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Community Tasting Notes 90
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Cote d'Or wrote:
April 8, 2023 - Moderate bricking, full-on sous bois with a whiff of underlying black cherry, med/med+ acidity a bit of cherry and sous bois finishes with still volcanic fierce med+ tannins, fully mature and declining unfortunately before the tannins mellowed
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Cote d'Or wrote: flawed
January 7, 2023 - Corked
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Bob H wrote:
December 20, 2022 - My last bottle from a case bought on release. This bottle has the same maderized note that the bottle I drank in July showed, but the wine remains fresh with good acidity and fruit on the palate
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Bob H wrote:
July 15, 2022 - A little over a year since my last note on this wine - I bought a case of this and have been following it through various ups and downs over the last decade. I've always experienced a fair amount of bottle variation with Calabretta's wines, but at least from my case, the last two or three bottles seem to be indicative of a wine in decline.
This has a maderized note on the nose which I've not experienced before. Better on the palate, where the wine still shows some decent acidity and fruit, but at least IMO, time to drink up.1 person found this helpful Comment -
MindMuse wrote: 92 points
September 9, 2021 - Last of my 2004s, and still showing strong. Per usual, this just pops to a different dimension with about 30 minutes in glass. Super exotic and heady, less funky than sometimes, spice and herbs, iron filings, minerality, dried flowers, tart cherry, organic soil. A delight.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Calabretta
- Varietal Nerello Mascalese
- Designation Rosso
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Sicily
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Etna DOC
- UPC Code 751527270949
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 95 (21%)
- Consumed 364 (79%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
almost anything, grilled meat, pasta, pizza, pork, tomato sauce, vealWho Likes This Wine
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- FamilyCalabretta Etna Rosso
- ProducerCalabretta
- CountryItaly
- RegionSicily
- AppellationEtna DOC
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