Community Tasting Notes 12

• StefanAkiko wrote: 97 points

  May 2, 2024 - A superior deep red wine built for the longhaul.
  This is in essence a very young wine today. I plopped the bottle in the morning and it was somewhat open for business in the evening.
  No sediment at all.
  Transparent red.
  On the nose are lingonberries, cherries, red currants and raspberry-jam-being-made and cloves.
  In the mouth this is majestic. I particularly like the way that the lingonberries also carry the taste of butter. Some previous tasters complain about wood. I can only say that the oak is fully integrated. The herbal-peppery-seasoning aspects we couldn't put our fingers on. But towards thyme and cloves with an oily rosemary touch.
  A rich wine that did a fantastic job with the food and bread at Pecorella.

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• Vinnut Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 20, 2024 - Deep, dark reddish-purple, essentially opaque in color. Nose was initially reticent but eventually developing with airing into a full, forward & aromatic nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with overtones of floral notes of roses & earthy/dusty, cocoa, coffee grounds, dried herbs, some mint & anise, olives, minerals & spice notes of cloves with some vanilla/toasty oak notes in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of sour cherries, blackberries & dark plums with cocoa, coffee, spices, herbs, minerals & a hint of vanilla/toasty oak. Long lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing but should develop further with additional aging at which time it may merit a higher score (95+).

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• StefanAkiko wrote: 97 points

  February 1, 2024 - Intensivt och elegant kraftpaket av rang. Har många, långa år framför sig av raffinerad njutning! Har helt klart potential att nå 💯.
  
  Sommelieren gissade "100% CF och kanske Paleo". Säger en hel del om hur bra detta är. Förra gången vi tog med detta vin köpte kocken in två flaskor privat. Vi har nu ytterligare två flaskor på väg hem...

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• Fractalage wrote:

  September 14, 2023 - Next day from undecanted bottle. One glass left. Touches of light sediment. 27 hours of slow ox did it well. Fully open. Nose of cola and wood with bloody strawberry.
  
  Palate of wood, which is a huge turnoff. The wood is overbearing. I’m going to have to recant all I said about this wine. If your fruit is so good, why add wood like this? Makes no sense. I’m imagining how this might taste with no wood. Can’t. Big disappointment. There’s smoke, there’s charr, there’s wood. Might as well smoke a cigar before drinking this, so that the palate can’t taste it.

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• Fractalage Likes this wine:

  September 13, 2023 - Powerful nose of earthen strawberry, fine baking spices, tart cherries/cherry pie, density, more fruit than earth.
  
  Palate of cherry pie, spices, citrus, fine cakes, some bitter of tannins.
  There’s a component of wood, cooling of tobacco, essence of newly stitched leather, expensive English saddle for Ventasso, blood, drying spices of cured meats, white pepper.
  
  The juice layers on the pepper with more sips and becomes more bloody, peppered prosciutto, humidor, Nicaraguan Tatuaje Nuevitas, (If paired here, you will find multiple similarities, but don’t recommend it as the puffs will taint your palate for days, but maybe not a bad thing as the swigs will prompt your palate into something stronger, say Dalmore 18.)
  
  3 hours in the nose becomes more bloody, and its sanguine nature reflects the reason for the name of the varietal: Sangiovese.
  
  Alte Valle Della Greve, the source, the rocky land where the blood of the gods are sucked out of the soil, where Chianti’s heart beats and this source all leave an imprint on its imbiber to feel its connection, to know why this was given, and in this moment give thanks to Vittorio Fiore for keeping these 80 year old vines the health to produce such a moment in eternity, where my soul can ruminate, connect and recognize this ancient vibration.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Podere Poggio Scalette
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation Il Carbonaione
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Alta Valle della Greve IGT
• UPC Code 8033501960728

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• Pending Delivery 10 (2%)
• In Cellars 413 (84%)
• Consumed 69 (14%)

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