This is one more example of a wine that should age for best results. I mistakenly tasted it too early - a few years ago. Deep garnet juice that opens up immediately with cherries, herbal notes, an develops in a complex mouth with blackcurrants, oak, tobacco, leather, subtle pepper, a hint of freshness. Long finish with silky tannins.
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This was really nice! It's a straight Bordeaux blend but I could swear that there was some sangiovese in there - lots of cherry! Not too complex but this held up very well for us over 24 hours. Nice QPR!
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Dark, almost completely opaque black-red color. Very ripe, opulent nose with expressive aromas of sweet maraschino cherries, some blackcurrant-driven dark berry notes, a little bit of strawberry jam, hints of cherry liqueur pralines and a hint of toffee oak. Alcohol shows a bit as well. The wine if full-bodied and rather oak-driven on the palate with flavors of ripe red cherries, raw cocoa, some sweet oak spice, a hint of dark chocolate and sour cherry bitterness and a hint of sweet raspberry jam. Overall the wine feels quite smooth and silky with its moderate acidity and ripe, mellow tannins that give the wine somewhat structured feel. The finish is long and somewhat bitter with flavors of woody oak, sour cherries, dark cherries and light sweeter hints of blackcurrants, strawberries and vanilla.
A very typical Super Tuscan with a lot of fruit and oak and very little character. If served blind, I'd struggle to geolocate this wine in Italy, let alone in Tuscany. Drinks more like a lighter end Napa Valley Bordeaux-blend than anything Italian. Too sweet and oaky for me - hopefully 8-10 in a cellar might strip the wine from some of its oak and baby fat. Not really worth its price at 29,90€.
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50/30/15/5 Cabernet/Merlot/Cab Franc/Petit Verdot. 18 months 100% new French oak. Modern nose, shows baking spice, red and black fruit, cedar, fresh tobacco. Palate also very New World driven, obvious oak, black fruit, black pepper, red cassis, dark chocolate, medium plus tannins, medium plus alcohol, medium plus finish. Nice wine, I wonder if they sell this much locally.
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10/31/2021 - ftorrisi wrote: 92 Points
Almost one year after my last note opened an other perfect bottle
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11/7/2020 - ftorrisi wrote: 92 Points
This is one more example of a wine that should age for best results. I mistakenly tasted it too early - a few years ago. Deep garnet juice that opens up immediately with cherries, herbal notes, an develops in a complex mouth with blackcurrants, oak, tobacco, leather, subtle pepper, a hint of freshness. Long finish with silky tannins.
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5/19/2019 - guido23 Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was really nice! It's a straight Bordeaux blend but I could swear that there was some sangiovese in there - lots of cherry! Not too complex but this held up very well for us over 24 hours. Nice QPR!
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12/31/2017 - Castello della Gatta Likes this wine: 91 Points
Look my previous note.
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9/1/2017 - Castello della Gatta Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nice Bolgheri Superior. Great QPR.
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5/18/2016 - forceberry wrote: 83 Points
Dark, almost completely opaque black-red color. Very ripe, opulent nose with expressive aromas of sweet maraschino cherries, some blackcurrant-driven dark berry notes, a little bit of strawberry jam, hints of cherry liqueur pralines and a hint of toffee oak. Alcohol shows a bit as well. The wine if full-bodied and rather oak-driven on the palate with flavors of ripe red cherries, raw cocoa, some sweet oak spice, a hint of dark chocolate and sour cherry bitterness and a hint of sweet raspberry jam. Overall the wine feels quite smooth and silky with its moderate acidity and ripe, mellow tannins that give the wine somewhat structured feel. The finish is long and somewhat bitter with flavors of woody oak, sour cherries, dark cherries and light sweeter hints of blackcurrants, strawberries and vanilla.
A very typical Super Tuscan with a lot of fruit and oak and very little character. If served blind, I'd struggle to geolocate this wine in Italy, let alone in Tuscany. Drinks more like a lighter end Napa Valley Bordeaux-blend than anything Italian. Too sweet and oaky for me - hopefully 8-10 in a cellar might strip the wine from some of its oak and baby fat. Not really worth its price at 29,90€.
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6/22/2015 - GTFreek wrote:
50/30/15/5 Cabernet/Merlot/Cab Franc/Petit Verdot. 18 months 100% new French oak. Modern nose, shows baking spice, red and black fruit, cedar, fresh tobacco. Palate also very New World driven, obvious oak, black fruit, black pepper, red cassis, dark chocolate, medium plus tannins, medium plus alcohol, medium plus finish. Nice wine, I wonder if they sell this much locally.
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