this was wine very good, had no tannins. very smooth drinking wine. full bodied wine, smooth ripe flavors. no heavy bomb fruit flavors. well rounded wine. deep purple in color with some sentiment, we did decant for about 45 minutes. I would definitely buy this wine again. I think this vintage would hold up for another year or so
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nice at this stage of its life with plum, cherry, and licorice aromas and flavors. Hints of smoke and cedar emerge in the finish. Nice value, but not extraordinary, at just under $30 in 2007.
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Deep ruby color. This is more developed, with elements of tobacco, plum skin and smoke. Medium bodied, good presence through the middle, dusty tannins.
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Hazy notes from last night. Aftera 2 hour decant, it started out fairly acidic and tannic. As it warmed and opened up, it did become a bit more rich and smooth. A medium bodied wine of reasonable quality, but it never really impressed last night (B+).
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Very nice. Red fruit (sour cherry). A bit of leather. Not overripe, which was a concer given the vintage. A bit of ak, but not obtusive. Medium bodied. In nice place right now. I plan to drink y remaining bottle sooner rarther than later. Very good QPR for $20 I paid.
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In the glass this is a deep violet/ruby at the core with a red rim around the glass. Scents of cedar and tobacco are followed by sweet dark fruits and violets. In the mouth the tannins have finally integrated and offer good support for flavors of dark fruits, cherries, blueberries, and a light hint of cigar box to slowly unfold along a medium-long finish.
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Black with a deep ruby edge. This presented somewhat closed, particularly on the palate. Nose of bitter chocolate and dirt with black currants. Touch of floral. On the palate, tight with a good entrance but fades fast; dusty tannins and a short finish.
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Deep color. Aromatic nose of red cherries, chocolate, and the perfume of oak. Pleasantly dry and balanced on the palate with concentrated flavors and smooth tannins. Enjoyable finish with a slight chalkiness.
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3-4 hour decant. Had with home-made lasagna and a spinach salad. Dark currants and fruit on the nose early, then vanilla and oak creeping in over time. The palate was dominated first by black currents, black berries, and then with a smooth silky finish with well integrated tannins. The oak was persistent throughout the palate. The pairing was excellent, the fruit enjoyable, but the oak was distracting (-2 points). This could have been awesome.
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Beautiful aroma. Palate of mixed bright and dark red fruits. Rich full body. Smooth and silky with a good finish. Very good finish. Should continue to age well.
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If it were only to be judged on the dark ruby color, and the smoky plums on the nose, this would be a delicious mate for a hearty beef stew. (which it was) The taste didn't quite open as much as we expected, but there was a nice swirl of berry fruits, and enough acidity to make for a nice mouth full.
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decanted 4 hours. Nose isn't giving too much, slight blackfruit, traces of green pepper. Palate: Still tight tannins, could use another year or two. Dark Fruit and some vegetal components. Had with steak and baked ptatoes and it went really well. This was a good pairing! One more bottle will wait a year.
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May have opened too soon. Quite tannic, with fruit not pushing through to balance. Better with food (pasta with a rich Bolognese sauce) but wish I had cellared for another 1-3 years. I'd wait and try again later.
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Opened for an hour. Beautiful dark ruby color. A bit of a sweet/leather and spice nose. Tasted plum, spice, leather, and some tannins. The flavors held up the next day. First time trying this table wine. Highly recommended.
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Dark ruby. Powerful nose of vanilla and dark fruit. Flavors of plums, dark cherry and spice. Mouthfilling. Tannins nicely balanced. Then.......nothing. This wine just quit after around 15 seconds. Nothing there? Amazingly short. I hope this will flesh out in time, as the beginning was so promising and the ending such a dissapointment. No improvement on second day.
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Once again, Crognolo never lets me down. Delicious. Berry fruit, with structure underneath (smoke? leather? can't remember now, it's been several days) to kick it into upper echelons. Consider buying more.
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An attractive wine on the nose with plenty of ripe cherry and berry fruit, plum and spices and a touch of oak. Very smooth and silk like tannin, with good balance. Drinking nicely now. My sense is that this is to be drunk now. It did not hold up well to several hours of air.
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colour is a little translucent, beautiful purple; aromas of sugar, plums, cherries; lots of milk chocolate on the taste as well as some nice fruit; a little rough around the edges but should benefit from cellar time; smoothed out as the night progressed; this will be a beauty in a couple of years
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Deep ruby color. Really nice, alluring nose of blackberries, spice and smoke. On the palate it's still a bit rough with the tannins, but very good acidic balance to the juicy fruit and spice.
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6/4/2020 - MeMyself&I wrote: 90 Points
Popped and poured. Lucious, a wee bit tart, hints of licorice and leather.
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5/17/2020 - vinkarl Likes this wine: 88 Points
Enjoyed with friends on the terrace. Good, but about time.
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6/1/2015 - tanstaafl Likes this wine: 91 Points
this was wine very good, had no tannins. very smooth drinking wine. full bodied wine, smooth ripe flavors. no heavy bomb fruit flavors. well rounded wine.
deep purple in color with some sentiment, we did decant for about 45 minutes. I would definitely buy this wine again. I think this vintage would hold up for another year or so
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11/10/2014 - SadEdjo wrote: 87 Points
Over-ripe & raisiny. Drink up
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6/1/2012 - BoulderWine wrote: flawed
Corked bottle
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12/22/2011 - MeMyself&I wrote: 84 Points
the fruit is gone...not as tasty as the Victor we drank earlier in the evening. Not as tasty as earlier samplings of this vintage.
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7/14/2011 - PurpleHaze wrote: flawed
Corked.
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2/7/2011 - dougsmith wrote: flawed
Mildly corked.
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8/9/2010 - dougsmith wrote: 87 Points
Deep ruby color. Interesting nose, funky and earthy, with a touch of black cherry skin, but thinned out on the palate with dusty tannins.
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5/14/2010 - drdebs wrote: 88 Points
nice at this stage of its life with plum, cherry, and licorice aromas and flavors. Hints of smoke and cedar emerge in the finish. Nice value, but not extraordinary, at just under $30 in 2007.
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4/28/2010 - dougsmith wrote: 88 Points
Deep ruby color. This is more developed, with elements of tobacco, plum skin and smoke. Medium bodied, good presence through the middle, dusty tannins.
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2/10/2010 - JohnSh wrote: 88 Points
Hazy notes from last night. Aftera 2 hour decant, it started out fairly acidic and tannic. As it warmed and opened up, it did become a bit more rich and smooth. A medium bodied wine of reasonable quality, but it never really impressed last night (B+).
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12/20/2009 - Armando B wrote: 89 Points
Very nice. Red fruit (sour cherry). A bit of leather. Not overripe, which was a concer given the vintage. A bit of ak, but not obtusive. Medium bodied. In nice place right now. I plan to drink y remaining bottle sooner rarther than later. Very good QPR for $20 I paid.
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12/12/2009 - 100pp wrote: 89 Points
Plums, blueberries, kirsch, cedar, graphite. A bit stewed and some dryness.
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10/18/2009 - eyeguy wrote: 91 Points
Consistently excellent!
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10/6/2009 - eyeguy wrote: 90 Points
very enjoyable and easy drinking
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9/13/2009 - G.O. wrote: 87 Points
Well drinkable but a little bit tight. Should be kept for some time.
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9/5/2009 - Kirk Grant wrote: 88 Points
In the glass this is a deep violet/ruby at the core with a red rim around the glass. Scents of cedar and tobacco are followed by sweet dark fruits and violets. In the mouth the tannins have finally integrated and offer good support for flavors of dark fruits, cherries, blueberries, and a light hint of cigar box to slowly unfold along a medium-long finish.
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5/15/2009 - dougsmith wrote: 86 Points
Black with a deep ruby edge. This presented somewhat closed, particularly on the palate. Nose of bitter chocolate and dirt with black currants. Touch of floral. On the palate, tight with a good entrance but fades fast; dusty tannins and a short finish.
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2/2/2009 - Vin de Florin wrote:
Deep color. Aromatic nose of red cherries, chocolate, and the perfume of oak. Pleasantly dry and balanced on the palate with concentrated flavors and smooth tannins. Enjoyable finish with a slight chalkiness.
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11/26/2008 - JavaMonkey wrote: 86 Points
Plum, sour cherry, oak, a little bit of asphalt. The palate is moderate to light in weight. It's a handsome wine, nicely structured. Nice finish.
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10/12/2008 - chapel hill wino wrote: 90 Points
3-4 hour decant. Had with home-made lasagna and a spinach salad. Dark currants and fruit on the nose early, then vanilla and oak creeping in over time. The palate was dominated first by black currents, black berries, and then with a smooth silky finish with well integrated tannins. The oak was persistent throughout the palate. The pairing was excellent, the fruit enjoyable, but the oak was distracting (-2 points). This could have been awesome.
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9/21/2008 - gtcorlew wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful aroma. Palate of mixed bright and dark red fruits. Rich full body. Smooth and silky with a good finish. Very good finish. Should continue to age well.
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9/14/2008 - CTwine wrote: 86 Points
Not much on the nose. Muted fruit. Disappointed
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7/29/2008 - chrisfacchina wrote: 90 Points
good wine
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7/26/2008 - rossnross wrote: 90 Points
Really like it
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6/7/2008 - codewheeney wrote: 88 Points
drank at pesto brothers in flagstaff. great earthy nose, pleasantly dry.
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4/21/2008 - MonkeyK wrote:
Really nice wine, but I think that it is about peaked as it did not improve after being open for a couple of days.
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3/1/2008 - SteveHyde wrote:
best of the lot. finally showing some balance, and cleaner, less oaky fruit.
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2/15/2008 - drphil wrote: 86 Points
Earth/barnyard on the nose and oak palate. Held up very nicely to spicy Italian dish but was generally more drinkable than memorable.
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1/24/2008 - camacu wrote: 88 Points
If it were only to be judged on the dark ruby color, and the smoky plums on the nose, this would be a delicious mate for a hearty beef stew. (which it was) The taste didn't quite open as much as we expected, but there was a nice swirl of berry fruits, and enough acidity to make for a nice mouth full.
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8/19/2007 - chapel hill wino wrote: 91 Points
decanted 4 hours. Nose isn't giving too much, slight blackfruit, traces of green pepper. Palate: Still tight tannins, could use another year or two. Dark Fruit and some vegetal components. Had with steak and baked ptatoes and it went really well. This was a good pairing! One more bottle will wait a year.
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7/11/2007 - pfrichar wrote: 85 Points
May have opened too soon. Quite tannic, with fruit not pushing through to balance. Better with food (pasta with a rich Bolognese sauce) but wish I had cellared for another 1-3 years. I'd wait and try again later.
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6/26/2007 - Russ wrote: 91 Points
Opened for an hour. Beautiful dark ruby color. A bit of a sweet/leather and spice nose. Tasted plum, spice, leather, and some tannins. The flavors held up the next day. First time trying this table wine. Highly recommended.
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5/28/2007 - PurpleHaze wrote: 88 Points
Dark ruby. Powerful nose of vanilla and dark fruit. Flavors of plums, dark cherry and spice. Mouthfilling. Tannins nicely balanced. Then.......nothing. This wine just quit after around 15 seconds. Nothing there? Amazingly short. I hope this will flesh out in time, as the beginning was so promising and the ending such a dissapointment. No improvement on second day.
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4/24/2007 - amateurwino wrote: 92 Points
Once again, Crognolo never lets me down. Delicious. Berry fruit, with structure underneath (smoke? leather? can't remember now, it's been several days) to kick it into upper echelons. Consider buying more.
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4/18/2007 - SteveHyde wrote:
same impression as last time. NOt a wine for me.
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3/31/2007 - SteveHyde wrote:
overoaked, overextracted, no discernable sense of place. A disappointment.
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2/24/2007 - N2Vin wrote: 90 Points
An attractive wine on the nose with plenty of ripe cherry and berry fruit, plum and spices and a touch of oak. Very smooth and silk like tannin, with good balance. Drinking nicely now. My sense is that this is to be drunk now. It did not hold up well to several hours of air.
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1/18/2007 - The Commish wrote: 89 Points
Like this better every time I open one. Fruity without being overwhleming - moderate tannins.
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12/26/2006 - The Commish wrote: 90 Points
This is a 90% Sangiovese that's been reined in with 10% Merlot. The result is fruity without being overbearing.
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6/15/2006 - maverickdrinker wrote: 91 Points
colour is a little translucent, beautiful purple; aromas of sugar, plums, cherries; lots of milk chocolate on the taste as well as some nice fruit; a little rough around the edges but should benefit from cellar time; smoothed out as the night progressed; this will be a beauty in a couple of years
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6/8/2006 - dougsmith wrote: 90 Points
Deep ruby color. Really nice, alluring nose of blackberries, spice and smoke. On the palate it's still a bit rough with the tannins, but very good acidic balance to the juicy fruit and spice.
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4/2/2006 - shacke wrote:
Nice drinking while young although could easily be cellared for a year or two more to improve.
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