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Red
1996 Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco Toscana IGT
SuperTuscan Blend
- Italy
- Tuscany
- Toscana IGT
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Community Tasting Notes 15
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SGoo wrote:
April 27, 2024 - It’s ok. Nothing special
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Aris1a wrote: 94 points
November 2, 2023 - Drank over 3 days - best on day 3. Very closed up at opening as would be expected - this needs a serious decant. Fruit driven; the tannins have been tamed and integrated nicely with the fruit. Red berries, white figs, graphite, lead pencil. Excellent.
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Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 points
August 6, 2023 - Opened it in a restaurant in Ravello. Utterly enjoyable and resolved with sweet dark fruit, tobacco, graphite and cigarbox. Good sweetness along with moderate complexity. 91-92
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2MLW wrote: 93 points
October 21, 2022 - Found the 1996 at a restaurant for a reasonable price… have 2016 and 2015 at home, so I thought we try it.
A quick decant and then drank over 90 minutes. Very enjoyable. Soft tannins and just a little acidic, which mellowed quickly.
A very nice wine… maybe not the best vintage, but it was quite enjoyable. Looking forward to my ‘15 and ‘16 over the years (if I can keep my hands off it).
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pavel_p wrote: 91 points
April 10, 2021 - Slow ox’ed for 30 min and drank over several hours. Still a fairly dark garnet with a thin translucent rim. A fine nose that is showing both the Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese. Medium bodied with plenty of freshness. Good balance. With more air some fairly drying tannins from the Sangiovese start to evolve while the wine remains aromatically somewhat muted. A good Sammarco even if not at the level of the best vintages I have had. Would drink now without a long decant, as I am afraid this might dry out
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type Red
- Producer Castello dei Rampolla
- Varietal SuperTuscan Blend
- Designation Sammarco
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Tuscany
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Toscana IGT
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 109 (51%)
- Consumed 103 (49%)
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- VarietySuperTuscan Blend
- CountryItaly
- RegionTuscany
- AppellationToscana IGT
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