Zh) (CS,M, Sang) voll da, kein bisschen müde, erfreulich, unerwartet nach 20 J! Gepaarte Frucht und Kraft: den kann man lutschen und beißen. Toll. Macht Spaß. Eleganz kommt nicht ganz an den d‘Alceo ran, etwas rauher und bissiger…aber mit besonderem rustikalen Charme.
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The wine looks crimson colored. The legs are slow, long and thin. Moderate sediment present in bottle, this was decanted off. It smells like raisin, blackberry, raspberry and chocolate. It tastes like red cherry, mineral, leather (saddle), mild oak, sweet tomato and tobacco. The body is medium/full. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has mild acidity and is mildly tannic. Decanted and tasted over 4.5 hours, was at its best after 3 hours and didn't seem to evolve much after this. An excellent wine!
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My last of three bottles that I bought in 2009 and while all three were different, all were amazing. The nose was really nice, old world Italy. The fruit and tannins have mellowed and this is no longer an in your face wine, but very elegant and balanced. I couldn't take my nose out of the glass and every taste brought new surprises.
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Cotat, Jermann, Bonneau, Janasse, Giacosa, Rampolla, Clos Mimi (Downtown Akron): I brought this as a back up bottle but it ended up being opened instead (long story). I thought it might be very ripe and jammy and while no doubt it was on release, this bottle was not. Ruby/purple in color. There is some brett on the nose, not a lot but persistent. There is also cassis, cherries, and sandalwood. With air, some roasted/charred herbs show up. On the palate, this is a bit cleaner. Cherries and some cassis. Good acidity despite the hot vintage. It is a bit drying on the finish. Worked well with food.
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Dark in color, medium-full body. Dark fruit, licorice, cedar, and herbs. Great integration. Tannins are perfectly in balance. Drinking great right now. Decanted 2 hours.
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From memory. Decanted for 2 hrs. Dark Ruby to the eye. Initial coffee grinds on nose goes away at 2 hrs to reveal fruit. Overall more closed, less expressive than 2004 had a year ago but time did soften and bring forward fruit and old world effects I am hoping for.
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A Chinese dinner: Dark garnet. Interesting herbal nose, ripe dark and borderline burned fruit, liquorice, tar. Medium tannins. Medium finish. Very typical 2003, and not a vintage/style I enjoy much.
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Very dark color. Ripe nose of dark fruit, licorice and plum. Not oxidative but reminds you as much of an AUS Shiraz or a new world CabSav. The palate is very dense and fruity. There are lots of tannins in the background which are a bit angular but given the spades fruit pose no problem, at least for my palate. Overall aromatically a bit simple.
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deep purple color, opaque. Full bodied, dark fruit; blackberry, black cherry. good fruit, Leather modest smooth tannins and moderate finish. good with porterhouse steak
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Cedar and berry aroma upon opening but shut down quickly. 30 minute decant was too short. Even after an hour the wine was closed. Tannins were prominent as was the acidity. Dark dark cherry fruit but it was in the background. Licorice and dark cherry finish. Think it will be better in a year or two.
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Brimming with ripe dark cherries, blackberries, damp earth, licorice and tar. This is full-bodied and muscular with a juicy core of concentrated fruits. This finishes up long, but with a tart edge. Composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 5% Sangiovese. (Best through 2018)
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Still rockin'. Needed an hour or more of air. Full bodied. Tannins still fairly strong. I'll give this one at least another 2-3 years before I open my second bottle. Fruit is prune, ripe blackberry and you could tell this was from a warm ripe vintage. Acidity is good to add balance. Although I thoroughly enjoyed this bottle, it was a little too ripe for my taste. Much prefer 2004.
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Brought to a wine dinner along with the 2006 Vigna d'Alceo. Decanted about 3 hours. Paired perfectly with Veal Tenderloin. Excellent as always and stood up extremely well to the Vigna d'Alceo and some preferred this. Drinking extremely well with a balance of power and elegance. One more in the cellar and will wait as long as I can before trying again.
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Extremely tight even after 8 years. Lower than average acidity makes me worried if it will ever gets to open up enough. I drank part of the bottle he next day, still could benefit from oxidation! I would wait another 3-4 years before I try it again.
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purple color is followed by a sweet nose of high class cigar tobacco intermixed with smoke, minerals, black currants, and vanilla. In the mouth, it is dense, medium to full-bodied ... but too sweet
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Big nose, big fruit, dark cherries, tobacco, leather and earth backed by an impressive tannin structure and acidity. This is a big powerful wine, it is ready to drink now and will age well for at least 10-15 more years
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Amazing! Such a fresh, full of life wine. The fruit was lively and the tannins where massive. This is excellent now and will continue to get much better over time. I can't wait to try this again.
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NY/NJ WLTV Offline (Fabio's NYC): Nose of cherry fruit, earth and I actually found it a touch vegetal. Similar notes on the palate with big tannin structure.
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A very enjoyable wine. Ripe almost porty at times as described by others but all the components well worked together. Tasty, delicious, bold but not flabby.
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Very seductive nose. Incredible amounts of dried tobacco, cassis, dark fruits, and raspberries. Still a very young wine, its best to either wait on this bottle or decant for multiple hours. Even after 5.5 hours decant, it's still very tannic, but shows great great promise for maturing into a superstar. Lots of stewed raspberries, leather, and forest floor essence are the key aspects of this wine.
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ripe, jammy nose along with licorice, cassis, and sweet dark fruit nuances that flow from the glass. Full-bodied and long on the palate, full and rich, with lots of sweet fruit and a silky, caressing palate.
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This wine has a rich deep purple color, with a nose that is boasting of dark fruit, tobacco, and earth. The palate is intense with dark fruits, cherries, a very slight hint of licorice, which pleasantly last through the finish.
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Flock - Super Tuscan Tasting (Bob and Ann's): Full nose is rich, big and blunt with dark roasted fruit, spice and smoke. Big and rich of the palate with plenty of underlying acidic cut. Persistent and very long with lots of firm tannins gripping, but not clamping down the palate. Long spicy finish shows more roasted fruit. Very young. Group's #4, My #8. I underrated this one.
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Wineflock - Super Tuscan's (Bob & Ann's): Gropu #4, My #5 - Full deep red/purple color. Big rich jammy black fruit nose iwth a hint of sweet tart. Big sweet tart black fruit and licorice - very ripe and round but furm structure. Long puckering finish. 93-94 pts.
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3/16/2023 - Axelpeter wrote: 93 Points
Zh) (CS,M, Sang) voll da, kein bisschen müde, erfreulich, unerwartet nach 20 J! Gepaarte Frucht und Kraft: den kann man lutschen und beißen. Toll. Macht Spaß. Eleganz kommt nicht ganz an den d‘Alceo ran, etwas rauher und bissiger…aber mit besonderem rustikalen Charme.
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1/16/2021 - Cmainardi wrote: 91 Points
Enjoyable and ready to drink
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11/6/2019 - rgawlowski Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep purple; tannic, but opening up after a 2-hour decant; dark fruit, good nose; very good balance.
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9/7/2018 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still got plenty of structure. Restrained and elegant.
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9/7/2017 - Teaky Likes this wine: 93 Points
The wine looks crimson colored. The legs are slow, long and thin. Moderate sediment present in bottle, this was decanted off. It smells like raisin, blackberry, raspberry and chocolate. It tastes like red cherry, mineral, leather (saddle), mild oak, sweet tomato and tobacco. The body is medium/full. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has mild acidity and is mildly tannic. Decanted and tasted over 4.5 hours, was at its best after 3 hours and didn't seem to evolve much after this. An excellent wine!
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7/12/2017 - J. wrote: flawed
Corked
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4/23/2017 - J. wrote: flawed
Corked
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4/15/2017 - mjm583 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very good
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3/20/2017 - bablues wrote: 94 Points
My last of three bottles that I bought in 2009 and while all three were different, all were amazing. The nose was really nice, old world Italy. The fruit and tannins have mellowed and this is no longer an in your face wine, but very elegant and balanced. I couldn't take my nose out of the glass and every taste brought new surprises.
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12/11/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 93 Points
Cotat, Jermann, Bonneau, Janasse, Giacosa, Rampolla, Clos Mimi (Downtown Akron): I brought this as a back up bottle but it ended up being opened instead (long story). I thought it might be very ripe and jammy and while no doubt it was on release, this bottle was not. Ruby/purple in color. There is some brett on the nose, not a lot but persistent. There is also cassis, cherries, and sandalwood. With air, some roasted/charred herbs show up. On the palate, this is a bit cleaner. Cherries and some cassis. Good acidity despite the hot vintage. It is a bit drying on the finish. Worked well with food.
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10/18/2016 - PSUSteve Likes this wine: 92 Points
After a short slow ox, this was very to go. Dark fruit with earth and leather.
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9/9/2016 - kcsteve wrote: 93 Points
Dark in color, medium-full body. Dark fruit, licorice, cedar, and herbs. Great integration. Tannins are perfectly in balance. Drinking great right now. Decanted 2 hours.
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12/25/2015 - Chiantihound wrote: 91 Points
From memory. Decanted for 2 hrs. Dark Ruby to the eye. Initial coffee grinds on nose goes away at 2 hrs to reveal fruit. Overall more closed, less expressive than 2004 had a year ago but time did soften and bring forward fruit and old world effects I am hoping for.
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12/9/2015 - kcsteve Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark in color, medium-dense body. Dark fruit, licorice, cedar, and herbs. Drinking great right now. Pnp. Better after an hour.
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4/5/2015 - Winiac wrote: 91 Points
Impeccable structure and sweet fruit. No funk on beautiful bouquet.
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1/17/2015 - dsapp Likes this wine: 95 Points
WOTN over solid field: Decanted for three hours, drank over next three. Paired with wife's baked rigatoni with sweet sausage. Everyone raved.
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11/8/2014 - pavel_p wrote: 90 Points
A Chinese dinner: Dark garnet. Interesting herbal nose, ripe dark and borderline burned fruit, liquorice, tar. Medium tannins. Medium finish. Very typical 2003, and not a vintage/style I enjoy much.
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11/8/2014 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points
Very dark color. Ripe nose of dark fruit, licorice and plum. Not oxidative but reminds you as much of an AUS Shiraz or a new world CabSav. The palate is very dense and fruity. There are lots of tannins in the background which are a bit angular but given the spades fruit pose no problem, at least for my palate. Overall aromatically a bit simple.
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1/29/2013 - wine n joy Likes this wine: 91 Points
deep purple color, opaque. Full bodied, dark fruit; blackberry, black cherry. good fruit, Leather modest smooth tannins and moderate finish. good with porterhouse steak
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12/19/2012 - kcsteve Likes this wine: 90 Points
Cedar and berry aroma upon opening but shut down quickly. 30 minute decant was too short. Even after an hour the wine was closed. Tannins were prominent as was the acidity. Dark dark cherry fruit but it was in the background. Licorice and dark cherry finish. Think it will be better in a year or two.
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9/2/2012 - InternationalWineReport wrote: 92 Points
Brimming with ripe dark cherries, blackberries, damp earth, licorice and tar. This is full-bodied and muscular with a juicy core of concentrated fruits. This finishes up long, but with a tart edge. Composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 5% Sangiovese. (Best through 2018)
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8/19/2012 - prof b wrote: 90 Points
spicy herbs and dark fruits throughout. structure is there. all primary. hold for at least three years.
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7/20/2012 - S_stas wrote: 90 Points
Still rockin'. Needed an hour or more of air. Full bodied. Tannins still fairly strong. I'll give this one at least another 2-3 years before I open my second bottle. Fruit is prune, ripe blackberry and you could tell this was from a warm ripe vintage. Acidity is good to add balance. Although I thoroughly enjoyed this bottle, it was a little too ripe for my taste. Much prefer 2004.
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7/6/2012 - bablues wrote: 94 Points
Brought to a wine dinner along with the 2006 Vigna d'Alceo. Decanted about 3 hours. Paired perfectly with Veal Tenderloin. Excellent as always and stood up extremely well to the Vigna d'Alceo and some preferred this. Drinking extremely well with a balance of power and elegance. One more in the cellar and will wait as long as I can before trying again.
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6/17/2012 - wine n joy wrote: 89 Points
cherry red, clear color. nose of red fruit, cherries. medium weight, pleasant tannins. went well with egg plant parm.
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8/13/2011 - Winiac wrote:
Extremely tight even after 8 years. Lower than average acidity makes me worried if it will ever gets to open up enough. I drank part of the bottle he next day, still could benefit from oxidation! I would wait another 3-4 years before I try it again.
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12/28/2010 - FastTrack Likes this wine: 91 Points
purple color is followed by a sweet nose of high class cigar tobacco intermixed with smoke, minerals, black currants, and vanilla. In the mouth, it is dense, medium to full-bodied ... but too sweet
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7/2/2010 - traderspartan wrote: 94 Points
Big nose, big fruit, dark cherries, tobacco, leather and earth backed by an impressive tannin structure and acidity. This is a big powerful wine, it is ready to drink now and will age well for at least 10-15 more years
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5/23/2010 - bablues wrote: 94 Points
Amazing! Such a fresh, full of life wine. The fruit was lively and the tannins where massive. This is excellent now and will continue to get much better over time. I can't wait to try this again.
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5/18/2010 - pakabear wrote: 94 Points
Needs a lot more time, although drinking well, the tannins are still massive but wow a very good wine.
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3/2/2010 - amgryger wrote:
NY/NJ WLTV Offline (Fabio's NYC): Nose of cherry fruit, earth and I actually found it a touch vegetal. Similar notes on the palate with big tannin structure.
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1/31/2010 - SoCal wrote:
A very enjoyable wine. Ripe almost porty at times as described by others but all the components well worked together. Tasty, delicious, bold but not flabby.
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1/26/2010 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Very seductive nose. Incredible amounts of dried tobacco, cassis, dark fruits, and raspberries. Still a very young wine, its best to either wait on this bottle or decant for multiple hours. Even after 5.5 hours decant, it's still very tannic, but shows great great promise for maturing into a superstar. Lots of stewed raspberries, leather, and forest floor essence are the key aspects of this wine.
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12/28/2009 - FastTrack wrote: 92 Points
ripe, jammy nose along with licorice, cassis, and sweet dark fruit nuances that flow from the glass. Full-bodied and long on the palate, full and rich, with lots of sweet fruit and a silky, caressing palate.
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11/3/2009 - livnviawine wrote: 93 Points
This wine has a rich deep purple color, with a nose that is boasting of dark fruit, tobacco, and earth. The palate is intense with dark fruits, cherries, a very slight hint of licorice, which pleasantly last through the finish.
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3/20/2008 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points
Flock - Super Tuscan Tasting (Bob and Ann's): Full nose is rich, big and blunt with dark roasted fruit, spice and smoke. Big and rich of the palate with plenty of underlying acidic cut. Persistent and very long with lots of firm tannins gripping, but not clamping down the palate. Long spicy finish shows more roasted fruit. Very young. Group's #4, My #8. I underrated this one.
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3/20/2008 - winefool wrote: 93 Points
Wineflock - Super Tuscan's (Bob & Ann's): Gropu #4, My #5 - Full deep red/purple color. Big rich jammy black fruit nose iwth a hint of sweet tart. Big sweet tart black fruit and licorice - very ripe and round but furm structure. Long puckering finish. 93-94 pts.
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2/24/2007 - olebaer wrote: 95 Points
This really is a SuperTuscan! Rich dark berry, nice tannins and good acid.
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