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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2017 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Sheldog on 2/20/2021 & rated 92 points: I was worried that I may have held this wine too long but I am pleased to report that this wine was still clean and bold and held up fabulously with the Tomahawk Ribeye we cooked on the Traeger. We enjoyed the heck out of this wine. Still in its prime and doesn’t seem to be rolling over quite yet. First of all, we absolutely love Sagrantino and Mosby is one of the very few wineries growing and producing it. I do believe it requires some aging but is worth the wait. It is full bodied and has ample tannins to allow it to cellar nicely. Give it a try and drink it with anything you would eat with a cab. You will be very surprised. As good and a nice Cab for half the price. I need some more of this. (383 views) | | | Tasted by Sheldog on 8/20/2020 & rated 90 points: Deep red in color with good body and awesome legs on the glass. I was afraid the wine wasn’t so good because the nose was very weak of dark fruit. However, the taste exploded with flavor of dark fruit and cassis on the front of the palate. On the back of the palate the still intact tannins with a dusty slate finish. Different from the Italian Sagrantinos that I have had. Just a difference in the terroir I suppose. Let this sit for a couple more years and I’m sure it will improve. (282 views) | | | Tasted by JMFWC on 7/31/2017 & rated 92 points: Didn't really wow until night 3, was really surprised. Nice plum note characteristics on the nose giving way to a really full fruit and spice palate. The finish is quite nice. (516 views) | | | Tasted by tward on 1/22/2016 & rated 81 points: We bought after tasting in the tasting room and drank a couple of weeks later. This wine did not remind us of what we'd tasted. It wasn't corked or brett-y, but seemed a bit cooked, flabby and heavy. Drinkable with hearty fare. (771 views) |
| Mosby Producer websiteSagrantinoFrom 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.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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