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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 481 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dzapol on 2/11/2024: Perfect wine- decanted 2 hours, sparkles on the tip of the tongue and rolls berries and tobacco down the palate. Thank you Dad! (234 views) | | | Tasted by mtnbarry on 10/21/2023 & rated 92 points: Magnificent. Last bottle the best. Wish it was my first. Wonderful aromas, flavors and color. Still primary with secondary complexity. Showing very little tertiary flavors makes me believe there is still plenty of time left. Very little sediment as well. (384 views) | | | Tasted by oldcorke on 9/2/2023 & rated 93 points: Decanted. Impressive structure with dark fruits only beginning to emerge in development. Reminds of Pontet Canet's tannin & reserve. Delicious but best paired with a good steak. Very youthful. Recommend another 10 years patience which, I believe, the wine is well structured for. Softens considerably 2nd day. (389 views) | | | Tasted by j.squared on 4/8/2023 & rated 92 points: Earthiness, vegetation, vanilla, and cherry cola on the nose. Cherries, vanilla, and a little green vegetable on the palate. The finish is very smooth and long. I don't think this wine has much life left in it. (576 views) | | | Tasted by woody0198 on 8/19/2022 & rated 86 points: Just ok. Not smooth or refined. Lumpy taste profile. Smelled nice and earthy but structure was simple (1140 views) | | | Tasted by subguy87 on 4/29/2022 & rated 86 points: Decanted 20 minutes, but it was very bitter. Let it sit for two hours while I opened a different bottle. Time helped, but not that much. It was acceptable after 2 hours of breathing, so glad I didn't pour it down the drain. (1163 views) | | | Tasted by VAGentleman on 9/19/2021 & rated 91 points: Fully matured and nicely integrated blueberry, raspberry,violet, hints of leather. (1631 views) | | | Tasted by jfolbe on 3/20/2021 & rated 90 points: Slight brown edges.
Cherry, violets on the nose.
Soft tannins with some acidity on the palate. Fruit fading but hasn’t turned. (1827 views) | | | Tasted by Sanfoan on 2/13/2021: This was essentially popped and poured. Dark at the core with a bit of bricking at the rim. To my surprise, not really much sediment in this bottle. On the nose, (after about 30 minutes open in the bottle), some leather, earth, sour cherries, chocolate (bitter sweet), some wet earth, and maybe some dill as well. This was more muted than I had hoped - it feels like this is fading a bit. On the palate, some leather, dark cherries, some greenness, earth, tobacco, and some baking spices. There is still some fruit here but it is definitely fading. Medium plus acidity. Medium body. Tannins are soft and integrated. (1695 views) | | | Tasted by Kentw on 12/8/2020 & rated 88 points: Drank over two days. Day one this bottle was dominated by sour cherry notes over some dark fruits mostly blackberry and some licorice. Day two, the wine was more balanced and went well with food. Day one rate 86-87, day two 89 for an 88 average. The cork on this bottle crumbled while being opened. (1617 views) | | | Tasted by Valaprop on 9/12/2020 & rated 90 points: Opened about 90 minutes before dinner. Still drinking well, though past its peak of several years ago. Drink up. Served 3 bottles at dinner with consistent results. (1573 views) | | | Tasted by Aris1a on 9/4/2020 & rated 89 points: Medium body, garnet color. Pretty much at the end of its life, so drink up. New leather, lavender and thyme, dark cherries, quince paste. Improved greatly with aeration! (1142 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 9/2/2020 & rated 89 points: A little better after 24 hours opened. I opened this yesterday for an hour, recorked and waited 24 hours. The acidity is present but more background than up front. It is more balanced after 1 day and the wine is showing those old wines notes I love. Some asphalt and dried cherry. (1149 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 9/1/2020: I think I agree with CT member J.Squared on this. I also purchased at WL and have enjoyed most of them. Tonight's bottle at 13 years is acidic and unbalanced. Frankly undrinkable. My capsule was black. Feel free to share thoughts. I am going to let this sit overnight and report back. Not scoring (1036 views) | | | Tasted by gabird on 8/24/2020 & rated 90 points: - Brick color with slow forming legs and has flavours of blackberry, black currant and smokey. Linear texture with a short finish - Its starting to go past prime but decanting a good hour keeps it relevant and smooths out the initial nose. Still a nice fruit within the glass. (805 views) | | | Tasted by Didman on 5/13/2020 & rated 90 points: Has a funky aroma right after decanting. However, that blows off after 1/2 hour leaving quite a nice wine. (1057 views) | | | Tasted by Didman on 5/6/2020 & rated 90 points: An enjoyable blend that drinks easily right now. (1008 views) | | | Tasted by j.squared on 4/22/2020 flawed bottle: I bought about a case from winelibrary.com in 2012. I bought four bottles the first time and the bottles had a black seal over the top. The second order of 9 bottles had a red seal over the top. The second 9 have all been terrible and flawed. The ones with the black seal over the top have been amazing. It almost makes me think that second order was counterfiet although they could have just been improperly stored at winelibrary. (1161 views) | | | Tasted by guzmana on 4/20/2020 & rated 92 points: Great Super Tuscan. (855 views) | | | Tasted by Kentw on 4/9/2020 & rated 89 points: Much better than the bottle from last year (2019) which may have been flawed. Dark fruits with black cherry and blackberry, a touch of vegetal notes, mid-palate acidity and a mid-length finish with some mild sour cherry. (978 views) | | | Tasted by DiveDVM on 2/12/2020 & rated 91 points: Aged quite well. (958 views) | | | Tasted by VAGentleman on 2/7/2020 & rated 88 points: At the end of its drinking window. Still pleasant but loosing complexity (835 views) | | | Tasted by tsdv on 1/28/2020 & rated 90 points: Stored at 57 for nine years. Really good. Solid traditional toscana. (936 views) | | | Tasted by bobvictor on 1/27/2020 flawed bottle: Waited too long. No longer drinkable (829 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 11/11/2019 & rated 91 points: Just a touch less fresh than the 6/23/19 bottle. (1117 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Terrabianca Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)Terrabianca Campaccio Toscana IGTAbout Terrabianca:
The first document to mention Terrabianca is dated 1085: two centuries before Dante. Located just over 35 miles from Florence towards Siena, in the heart of Chianti Classico, its gently rolling country is much the same as it was in the Middle Ages. The Guldeners have 'only' been here since 1987; although in this relatively short period of time, they have propelled the estate to the highest quality levels, entirely restoring the seventeenth-century homestead, constructing a brand new winery, and restructuring the Terrabianca range.
In 1997, the couple purchased a second property, some 44 miles southwest of the original Terrabianca nucleus: Il Tesoro di Terrabianca ("Treasure of Terrabianca"). Its 262 acres bring the Guldeners' total acreage to 334, and are a mere 6 miles from the sea, in Maremma - the new frontier of Tuscan viniculture. This recent acquisition focuses on the olive oils (from over 4,000 Frantoio, Moraiolo and Leccino olive trees, many of which some 300 years old!) and Sangiovese grapes that go into a youthful and appealing 100% varietal, La Fonte. Packaging and label for this wine (see photo) have been kept distinct from the rest of the line, although the product itself is also styled by Vittorio Fiore, Terrabianca wine-maker from day one.SuperTuscan BlendSuperTuscan Blend refers to wines which feature a significant Sangiovese component combined with grapes not traditionally associated with Italy like Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. This separates it from "Sangiovese blend" which is used for wines which are predominantly Sangiovese and combined with traditional Italian varieties. There is often confusion as many wines most famous associated with the term "Super Tuscan" like Sassicaia, Masseto and Ornellaia have no Sangiovese and are properly linked to 'Red Bordeaux Blend.'
In fact, Super Tuscan was a term coined to refer specifically to wines such as Sassicaia and Tignanello. These were wines that "fell out" of the official DOCG classification of Italian wines because they either contained grapes not permitted (international varietals such as cabernet sauvignon or merlot,) were aged differently (I.e. in barrique) or were 100% sangiovese - which was not permitted at the time for Chianti (E.g. Fontodi Flaccianello.) Forced to be classified as simply "Vina di Tavola" these wines nontheless quickly found favour in international markets and comanded prices above the highest quality DOCG Chianti Classico & Brunello di Montalcino wines at the time. The wine industry and press began to refer to these wines as SuperTuscans because of their popularity and quality, but also because of the prices they commanded. Subsequently, the Italian authorities, under the Goria Law 1992, redrew the classifications, and included the category IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) to classify the SuperTuscans.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytToscana IGTHere is the Wikipedia entry for Toscana wine. |
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