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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by VlgJeff on 10/12/2018 & rated 88 points: PnP. This wine needs lots of air, or time in the cellar. It was decanted after first tasting and it kept improving throughout the meal, but will be better yet with time. The nose was quite earthy with some dark fruits. After opening a bit, the palate yielded dark berry flavors, some spice, earthiness, and tannins that were quite drying. The makings are here, it just needs time --hold for at least 3 years, then decant, and you'll be rewarded. 88 for now. Can go to 94 in time. Matches very well with lamb ragu. (2859 views) | | | Tasted by Chateau g2pa on 9/13/2018 & rated 92 points: Morning dew/woodsy on the nose. Dry, tannic wine with minimal fruit. It needed about 30 mins to open up. Still young. Dark berry, earthy tones. Actually liked it as the night progressed. (2823 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 9/9/2018 & rated 89 points: Huge! VA and purple fruits on the nose. Stemmy tannins up front, followed by a wall of fruit tannins. This needs time, a lot of it. (2759 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 6/6/2018: Lots of grip and power there. Streamlined fruit character. Or more modern fruit character. (2923 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 6/6/2018 & rated 89 points: Wilson Daniels: Celebrating 40 Years (The Lakewood - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Floral and spice driven start with lots of black fruit. Great nose, less alluring palate shows the same flavors but slightly awkward for right now. Long finish, just extremely firm. Cellar until at least 2021, preferably even longer. (3706 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 2/27/2018: That's got some structure. And french oak. And its delicious. (1495 views) | | | Tasted by wgmccallum on 9/25/2017 & rated 90 points: Aromas of leather, dry grass, and flowers. Penetrating dry dark berry fruit on the palate with gripping tannins, a bit of alcoholic heat balanced by a touch of acid. Raw and powerful. 50 + 16 + 16 + 8 = 90. (1525 views) | | | Tasted by Ultimatewinekick_Andreas on 8/10/2017 & rated 88 points: An abundance of cherries, marsipan and plums on the nose. On the palate we get a dense and slightly heavy wine with ink, concentrated cherries, dark oak notes, blueberries and some alcohol. The nose is very nice and initially the palate is good but I do not think the finish is in balance and it gets inky and slightly harsh. This wine did improve with time but it never found balance. (1353 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 6/13/2017: A single vineyard. What do the do to tame he tannins? 30 years of genetic experiments on the grapes and then the economics means to do it. I am beaning told. Pruning selection of the grapes. Rich and plush I am being told. And that is true. And then stiff like a sangremtino on the back end. (1272 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 2/15/2017 & rated 93 points: Trebicchieri San Francisco, nose of black berry, red and black fruit, a hint of licorice/sweetness, same on the palate, big body, needs 4 years to peak, ripe and rich fruit on the mid palate, long finish. (1196 views) |
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(Arnaldo Caprai Montefalco Sagrantino Collepiano, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. | By Ian D'Agata
Vinous, Umbria – New Releases (Jun 2016) (6/1/2016)
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| Arnaldo-Caprai Producer website The Caprai winery and vineyards lie on the hillside below the Umbrian hilltop town of Montefalco. Founded in 1971 by Arnaldo-Caprai Caprai, and now in the hands of his son Marco, the estate has become the leading producer of Sagrantino wines in the region. Sagrantino shows no resemblance to any of Italy's other grape varieties, and is almost exclusive to the region of Montefalco - it is thick-skinned, small bunched and small-berried, but big in every other way: colour, tannins, acids, extracts, and sugars.SagrantinoFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sagrantino is an Italian grape variety that is indigenous to the region of Umbria in Central Italy, and makes some of that region's most distinctive wines.
It is grown primarily in the village of Montefalco and its surrounding areas, with only 250 acres (1.0 km2) dedicated to the grape in the hands of about 25 producers. With such small production, the wine is not widely known outside of Italy, even though it was granted DOCG status in 1991.
The origins of the grape are widely disputed, but what is known is that it was used primarily for dessert wines for many years, the grape being dried in the passito style, much like a Recioto di Valpolicella. At some point, the wines were made in a dry style, and that is how they are primarily produced today.
The grape is one of the most tannic varieties in the world, and creates wines that are inky purple with an almost-black center. The bouquet is one of dark, brooding red fruits with hints of plum, cinnamon, and earth.
The Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG requires 100 percent sagrantino used, with a required 29 months aging before release. Sagrantino is of excellent storability.
A more approachable and affordable Montefalco Rosso usually contains only 10-15% sagrantino and allows up to 70 percent sangiovese and other grapes in the blend.
A passito is still made, a thick, syrupy wine with raisin and blueberry qualities. The alcohol content is around 14 percent.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorUmbria On weinlagen-infoMontefalco On weinlagen-info |
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