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Community Tasting Notes 11
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Schiffy Likes this wine: 96 points
March 23, 2024 - This Italian grown Cab Franc has intense aromatic blackberry fruit with notes of tobacco, licorice, mocha and dark chocolate. Super smooth tannins after a 60 minute decant (a must) and then some hints of mint on the finish. This is an interesting and complex wine to fully savor.
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drjb Likes this wine: 93 points
August 18, 2022 - This opened with a dense crimson colour and a rich nose of garnet plums, red cherries, tobacco and blackberry leaf. The palate is luxuriously rich with a robe of fruit giving way to savoury black olives and tobacco that lingers nicely. There is perhaps a sense of needing a little more drive but at the end of it the sense is of pleasure and light. Good stuff.
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john nielsen wrote: 93 points
August 2, 2022 - My first bottle tasted of 6 bought. Beginning to reach its maturity plateau but not there yet. Dark cherry and smoky notes, palate smoother than I expected, very long. One drinker in our group said that it tasted velvety but others would wait 2 to 5 years.
A great food wine though showing how this bit of Tuscany is great for Bordeaux or red Loire-grapes. Plenty of ripeness evident.1 person found this helpful Comment -
Costes76 Likes this wine: 91 points
June 21, 2022 - Medium deep ruby. Robust nose of black fruits with green notes. Dry, bright acidity, structured tannins, palate follows through. Medium body. Good balance. Medium finish.
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adamanko wrote: 92 points
November 14, 2021 - A little green cab franc vibes. A sweetness to it that at first I find a bit overwhelming but after a while finds very charming. If this was a candy I would buy loads. 92-93
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By Antonio Galloni
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer Le Macchiole
- Varietal Cabernet Franc
- Designation Paleo Rosso
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Tuscany
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Toscana IGT
- UPC Codes 4000142534391, 8032700763000, 8032700763079
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 18 (2%)
- In Cellars 751 (72%)
- Consumed 274 (26%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 15 votes
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- ProducerLe Macchiole
- VarietyCabernet Franc
- DesignationPaleo Rosso
- CountryItaly
- RegionTuscany
- AppellationToscana IGT
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- VarietalCabernet Franc
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- RegionTuscany
- AppellationToscana IGT