Deep brick color with wonderful earthy fruit nose. Deep smooth flavor of earth, leather, and cherry flavor. Wonderful old world Italian wine. Wish we had several bottles to enjoy this evening.
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This bottle was delicious! Full and smooth with good fruit and structure and acid. better on night 1 than on night 2. This is the 4th bottle of this wine we have had. We loved the first one and thought the wine was a little young and would just get better. the next two bottles were disappointments. we probably drank those in 2007. we were not too excited about trying the last bottle, but we finally got to it and it was great. maybe the wine went through a dumb phase.
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Deep puple color. Blackberry and other dark fruits on the nose. Very smooth wine with a strong mid-palette and long, clean finish. I don't know what was blended with this sangiovese to keep it from being called a brunello, but it was a superb choice, making this wine more accessible earliy and really rounding out the flavors -- not that I'm against the unique terrior of place when it comes to wine. This wine just works very well. It also shows no sign of falling off. I think this wine has a long life ahead, at least 5-7 years. We enjoyed this a lot with whole wheat pasta with a red pasta sauce featuring ground veal and lamb.
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The 2004 Il Nero di Casanova Toscana serves up aromas of blackberry, fresh herbs, earth, dust, and cedar notes. Smooth and silky with a nice long finish.
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Tasty but basically nondescript very modern/soft wine with excessive oak. On the nose it is discernable as sangiovese but in the price range there are a bevy of Chianti, Vino Nobile and Rosso di Montalcino options that I vastly prefer.
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Anniversary Dinner at Courtright's Restaurant (Willow Springs, Illinois): This is a Sangiovese blend which was paired with a complimentary cheese course that John sent out. Filled with black cherry and tar. The cheeses made this wine seem lighter than it actually was. I think this might have been better on its own. 86-87 points.
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Recommended highly by local wine merchant. Black cherry, tar, clove flavors dominate. Quite dark, complex with very firm, dry tannins. Alcohol seemed a bit higher than the stated 14%. After about 20 minutes in the glass, the wine really opened up. This wine will be drinking beautifully within 2-3 years but is very good now.
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I am a big fan of all the Spinetta wines which I have tried. This is no exception. Absolutely black - highly extracted with a beautiful nose of cherries. The wine is huge with the tannins showing but not unpleasant. I have left it open for two days and there is no sign of it breaking down or mellowing out. I thought that I was getting an everyday Tuscan quaf, but this is in need of cellaring and is much more serious that I expected. I am going to look for more at this price and lay it down for a year, two years or so. Sangiovese and Colorino - Maybe a good sign for 2004 Tuscan vintage.
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9/2/2015 - sp4388 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Nice leather and cherry and spice- all just in a kind of muted way. Better with food and better on second day. Tannins mostly faded and easy drinking
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4/4/2014 - sma wrote: 91 Points
Deep brick color with wonderful earthy fruit nose. Deep smooth flavor of earth, leather, and cherry flavor. Wonderful old world Italian wine. Wish we had several bottles to enjoy this evening.
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12/31/2010 - feffer wrote: 91 Points
This bottle was delicious! Full and smooth with good fruit and structure and acid. better on night 1 than on night 2. This is the 4th bottle of this wine we have had. We loved the first one and thought the wine was a little young and would just get better. the next two bottles were disappointments. we probably drank those in 2007. we were not too excited about trying the last bottle, but we finally got to it and it was great. maybe the wine went through a dumb phase.
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11/17/2010 - wequedad wrote: 90 Points
Finall has settled down. ready to go
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10/11/2009 - Wino from Michigan wrote: 91 Points
Great little IGT italian wine -- wish I knew where you could buy this but for $20 something it was amazing.
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8/25/2009 - wahoff wrote: 91 Points
Dark plum color. Very fruity and powerful at the same time, very 'New World' like. Excellent.
Robe violette sombre. Très fuité et puissant en même temps, un caractère très 'Nouveau Monde'. Excellent.
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9/7/2008 - wine guy wrote: 93 Points
Deep puple color. Blackberry and other dark fruits on the nose. Very smooth wine with a strong mid-palette and long, clean finish. I don't know what was blended with this sangiovese to keep it from being called a brunello, but it was a superb choice, making this wine more accessible earliy and really rounding out the flavors -- not that I'm against the unique terrior of place when it comes to wine. This wine just works very well. It also shows no sign of falling off. I think this wine has a long life ahead, at least 5-7 years. We enjoyed this a lot with whole wheat pasta with a red pasta sauce featuring ground veal and lamb.
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8/18/2008 - InternationalWineReport wrote: 91 Points
The 2004 Il Nero di Casanova Toscana serves up aromas of blackberry, fresh herbs, earth, dust, and cedar notes. Smooth and silky with a nice long finish.
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5/29/2008 - BarneyBuzz wrote: 87 Points
A little closed on the nose intially, but after 30 mins, tar, faint cherries. Palate- TAR, OAK! Faint cheries with smooth tannins. very inky.
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7/8/2007 - jrglm wrote: 88 Points
A lot of fruit on the nose. Dense and inky to the eye. We did enjoy this quite a bit.
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7/3/2007 - ksmith wrote: 89 Points
Deep purple. Vanilla and oak. Plum and other dark fruit. Good acidity to pair with food.
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12/30/2006 - pbjosh wrote: 88 Points
Tasty but basically nondescript very modern/soft wine with excessive oak. On the nose it is discernable as sangiovese but in the price range there are a bevy of Chianti, Vino Nobile and Rosso di Montalcino options that I vastly prefer.
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7/13/2006 - Vino Me wrote: 87 Points
Anniversary Dinner at Courtright's Restaurant (Willow Springs, Illinois): This is a Sangiovese blend which was paired with a complimentary cheese course that John sent out. Filled with black cherry and tar. The cheeses made this wine seem lighter than it actually was. I think this might have been better on its own. 86-87 points.
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5/18/2006 - Crae wrote: 90 Points
Dark purplish color with hint of oak and vanilla and plummy fruit. Very nice.
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5/16/2006 - ksmith wrote: 91 Points
Still like this a lot
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4/29/2006 - ksmith wrote: 91 Points
Deep purple, almost black. Nose of dark fruits. Black cherry, mild oak, firm but pleasant tannins. Ordered some more; can't get enough
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12/16/2005 - cck wrote: 91 Points
Recommended highly by local wine merchant. Black cherry, tar, clove flavors dominate. Quite dark, complex with very firm, dry tannins. Alcohol seemed a bit higher than the stated 14%. After about 20 minutes in the glass, the wine really opened up. This wine will be drinking beautifully within 2-3 years but is very good now.
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11/5/2005 - repoper wrote:
I am a big fan of all the Spinetta wines which I have tried. This is no exception. Absolutely black - highly extracted with a beautiful nose of cherries. The wine is huge with the tannins showing but not unpleasant. I have left it open for two days and there is no sign of it breaking down or mellowing out. I thought that I was getting an everyday Tuscan quaf, but this is in need of cellaring and is much more serious that I expected. I am going to look for more at this price and lay it down for a year, two years or so. Sangiovese and Colorino - Maybe a good sign for 2004 Tuscan vintage.
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