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| | Tasted by efeldhake@yahoo.com on 2/28/2021 & rated 91 points: Deep garnet and color with bricking edges. Nose of dark cherries, black currants, and hints of leather. Taste of dark cherries, tobacco, hints of strawberry and leather. The tannins are mostly resolved and still some fruit but it dissipated after a couple hours of aeration. Drink now and over the next three years. (470 views) |
| | Tasted by mjgkng on 4/14/2020 & rated 92 points: Black cherry and tobacco. Rich with long finish. Surprisingly well aged but cork disintegrated. (533 views) |
| | Tasted by efeldhake@yahoo.com on 11/10/2019 & rated 91 points: Deep garnet and color with brick and edges. Nose of dark cherries, black currants, and hints of leather with slight heat. Taste of dark cherries, tobacco, And hence of strawberry and leather. The tannins are mostly resolved and still some fruit but it dissipated after a couple hours of aeration. Drink now and over the next three years. (624 views) |
| | Tasted by mjgkng on 2/3/2019 & rated 89 points: A bit past it’s prime but nice cherry and tobacco. (809 views) |
| | Tasted by NickA on 12/26/2018 & rated 85 points: This feels on the way down - last two bottles from a case purchased at the estate. Oddly still some tannin, so better with food (cold cuts in this case), but also now lacking fruit or other flavours. The thin body and attractive acidity mean this is still drinking nicely though. (949 views) |
| | Tasted by mjgkng on 12/3/2017 & rated 90 points: Bad cork, but decanted for 1 hour. Nice deep cherry and vanilla. (992 views) |
| | Tasted by SanderB on 8/14/2016 & rated 91 points: Explosive nose, showing mouth watering cassis and black currant. Strawberry, orange and cola. Concentrated fruit flavors. Long expressive finish with some tight acidity on the tail. (1776 views) |
| | Tasted by mjgkng on 7/5/2016 & rated 88 points: Bad cork. (1820 views) |
| | Tasted by Sgift on 2/13/2016 & rated 90 points: My previous comments hold but this wine won't for much longer. At what, twelve years, it may be peaked and declining. Still a really good bottle with less richness, but if your holding some. Cheers! (2057 views) |
| | Tasted by PeterMole on 9/4/2015: Fully mature now. I love it when waiting for years pays off. It does here. Harmonieus, integrated, enough complexity. See recent other notes for details. (2230 views) |
| | Tasted by Spirits for the Soul on 12/28/2014 & rated 90 points: A gorgeous subdued wine. More leather with soft cigar box and spice. Hints of dark berries.
Lighter weight with dark fruit expressing wonderfully on the palate.
Drinking beautifully. I think I will give my last bottle a few more years and see what happens. (2388 views) |
| | Tasted by mjgkng on 6/27/2014 & rated 91 points: Decanted for 1 hour before drinking. Nice texture and bouquet. (1865 views) |
| | Tasted by PeterMole on 12/22/2013 flawed bottle: corked (2077 views) |
| | Tasted by thebonnydooner on 12/1/2013 & rated 91 points: Interesting wine. Some say, needs more time, others, drink up.
After about one hour open, I would say the drink up camp is probably right. Transluscent plum garnet in colour with a light plum garnet rim. Forward and expressive nose, shows some nice blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, some complexity with nice leather and a dark tarry note. Medium bodied, bright black plum and dark cherry fruit. Dry, but with some sweetness to the fruit. This is a tasty and well balanced wine, nice finish. (1926 views) |
| | Tasted by PeterMole on 8/22/2013: Needs carafing. After 1 day recorked very good, full bodied. Meaty. (1741 views) |
| | Tasted by PeterMole on 7/11/2013: See recent Sgift for notes. Drank from the bottle, next day slightly desintegrated. So I will not decant. Seems to be a little feeble, drink up. (1437 views) |
| | Tasted by blash on 4/30/2013 & rated 91 points: Very good wine. Nice nose. Tastes include plum, black cherry, smoke and mild spice. Nice finish. (1365 views) |
| | Tasted by cartime on 9/30/2012 & rated 91 points: Similar flavors as last time, but this time, it was drinking well right out of the gate. Tannins have smoothed out a great deal over the past year, but the acidity is still there. A nice bottle. (1476 views) |
| | Tasted by Sgift on 2/19/2012 & rated 91 points: I really like this wine. It is a great example of a Cabernet based Tuscan wine. The visual is a beautifully translucent ruby shine. The nose begins with leather, toasted spice, red cherries and earth. As the wine opens on your pallet the cherry and berries step up with some smoke and tobacco. All beautifully structured and integrated. I decanted but not sure it needed to be as it was pretty and pretty consistent over the two, three hours. Enjoyed with steak and tomatoes, all good. Great super Tuscan.
tomato salid and throughly enjoyed the pairing. Great super Tuscan that's ready to rock!
(1752 views) |
| | Tasted by stevek54 on 12/26/2011 & rated 90 points: Great super tuscan. Big strong, earthy, but balanced. (1930 views) |
| | Tasted by cartime on 12/24/2011 & rated 90 points: Popped and poured. This still has a few years left. An Old World palate of dark berries, roasted herbs, leather, and earth. Firm tannins. I'd let this breathe for a couple of hours if drinking now. (1783 views) |
| | Tasted by monist on 10/9/2011 & rated 87 points: Drank with red sauce with beef and pasta. Nice match. Earthy nose. Medium dry to dry finish. (2123 views) |
| | Tasted by sarlyb on 4/16/2011: noah & faiza - apr-2011 (2196 views) |
| | Tasted by schellbe on 8/23/2010 & rated 87 points: Leather, ripe fruit in nose. New world style. A lot of cherry, butter and smoke in the nose. Light purple color. Ripe cherry flavor with very tannic finish. (2375 views) |
| | Tasted by eastover on 1/15/2010: Out to dinner with Herb, Elaine and Lisa to Giotto in Montclair. Elaine enjoyed the Chardonnay, We finished the Volpaia and drank half the Luscious (gave Lisa the remainder to take home). (2534 views) |
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