Mosby Wine's 2006 Ossessione

Mosby Winery in Santa Ynez makes exclusively Italian varietals in the classic styles of their origins. This is one of our favorite wineries and also one that we are a member of their cellar club. One of the best things about this winery aside from their wine is their incredibly artistic and beautiful labels as you can see from the picture of Ossessione. Each one of their offerings has a similarly elaborate label created by an artist named Robert Scherer of Appiano, Italy. All of them are done in watercolors and have won several awards.

Ossessione is a true Italian import with the grapes coming from Marche, Italy near the Adriatic Sea. They are sold as Montepulciano D'Abruzzo in Italy and they are the TRUE Montepulciano grape varietal unlike some of what we get here which is Montepulciano Nobile.

D and I paired this wine with some red sauced pasta with meatballs. The wine poured a very deep purple out of the bottle and had a pretty deep aroma. The wine was very fruit forward with strawberry, raspberry, and other red fruits dominating. The first sip was all fruit but as this wine settled the tannins really came out and it became a mouth puckerer. I was a fan of the first 10 minutes of this wine but not so much as it sat. I'm hoping that the tannin will fade when I finish off the bottle tonight.

Update: No such luck on the tannin fading.
Overall, too much tannin for me although I would drink it if given a bottle I wouldn't buy another one.