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Cesanese di Olevano Romano (Olevano Romano) DOC

The middle Cesanese appellation, and thanks to Damiano Ciolli the one most likely to reach an American glass. Olevano's volcanic and clay soils give a Cesanese with more flesh than Affile and more perfume than Piglio: crushed raspberry, sour cherry, black pepper, dried rose and violet, with juicy acid and fine, slightly chalky tannin. Ciolli's Silene, aged in concrete and old wood, is the reference; Cirsium, from a single old vine parcel, is the serious one.

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Damiano Ciolli
Cesanese di Olevano Romano Silene
Organic, unoaked in feel, raspberry, pepper and rose with bright acid; the best introduction to Cesanese available in the US.
$25 to $32Wine-Searcher
Damiano Ciolli
Cesanese di Olevano Romano Superiore Cirsium
Old vine parcel, longer aging; dried cherry, tobacco, iron and firm tannin, ages ten years.
$45 to $60Wine-Searcher
Proietti
Cesanese di Olevano Romano
Traditional village producer, rustic sour cherry and herbs; Italy only.
$12 to $18Wine-Searcher