Crimson in the glass. Cherries and red fruit on the nose with hints of herbal tea and wood. Good acidity in the mouth, red berries, with some raisin and leather/tobacco. Almost medium finish. Decent Rosso but not too complex and bit higher acidity than what I like.
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Without Food: Lovely soft fruit (almost raisiny) on the nose. Light red color. Some bright fruit, plenty of acidity, and medium to light body with some tannic pucker at end. Some tobacco. Light weight in the mouth despite some strong flavors. Could have more balance and harmony between elements so weight matched flavor. Could use more length.
With Bolognese Pasta: Food softened some of the edges, though more tannin that I expected for the medium-light mouthfeel. Would have benefitted from longer to breathe as alcohol esthers were adding slight harsh tinge to wine that would otherwise have nice balance of acidic/tannin with the fat in the food.
Not an amazing QPR, except for that region.
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In an Italian restaurant. Cork massacred by the waiter. Decanted 30min. Nice nose of bloody orange juice with some red fruits. Mouth fresh, elegant, according to the nose ending on a light brambles touch. A simple wine, don't expect extraction or finess but a good drinkability. I feel it respectful of it terroir and grape type (Banfi has been caught by FDA years ago for using unauthorised juice for its Brunello). Drink now through 2014. Reminds me some characteristics of savigny les beaunes because of the vegetal ending. Appreciable
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1/25/2017 - Cattleya11 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wow, wish I would have bought more to age.
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11/29/2016 - Lambylocks wrote: flawed
Corked. Trying to eliminate off smells with plastic wrap. Seemed to help.
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3/11/2016 - s.shah wrote: 86 Points
Crimson in the glass. Cherries and red fruit on the nose with hints of herbal tea and wood. Good acidity in the mouth, red berries, with some raisin and leather/tobacco. Almost medium finish. Decent Rosso but not too complex and bit higher acidity than what I like.
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12/24/2014 - BigBoy_Sonoma wrote: 86 Points
Cherries, herbal tea, cedar, smokey oak. B
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3/11/2014 - cephomer wrote: 88 Points
Westchester Wine School - Italian Wine Dinner (Ardsley, New York): Drank at WWS Italian wine dinner. Nose showed earth notes. Red fruit on palate, some leather here. Mostly 1-dimensional wine. Nothing special
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2/14/2014 - wind5001 wrote:
All in all rather disappointing. Quite sour, not much flavors going on. Wasn't a fan.
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2/11/2014 - jbehrendt Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very good with pasta. Excellent value.
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12/8/2013 - jhamann wrote:
- Crimsom color with slow forming legs. It's unbalanced with a light body. Linear texture with a short finish.
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11/19/2013 - BarryPaulPrice Likes this wine: 88 Points
Without Food: Lovely soft fruit (almost raisiny) on the nose. Light red color. Some bright fruit, plenty of acidity, and medium to light body with some tannic pucker at end. Some tobacco. Light weight in the mouth despite some strong flavors. Could have more balance and harmony between elements so weight matched flavor. Could use more length.
With Bolognese Pasta: Food softened some of the edges, though more tannin that I expected for the medium-light mouthfeel. Would have benefitted from longer to breathe as alcohol esthers were adding slight harsh tinge to wine that would otherwise have nice balance of acidic/tannin with the fat in the food.
Not an amazing QPR, except for that region.
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8/9/2013 - Dunamisky wrote: 87 Points
Had this with ricotta and spinach pasta with sage. Very nice. Opened up well after 30 min
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4/9/2013 - BoozNooz Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice Rosso. Much simpler than a Brunello but nice nontheless
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3/17/2013 - kronfeld wrote: 89 Points
Straightforward, well-made rosso. Too bad it doesn't sell for $15. Acidic, noticeable tannins, pleasant fruit. I would happily drink this every day.
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2/3/2013 - MidLifeVices wrote: 85 Points
Much more fruit than last bottle, previous bottle possibly off.
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12/26/2012 - strawbo wrote: 86 Points
Nose as well as taste has distinct metallic minerals on top of blackcurrant and cherries. Nicely balanced. Missing complexity.
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12/4/2012 - MidLifeVices wrote: 82 Points
Disapointing. Hardly any fruit to the nose, poorly balanced. Did not get better with decanting, nor waiting a day.
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11/18/2012 - diane.forgy@dianeforgy.com wrote: 86 Points
I am not a big sangiovese fan but this was pretty good. I will give it accpectable marks on fruit with cherry and soft tannins.
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11/16/2012 - hitechnomad Likes this wine: 89 Points
very nice for what it is.
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11/5/2012 - dead puddle wrote: 86 Points
In an Italian restaurant. Cork massacred by the waiter. Decanted 30min. Nice nose of bloody orange juice with some red fruits. Mouth fresh, elegant, according to the nose ending on a light brambles touch. A simple wine, don't expect extraction or finess but a good drinkability. I feel it respectful of it terroir and grape type (Banfi has been caught by FDA years ago for using unauthorised juice for its Brunello). Drink now through 2014. Reminds me some characteristics of savigny les beaunes because of the vegetal ending. Appreciable
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10/31/2012 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 83 Points
Black fruit, cassis, jammy notes, and tobacco. Lacked a mid-palate.
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