It's been some time since I had such an amazing wine. Lots of sediment on the bottle side. Dark ruby red with orange ring. Open bouquet with extremely ripe and highly developed fruit, yet solid structure and tannin presence to guarantee many more years of development and life in the bottle. Long length and pleasant finish. Worked extremely well with balsamic vinaigrette and olive oil to a complex meat sauce and pasta. Well done!
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Intense color with garnet hues. The aroma is complex, elegant, with intense fruit and notes of ripe plums, spice, and hints of herbs, minerality and leather. The flavor is immense, fatty, tannic, but very balanced, with fresh acidity; long fruity and smooth long finish.
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Decanted for 40mins to an hour. Intense color with garnet hues. The aroma is complex, elegant, with intense fruit and notes of ripe plums, spice, and hints of herbs and leather. The flavor is immense, fatty, tannic, but balanced, with fresh acidity; long fruity and spicy finish.
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Dark fruits and a bit of barnyard on the nose. Firm tannins after a 2-hour decant. Drinking well now, but certainly has ability to age longer. Blueberry and dark cherry, leather, earthiness. Excellent with herbed rack of lamb.
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Color: Dark and impenetrable. Nose: Smells dark, too. Black licorice, blackberries, other dark berries. Mouth: Very good expressiveness. A tad too alcoholic. A slight appetizing sourness. A hint of malt in the finish. This wine has evolved nicely. The bitterness has disappeared. Full bodied wine. Can be stored longer.
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Color: Still youthful with orange reflections at the rim. Transparent ruby. Nose: Something between oranges and cherries, leather. Mouth: The tannins are much tamer now. Good expressiveness and length. But too alcoholic (15.5%). The more I drink of this wine the more unbearable it is. The alcohol spike is too much for me. I surrender. The aroma isn't that great either. Quite wishy-washy. Medium bodied wine. See also my last t.ns. where I gave much higher scores. I assume that the extract that is now missing had then absorbed much of the alcohol.
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Upon opening, this was closed up and bitter. But it improved nicely with an hour in the decanter, and was even better after 2 hours. It has some nice dark fruits on the palette along with some orange peel and tea. Tannins are present, and combined with acid creates a tartness that complements the fruit. I drank without food, and I think this would be better with a ribeye or lamb shoulder.
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I have a son, and if I ever wanted to put hair on his chest early, I would feed him this wine. Tannic as all get out, huge body, alcoholic, this is not for the meek. But it does do its own thing, with its obvious italian rusticity, leather and mushrooms and earth. I appreciate this for what it is, and provided you decant the shit our of this, you can too. Good vintage on this one too.
Color: Not as dark and impenetrable as I remember. Slight orange reflections. Nose: Beef bouillon, blackberries, forest floor. Mouth: Consistent with the nose. After a while of breathing and together with the food I can taste cherries. By the way this is a wine made for food! It shows early signs of maturing and becoming more mellow but it is still a very tannic wine. 15.5% alc. and no wonder it can be felt but still not that bad. I gave 2 points for being off the beaten path.
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Deep ruby in color, no sign of aging. The nose is a little musty and closed at first. It then opens up slightly to reveal ripe black fruit, dried red fruit, savory herbs, wild violets, coffee and licorice. The palate is dry, and consistent with the nose. The tannins are still very high and gripping which, combined with the medium to medium (+) acidity results in a very astringent profile. The alcohol is listed at 15.5% but appears to be lower. To me, this is indicative of the huge structure of this wine. IMHO opinion, this wine is still too young to drink. At a minimum, it needs to be double decanted and consumed with grilled meats. 2007 was a very big vintage in Central Italy, so this wine should be best from 2016 through 2027.
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Heavy body (15% alcohol) dark red wine. Beautiful nose followed by bold fruit when the bottle was opened. Thirty minutes later the wine opened up to a very pleasant experience. I was celebrating a friend's birthday and the wine paired beautifully with my kobe beef cheeseburger and his steak. This wine has many more years in the cellar.
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Tasted at a restaurant. I was looking for a glass to go with a dry cake, something with which Sagrantino normally pairs well. Simply put, I thought this was terrible. I sat with the glass for at least 10 minutes, trying hard to smell and taste past the oppressive influence of new oak, but to no avail. To quote one of my good friends, in my opinion, "This wine has no merit." Disappointing, because while odd, I do enjoy Scacciadiavioli's Sagrantino spumante. Rated -1 on a scale of -1 to 3.
Had at Sagrantino Wine Tasting & Umbrian Popup Dinner with Italian lovers wine tasting group.
Very good QPR for this wine.
While this needs time to soften the tannins more the black & red fruit fruit notes have really good depth and balance here. Quality effort that will go up in points as it gains more complexity with age and tannins soften some more. 91.5+
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The description from my first tasting note still holds but the wine has improved over a year: It has melted together, the bitterness has disappeared and you can taste a sweet fruit core. Still a manly wine though. This is a full bodied wine with lots of extract.
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Very dark color. Nose: Vanilla, leather, wild berries. Mouth: Vanilla, violets, blackberry and other wild berries, Christmas spices, licorice. A lot of grip and the wine tans your mouth which is typical for this high tannin variety. The finish is a bit too bitter for me. After some aeration the bitterness almost disappears. Much better with food. It needs a bit of breathing at this stage. The label indicates 15.5% alc. which is hardly believable because it tastes like a wine with 13% alc. Drink now or in the next 8 years.
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Slightly brighter flavors than the Fangoli we were tasting against this. Good tannins, lots of dark fruit. Two excellent bottles, same locale, same vintage and same grape. Gotta love Italy.
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Om the nose, the wine shows sweet blackberry, wild black cherry and spiced apple. Non-fruits includes a strong scent of black licorice, sweet pipe tobacco and Christmas spices. Dense and rich earthy character followed by soy sauce and cinnamon. The palate is bone dry and tart with a tightening sensation that triggers a primitive need for red meat. Same black fruit profile on the palate but finishes pleasantly astringent and dry.
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8/6/2023 - Winiac wrote: 96 Points
It's been some time since I had such an amazing wine. Lots of sediment on the bottle side. Dark ruby red with orange ring. Open bouquet with extremely ripe and highly developed fruit, yet solid structure and tannin presence to guarantee many more years of development and life in the bottle. Long length and pleasant finish. Worked extremely well with balsamic vinaigrette and olive oil to a complex meat sauce and pasta. Well done!
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2/2/2022 - RowenaT Likes this wine: 94 Points
Intense color with garnet hues. The aroma is complex, elegant, with intense fruit and notes of ripe plums, spice, and hints of herbs, minerality and leather. The flavor is immense, fatty, tannic, but very balanced, with fresh acidity; long fruity and smooth long finish.
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11/18/2020 - RowenaT wrote:
Decanted for 40mins to an hour. Intense color with garnet hues. The aroma is complex, elegant, with intense fruit and notes of ripe plums, spice, and hints of herbs and leather. The flavor is immense, fatty, tannic, but balanced, with fresh acidity; long fruity and spicy finish.
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3/30/2019 - GregB57 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark fruits and a bit of barnyard on the nose. Firm tannins after a 2-hour decant. Drinking well now, but certainly has ability to age longer. Blueberry and dark cherry, leather, earthiness. Excellent with herbed rack of lamb.
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1/15/2019 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 89 Points
Color: Dark and impenetrable. Nose: Smells dark, too. Black licorice, blackberries, other dark berries. Mouth: Very good expressiveness. A tad too alcoholic. A slight appetizing sourness. A hint of malt in the finish. This wine has evolved nicely. The bitterness has disappeared. Full bodied wine. Can be stored longer.
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7/14/2017 - Alexroy wrote: 89 Points
Dark brick red. Dark fruit, spicy black fruit edge. Firm acid, tannic. Big wine.
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6/25/2017 - wineaficionado Does not like this wine: 76 Points
Color: Still youthful with orange reflections at the rim. Transparent ruby. Nose: Something between oranges and cherries, leather. Mouth: The tannins are much tamer now. Good expressiveness and length. But too alcoholic (15.5%). The more I drink of this wine the more unbearable it is. The alcohol spike is too much for me. I surrender. The aroma isn't that great either. Quite wishy-washy. Medium bodied wine. See also my last t.ns. where I gave much higher scores. I assume that the extract that is now missing had then absorbed much of the alcohol.
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1/2/2017 - ElSol Likes this wine: 88 Points
Upon opening, this was closed up and bitter. But it improved nicely with an hour in the decanter, and was even better after 2 hours. It has some nice dark fruits on the palette along with some orange peel and tea. Tannins are present, and combined with acid creates a tartness that complements the fruit. I drank without food, and I think this would be better with a ribeye or lamb shoulder.
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7/18/2016 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 89 Points
I have a son, and if I ever wanted to put hair on his chest early, I would feed him this wine. Tannic as all get out, huge body, alcoholic, this is not for the meek. But it does do its own thing, with its obvious italian rusticity, leather and mushrooms and earth. I appreciate this for what it is, and provided you decant the shit our of this, you can too. Good vintage on this one too.
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1/28/2016 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 89 Points
Color: Not as dark and impenetrable as I remember. Slight orange reflections. Nose: Beef bouillon, blackberries, forest floor. Mouth: Consistent with the nose. After a while of breathing and together with the food I can taste cherries. By the way this is a wine made for food! It shows early signs of maturing and becoming more mellow but it is still a very tannic wine. 15.5% alc. and no wonder it can be felt but still not that bad. I gave 2 points for being off the beaten path.
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11/21/2015 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep ruby in color, no sign of aging. The nose is a little musty and closed at first. It then opens up slightly to reveal ripe black fruit, dried red fruit, savory herbs, wild violets, coffee and licorice. The palate is dry, and consistent with the nose. The tannins are still very high and gripping which, combined with the medium to medium (+) acidity results in a very astringent profile. The alcohol is listed at 15.5% but appears to be lower. To me, this is indicative of the huge structure of this wine. IMHO opinion, this wine is still too young to drink. At a minimum, it needs to be double decanted and consumed with grilled meats. 2007 was a very big vintage in Central Italy, so this wine should be best from 2016 through 2027.
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10/18/2015 - jmottern Likes this wine: 93 Points
Heavy body (15% alcohol) dark red wine. Beautiful nose followed by bold fruit when the bottle was opened. Thirty minutes later the wine opened up to a very pleasant experience. I was celebrating a friend's birthday and the wine paired beautifully with my kobe beef cheeseburger and his steak. This wine has many more years in the cellar.
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3/7/2015 - kevinacohn wrote:
Tasted at a restaurant. I was looking for a glass to go with a dry cake, something with which Sagrantino normally pairs well. Simply put, I thought this was terrible. I sat with the glass for at least 10 minutes, trying hard to smell and taste past the oppressive influence of new oak, but to no avail. To quote one of my good friends, in my opinion, "This wine has no merit." Disappointing, because while odd, I do enjoy Scacciadiavioli's Sagrantino spumante. Rated -1 on a scale of -1 to 3.
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2/25/2015 - gfish Likes this wine: 91 Points
Had at Sagrantino Wine Tasting & Umbrian Popup Dinner with Italian lovers wine tasting group.
Very good QPR for this wine.
While this needs time to soften the tannins more the black & red fruit fruit notes have really good depth and balance here. Quality effort that will go up in points as it gains more complexity with age and tannins soften some more.
91.5+
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12/31/2014 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 91 Points
The description from my first tasting note still holds but the wine has improved over a year: It has melted together, the bitterness has disappeared and you can taste a sweet fruit core. Still a manly wine though. This is a full bodied wine with lots of extract.
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1/5/2014 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very dark color. Nose: Vanilla, leather, wild berries. Mouth: Vanilla, violets, blackberry and other wild berries, Christmas spices, licorice. A lot of grip and the wine tans your mouth which is typical for this high tannin variety. The finish is a bit too bitter for me. After some aeration the bitterness almost disappears. Much better with food. It needs a bit of breathing at this stage. The label indicates 15.5% alc. which is hardly believable because it tastes like a wine with 13% alc. Drink now or in the next 8 years.
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10/1/2013 - blabbott wrote: 89 Points
Slightly brighter flavors than the Fangoli we were tasting against this. Good tannins, lots of dark fruit. Two excellent bottles, same locale, same vintage and same grape. Gotta love Italy.
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3/21/2013 - JesseBeckerMS Likes this wine:
Om the nose, the wine shows sweet blackberry, wild black cherry and spiced apple. Non-fruits includes a strong scent of black licorice, sweet pipe tobacco and Christmas spices. Dense and rich earthy character followed by soy sauce and cinnamon. The palate is bone dry and tart with a tightening sensation that triggers a primitive need for red meat. Same black fruit profile on the palate but finishes pleasantly astringent and dry.
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