Dernière de mes 6 bouteilles. De couleur rubis à grenat (franc, éclatant et fluide). Un nez épicé, floral (iris), fruité (cerise) et végétal (poivrons et champignons). Étonnant mais aussi des effluves de beurre d'arachides. La bouche est fraiche, cerisé, très légèrement goudronnée et épicée. Les tannins sont enrobés. Le vin est velouté/gras. Il a toujour du corps et demeure de très bonne persistance. Aurait pu encore vieillir qqes années en cave, malgrè ce que Parker et Galloni prétandaient. Le ratio 50% sangio, 30% merlot et 20% Cab-Sauvi en fait un vin plus intérresant que ses versions plus récentes fait de merlot à 50% (et qui exhube sur le caramel comme un porto).
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Drank several of these ~4 years ago and they we much stronger. This did not taste old, but hadn't gained much and has lost some fruit and balance. Tannins are stronger; pepper/heat are much stronger mid through finish. Still good Tuscan color though starting to lose its clarity. Decanted ~45 minutes.
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15/20 * * * SAQ:28$ VISUEL: rubis moyen OLFACTIF:fruité discret GUSTATIF:bons tanins, bien équilibré en bouche. Les saveurs fruités sont bien intégrés. ENSEMBLE: très bon....
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This is a excellent tuscan wine with a very positive value for money ratio. The nose is rich of notes of berries, eucalyptus and leather - the palate is velvety, round and all-encompassing, the finish medium-long. It definitively punches above it's weight.
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The wine looks Ruby colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like and Blackberry. It tastes like and Blackberry. The body is Medium. The wine is textured Silky. The wine finishes Medium.
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This is not quite as vigorous as the 2007 which we tasted recently, perhaps because it has softened with age or maybe because the vintage is slightly lighter. However, it has soft, attractive fruit, good balance and some length. Very enjoyable.
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This is starting to soften as it matures. It has attractive fruit (plum/cherry), and good structure and length. Drinking well now but will last a while longer.
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I have always liked this supertuscan and still do. Now this one was very velvety with very round tannins. Went down well the last summer evening 2008, at least in Sweden
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The bottle open up with classic sangiovese nose, rustic, cedar, woody nose. Decanted for two hours, and the month feel was a little more toward a cab, dark fruit, sour cherry and a hint of dark chocolate. Back end tannin was there, but not very smooth. Acidity is okay. The overall structure is solid, but not outstanding.
Drank the remaining half the next day, the nose was almost gone and not a sangio nose at all, more cab than anything else. Tasted kind of flappy with dark fruit and sour cherry still present. Overall not terribly impress though
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Drank at Il Terrazzo Carmine, Seattle. Yummy! A great super-Tuscan with a fairly new-world style, blending Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Nicely balanced and not overdone, with a nice long finish. I need to try find some for home.
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Wonderful sangiovese. This opened with a wonderful nose of berries and herbs. THis is a big wine. Tasted more new-world with a hint of Italy. Not as acidic as most sangioveses. Full mouthfeel, long tannic finish. This one's a keeper.
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i get peoples descriptors of this but the oak influence in pathetic...italy needs terroir and sense of place to suit my palate.....
meh and bleh....sheiza.....crap ...so many more descriptors.....
over oaked nose remniscent of many california cabs. Dark black fruits, vanilla. No aspects that are true to place. On the palate rich and overweight with a bitter midpalate dominated by wood. More black fruits and vanilla. Extremely disappointing. New world and oak fans are going to dig on this....im not even getting italian acid with this or a hint of place with this......BAD effort for my palate.....85pts. still a well made wine but not for me....somewhat pissed about this bottle. _________________
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Very dark red.On the nose some restrained dark fruitiness and leather.The palate is smooth with dark berries, slightly tart cherries and a hint of loam.Good balance.Opened up and was better the next day.
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Nice bottle, prune, spicy pepper dry mid pallet and a nice soft finish all though the fruit was somewhat monolithic. I think it would develop some nice nuances in a couple of years.
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At Ferre in West Village. deep color, dark fruit and vanilla-y oak on the nose. Good fruit on the palate without over-sweetness.Soft to medium tannins on the finish, went great with food and decent price point
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Opened and poured into a wide bottom decanter, consumed over 2.5 hours. Dark ruby to purple color. Nose is a bit muted, even after 2.5 hours, not giving up much. A hint of cherry hidden under very faint aromas of earth, pine (forest floor?) and some smoke. Sangiovese dominates the palate with sour cherry up front, intermixed with some cinnamon and spice, transitioning to some leather and mushroom overtones, and a dry dusty, long finish. This is all complemented by nice acidity, making this a good food wine. This really has put on some weight, and revealed more fruit over the course of the 2.5 hours. Half bottle saved, and I expect this to improve further.
50% Sangiovese, 30% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, $19.98
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This wine needs time to open. My first glass, pop & pour, wasn't that enjoyable. An hour or so later the sweet dark fruits & tobacco started to come through. I'm very anxious to taste it again in 24 hours. I think the 2nd time around will be a excellent.
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PI. Bons aromas, moderno mas equilibrado. Notas de coco, chocolate, barrique bem dosada. Ótima acidez, taninos finos, pronto para beber. Por 22 Euros, preço do restaurante, é um ótimo custo/benefício. E.
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Deep purple color, with nose of blackberry and leather. On the palate, ripe berry, tobacco, and cedar. Tannins and a touch of heat on the staying finish. Young, but with many elements of a very nice wine. Good QPR at $22.
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purchased one bottle for evaulation--1st night: not giving much on the nose, light notes of raspberry and green pepper that does evolve over the evening. The palate eventually gives dark fruit, tobacco, and a few more nuances I had a hard time pinning down. Acid content is subdued and the tannins are hidden behind very extracted and concentrated fruit. This is a solid buy for ~$18. Will see how the bottle finishes tonight, but it looks like a buy.
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12/29/2014 - Ugo First Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dernière de mes 6 bouteilles. De couleur rubis à grenat (franc, éclatant et fluide). Un nez épicé, floral (iris), fruité (cerise) et végétal (poivrons et champignons). Étonnant mais aussi des effluves de beurre d'arachides. La bouche est fraiche, cerisé, très légèrement goudronnée et épicée. Les tannins sont enrobés. Le vin est velouté/gras. Il a toujour du corps et demeure de très bonne persistance. Aurait pu encore vieillir qqes années en cave, malgrè ce que Parker et Galloni prétandaient. Le ratio 50% sangio, 30% merlot et 20% Cab-Sauvi en fait un vin plus intérresant que ses versions plus récentes fait de merlot à 50% (et qui exhube sur le caramel comme un porto).
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3/15/2014 - paul canet wrote:
Bon vin d'apres midi... A son apogee
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11/30/2013 - WinthropT96 wrote: 87 Points
Drank several of these ~4 years ago and they we much stronger. This did not taste old, but hadn't gained much and has lost some fruit and balance. Tannins are stronger; pepper/heat are much stronger mid through finish. Still good Tuscan color though starting to lose its clarity. Decanted ~45 minutes.
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11/17/2013 - BoireBio Likes this wine: 83 Points
15/20 * * * SAQ:28$
VISUEL: rubis moyen
OLFACTIF:fruité discret
GUSTATIF:bons tanins, bien équilibré en bouche. Les saveurs fruités sont bien intégrés.
ENSEMBLE: très bon....
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7/7/2013 - yipen Likes this wine:
Nice super Tuscan, a good buy for me. will seek out more for sure. fruity with some leather, tannic structure.
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3/31/2013 - CalimerosDad Likes this wine: 88 Points
Ausgewogene Tannine, angenehme Frucht, mittlerer Körper. Ordentliches Preis-Genuss-Verhältnis.
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8/2/2012 - mprovencal Likes this wine: 85 Points
I feel this wine wasn't ready to drink. Still had too much vanilla flavor in it. Drank it at exactly 18 celcius.
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2/12/2012 - G & J Wines wrote:
- Light/Medium body with a medium finish - Good bottle should of been drank in 08/09
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1/16/2012 - Rcolella wrote:
very good
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10/23/2011 - alba_br wrote: 90 Points
Muito equilibrado. Excelente.
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7/23/2011 - Parax wrote: 92 Points
This is a excellent tuscan wine with a very positive value for money ratio. The nose is rich of notes of berries, eucalyptus and leather - the palate is velvety, round and all-encompassing, the finish medium-long. It definitively punches above it's weight.
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2/7/2011 - gbynum wrote: flawed
Bottle was corked!
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1/21/2011 - golby24 wrote: 90 Points
The wine looks Ruby colored.
The legs are Medium.
It smells like and Blackberry.
It tastes like and Blackberry.
The body is Medium.
The wine is textured Silky.
The wine finishes Medium.
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1/18/2011 - golby24 wrote: 89 Points
Decent red wine
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12/11/2010 - MatsRahm wrote:
Very nice nose but taste not up to match the nose. Still very nice.
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12/6/2009 - bboy wrote: 88 Points
It has matured very nicely, wellbalanced, quite typical italian. Cherries
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11/13/2009 - LynnMJ wrote: 87 Points
Dark wine, medium body, smooth finish. Enjoyed with pizza.
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10/25/2009 - archambault wrote: 89 Points
toujours aussi bon. Bien équilibré. Pas de mauvaise surprise avec ce vin...
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10/12/2009 - Esteban wrote: 86 Points
OK sans plus!
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8/15/2009 - Blue Shorts wrote: 89 Points
50+5+12+15+7 A very enjoyable wine. Nice nose of dark fruit. Pleasing, full mouthfeel. Very much new world styled.
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7/18/2009 - La Grappe wrote: 86 Points
This is not quite as vigorous as the 2007 which we tasted recently, perhaps because it has softened with age or maybe because the vintage is slightly lighter. However, it has soft, attractive fruit, good balance and some length. Very enjoyable.
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7/18/2009 - La Grappe wrote: 86 Points
This is starting to soften as it matures. It has attractive fruit (plum/cherry), and good structure and length. Drinking well now but will last a while longer.
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3/31/2009 - La Grappe wrote: 87 Points
Round, fresh, blackberry/cherry fruit with a hint of coffee; attractive drinking now and so probably not for long keeping.
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11/24/2008 - La Grappe wrote: 86 Points
Fresh, youthful fruit, with cherry and plum flavours; quite full on the palate and moderately long on the finish.
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10/19/2008 - Blue Shorts wrote:
Once again, this wine pleases. I think it's my favorite italian wine. I prefer this to the brunellos and other sangiovese that I've had. Wonderful!
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9/7/2008 - La Grappe wrote: 84 Points
Medium weight, quite deeply coloured, with attractive fruit; a hint of bitter cherries; good length, but a slightly harsh finish.
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9/3/2008 - La Grappe wrote: 86 Points
Cherries, plums and a hint of fruit cake. This now seems fairly mature, with a good depth of flavour and colour.
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8/29/2008 - bboy wrote: 86 Points
I have always liked this supertuscan and still do. Now this one was very velvety with very round tannins. Went down well the last summer evening 2008, at least in Sweden
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8/27/2008 - La Grappe wrote: 85 Points
Rich fruit and spice flavours; cherries, blackcurrant, cinnamon; good depth of flavour, but not as well rounded as some. Very good for a third wine.
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8/26/2008 - boreddoughboy wrote: 88 Points
Dark purple with ripe fruit , berries and overtones of oak. Still sharp tannins. Turned Lauries teeth purple, which is sexy.
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7/17/2008 - Hotshot162 wrote: 88 Points
The bottle open up with classic sangiovese nose, rustic, cedar, woody nose. Decanted for two hours, and the month feel was a little more toward a cab, dark fruit, sour cherry and a hint of dark chocolate. Back end tannin was there, but not very smooth. Acidity is okay. The overall structure is solid, but not outstanding.
Drank the remaining half the next day, the nose was almost gone and not a sangio nose at all, more cab than anything else. Tasted kind of flappy with dark fruit and sour cherry still present. Overall not terribly impress though
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7/3/2008 - stangu wrote: 91 Points
I opened this bottle at 5am & left it on the counter until I got home from work at 6pm......Damn....That's some good wine!!!!
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7/1/2008 - Gadget75 wrote: 92 Points
Très bon, assez corsé
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5/16/2008 - MrSnooty wrote: 90 Points
Drank at Il Terrazzo Carmine, Seattle.
Yummy! A great super-Tuscan with a fairly new-world style, blending Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Nicely balanced and not overdone, with a nice long finish. I need to try find some for home.
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5/4/2008 - Blue Shorts wrote: 93 Points
Wonderful sangiovese. This opened with a wonderful nose of berries and herbs. THis is a big wine. Tasted more new-world with a hint of Italy. Not as acidic as most sangioveses. Full mouthfeel, long tannic finish. This one's a keeper.
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4/30/2008 - LPskeleton wrote: 85 Points
i get peoples descriptors of this but the oak influence in pathetic...italy needs terroir and sense of place to suit my palate.....
meh and bleh....sheiza.....crap ...so many more descriptors.....
over oaked nose remniscent of many california cabs. Dark black fruits, vanilla. No aspects that are true to place. On the palate rich and overweight with a bitter midpalate dominated by wood. More black fruits and vanilla. Extremely disappointing. New world and oak fans are going to dig on this....im not even getting italian acid with this or a hint of place with this......BAD effort for my palate.....85pts. still a well made wine but not for me....somewhat pissed about this bottle.
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3/30/2008 - MichaelF wrote: 88 Points
Nice tobacco, damp soil, raspberry nose. Full bodied, rich, dark berry nose with silky tannins. A wine to enjoy now.
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3/29/2008 - Henman wrote: 88 Points
Very dark red.On the nose some restrained dark fruitiness and leather.The palate is smooth with dark berries, slightly tart cherries and a hint of loam.Good balance.Opened up and was better the next day.
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3/16/2008 - walkers wrote: 90 Points
No specific notes, but I know we both thought it was fantastic. (0 views)
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2/24/2008 - loverboy wrote: 89 Points
Mineral, blackberries. Medium at the beginning, gained weight with time. Nice everyday wine.
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2/19/2008 - jivey wrote: 90 Points
Nice bottle, prune, spicy pepper dry mid pallet and a nice soft finish all though the fruit was somewhat monolithic. I think it would develop some nice nuances in a couple of years.
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2/19/2008 - kstoddard wrote: 90 Points
Blackberry, black pepper and violets. Good balance. Nice complexity on the finish.
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2/2/2008 - VoteferPedro wrote: 89 Points
At Ferre in West Village. deep color, dark fruit and vanilla-y oak on the nose. Good fruit on the palate without over-sweetness.Soft to medium tannins on the finish,
went great with food and decent price point
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12/14/2007 - Grape_ape wrote: 89 Points
Opened and poured into a wide bottom decanter, consumed over 2.5 hours. Dark ruby to purple color. Nose is a bit muted, even after 2.5 hours, not giving up much. A hint of cherry hidden under very faint aromas of earth, pine (forest floor?) and some smoke. Sangiovese dominates the palate with sour cherry up front, intermixed with some cinnamon and spice, transitioning to some leather and mushroom overtones, and a dry dusty, long finish. This is all complemented by nice acidity, making this a good food wine. This really has put on some weight, and revealed more fruit over the course of the 2.5 hours. Half bottle saved, and I expect this to improve further.
50% Sangiovese, 30% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, $19.98
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12/13/2007 - stangu wrote: 89 Points
This wine needs time to open. My first glass, pop & pour, wasn't that enjoyable. An hour or so later the sweet dark fruits & tobacco started to come through. I'm very anxious to taste it again in 24 hours. I think the 2nd time around will be a excellent.
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12/5/2007 - Vinho wrote: 90 Points
PI. Bons aromas, moderno mas equilibrado. Notas de coco, chocolate, barrique bem dosada. Ótima acidez, taninos finos, pronto para beber. Por 22 Euros, preço do restaurante, é um ótimo custo/benefício. E.
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11/25/2007 - scott davis wrote: 88 Points
Deep purple color, with nose of blackberry and leather. On the palate, ripe berry, tobacco, and cedar. Tannins and a touch of heat on the staying finish. Young, but with many elements of a very nice wine. Good QPR at $22.
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11/21/2007 - chapel hill wino wrote: 89 Points
purchased one bottle for evaulation--1st night: not giving much on the nose, light notes of raspberry and green pepper that does evolve over the evening. The palate eventually gives dark fruit, tobacco, and a few more nuances I had a hard time pinning down. Acid content is subdued and the tannins are hidden behind very extracted and concentrated fruit. This is a solid buy for ~$18. Will see how the bottle finishes tonight, but it looks like a buy.
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6/17/2007 - knudwig wrote: 88 Points
Smooth with a nice long finish
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