to add complexity to this workhorse grape. Aromas are of berries, chocolate, herbs and earth. Dry and fairly rich, though not a blockbuster.
— S.H.
(9/1/2000)
La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi 1997 Pinot Grigio (California)
- $16
Italy’s workhorse white plows new ground in California. Pretty aromas of grapefruit and peach. Bone-dry, but the citrus flavors explode in your mouth. Refreshing acidity; try with prosciutto and melon or grilled fish with salsa.
— S.H.
(10/1/1999)
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