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mischwine wrote: 92 points
January 8, 2022 - decanted 3 hours to enjoying. well balanced wine, wonderful old world feel
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Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
March 4, 2021 - Even at this early stage, it's obvious this is a great wine. Loaded with a rich array of black and red fruits, spice, a twist or two of citrus, and memorable dark soil notes. Very well-balanced med+ body, with structure to go through the decade with style. That said, I think this would have benefited from some prior aeration (this was PnP). Easily highly recommended
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Dave&Heather Likes this wine: 93 points
January 22, 2021 - In the ongoing quest to find the "NEXT" wine rather than pay for the brand name of a current top Super Tuscan at $300-$600 a bottle - this wine is excellent! It's 50% Merlot, 45% Cab and 5% Petite Verdot. We made the mistake of drinking it after only 15 minutes of decanting (in related news the pizza hard arrived) and it was a bit lean and austere, leading me to wonder if it was just another interesting miss. But as the wine opened up there was a LOT of well-balanced fruit from the merlot and the cabernet. Two elements of the wine I appreciated: 1) The tannins were already refined enough in only four years that, while a big wine, it is already drinking very smoothly; and 2) the wine finely balances the rich minerality we expect out of Super Tuscans and Italian wines more generally, with a very strong taste of the Merlot and Cabernet. It is also not over-oaked. This is a great wine to to sell your Napa-loving friend on Bolgheri! Getting back to whatever I could taste - definitely the dark berries and currant (read a little dryer than plum) and a little bit of brooding forest floor, along with a light smoke finish from the French Oak. Too bad K&L already sold out! There is no evidence this wine is losing it's fruit but it is not massive or deeply tannic so I imagine it is better consumed in the next ten years (unless you know more than I do about how Giampaolo Motta's wines age).
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Chobo Likes this wine:
February 20, 2020 - N: Dunkle Kirsche, Rauchnoten, mineralisch-ätherisch, feine Kräuteranklänge (Bohnenkraut?). Frucht eher zurückgenommen - noch jung. Dazu Veilchentöne, Stein/Erde, mit etwas Zeit gegrillte Paprika.
G: Konzentrierte Kirsche, Kirschkerne, kraftvolle Gerbstoffe, angesichts seiner Jugend aber schon überraschend zugänglich. Hoher Extrakt, aber nicht überladen, fast elegant. Nachhall noch relativ kurz.1 person found this helpful Comment -
Brent25 Likes this wine: 92 points
September 18, 2019 - Clear deep ruby; clean medium nose of soil, red cherry, cocoa, toast and vanilla; dry; high acidity; high tannins; high alcohol; medium plus body; medium plus flavour intensity; pfn; medium plus finish; outstanding quality; a mix of merlot, cab sauv and petit verdot; big bold tannic wine - needs a few more years to mellow
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer La Massa
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Giorgio Primo
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Tuscany
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Toscana IGT
- UPC Code 839343000794
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- In Cellars 528 (76%)
- Consumed 159 (23%)
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryItaly
- RegionTuscany
- AppellationToscana IGT
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