April 3, 2024 - This wine feels like it weighs a ton. The excessive wood drags it down and makes this feel very heavy. Unpleasant to drink. Not my thing
March 29, 2024 - In a great drinking window. Deep red color, with slight bricking. Nose a bit reserved, hints of fruit, wood, earth. With a bit of time, rich and well integrated cab franc flavor with ripe tannin. Great on its own, paired well with a burger steak.
February 3, 2024 - Dense, jammy, ripe and concentrated. It is hard to distinguish the Cab Franc. Nevertheless, well made and quality fruit. Better on day 2 so probably needs a bit of air.
January 20, 2024 - Lots of life left. No bricking. Very mild acid. Lots of jammy fruit. Super good
May 7, 2023 - Flawed
April 25, 2023 - I concur with the note of January 24 below. Again a Paleo with excessive oak influence, making it overly heavy for consumption and totally not attractive. Why does Le Macchiole insist on raping these fine and delicate cabernet franc grapes with all this new oak? Why?
February 12, 2023 - Bouquet of ripe berries, Italian herbs, flowers, undergrowth. Juicy, lush palate, ripe yet with a good amount of acidity, slight bitterness, herbs, a bit of minerals on the finish of medium length. Not overly complex but of high quality.
January 25, 2023 - Revisiting this wine after about 18 months.
**See previous notes
Just gorgeous. Not a long decant....three hours but drank over another 3.
The only discernable difference is the amount of oak notes that have become evident. The wine is silky smooth, nicely balanced, and went perfectly with tonight's slow-cooker beef stew. Will revisit again in 18 months or so. Great wines, case worthy.
January 24, 2023 - I used to be a fan of Paleo, but the amount of wood has become an issue. In this last experiece the bitterness from the wood was very unpleasant. It gave a Bordeaux-like sensation. I switched from Bordeaux to Toscana a couple of years to have more acidity and less bitterness. Still some bottles (of other vintages) in my cellar, I hope for a more pleasing experience.
December 24, 2022 - Dark, dark red wine.
The nose is huge, polished and a little faceless. "Young wine with lots of fruit".
In the mouth, this is a Ferrari. Wrroooom! A howl with great power and well-polished pregnancy. Way too early, but oh so good!
Big, long, extracted wine with depth and breadth. Not a single marker of CF, at least not that I recognize. Good acidity and fantastic tannins!
Didn't go particularly well with tonight's sensitive menu, but worked wonders with the baked beef tenderloin with foie gras! There, the wine was in its right element.
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Mörkt, mörkt rött vin.
Nosen är enorm, polerad och lite ansiktslös. "Ungt vin med massor frukt".
I munnen är det en Ferarri. Vrroooom! Ett vrålåk med stor kraft och välpolerad pregnans.
Alldeles för tidigt, men aj så gott!
Stort, långt, extraherat vin med djup och bredd. Inte en endaste markör av CF, iaf inte som jag känner igen. Bra syror och fantastiska tanniner!
Passade inte särsklit väl till kvällens sensitiva meny, men gjorde underverk med den inbakade oxfilén med foie gras! Där var vinet på sin rätta plats.