A superior deep red wine built for the longhaul. This is in essence a very young wine today. I plopped the bottle in the morning and it was somewhat open for business in the evening. No sediment at all. Transparent red. On the nose are lingonberries, cherries, red currants and raspberry-jam-being-made and cloves. In the mouth this is majestic. I particularly like the way that the lingonberries also carry the taste of butter. Some previous tasters complain about wood. I can only say that the oak is fully integrated. The herbal-peppery-seasoning aspects we couldn't put our fingers on. But towards thyme and cloves with an oily rosemary touch. A rich wine that did a fantastic job with the food and bread at Pecorella.
Deep, dark reddish-purple, essentially opaque in color. Nose was initially reticent but eventually developing with airing into a full, forward & aromatic nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with overtones of floral notes of roses & earthy/dusty, cocoa, coffee grounds, dried herbs, some mint & anise, olives, minerals & spice notes of cloves with some vanilla/toasty oak notes in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of sour cherries, blackberries & dark plums with cocoa, coffee, spices, herbs, minerals & a hint of vanilla/toasty oak. Long lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing but should develop further with additional aging at which time it may merit a higher score (95+).
Intensivt och elegant kraftpaket av rang. Har många, långa år framför sig av raffinerad njutning! Har helt klart potential att nå 💯.
Sommelieren gissade "100% CF och kanske Paleo". Säger en hel del om hur bra detta är. Förra gången vi tog med detta vin köpte kocken in två flaskor privat. Vi har nu ytterligare två flaskor på väg hem...
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Next day from undecanted bottle. One glass left. Touches of light sediment. 27 hours of slow ox did it well. Fully open. Nose of cola and wood with bloody strawberry.
Palate of wood, which is a huge turnoff. The wood is overbearing. I’m going to have to recant all I said about this wine. If your fruit is so good, why add wood like this? Makes no sense. I’m imagining how this might taste with no wood. Can’t. Big disappointment. There’s smoke, there’s charr, there’s wood. Might as well smoke a cigar before drinking this, so that the palate can’t taste it.
Powerful nose of earthen strawberry, fine baking spices, tart cherries/cherry pie, density, more fruit than earth.
Palate of cherry pie, spices, citrus, fine cakes, some bitter of tannins. There’s a component of wood, cooling of tobacco, essence of newly stitched leather, expensive English saddle for Ventasso, blood, drying spices of cured meats, white pepper.
The juice layers on the pepper with more sips and becomes more bloody, peppered prosciutto, humidor, Nicaraguan Tatuaje Nuevitas, (If paired here, you will find multiple similarities, but don’t recommend it as the puffs will taint your palate for days, but maybe not a bad thing as the swigs will prompt your palate into something stronger, say Dalmore 18.)
3 hours in the nose becomes more bloody, and its sanguine nature reflects the reason for the name of the varietal: Sangiovese.
Alte Valle Della Greve, the source, the rocky land where the blood of the gods are sucked out of the soil, where Chianti’s heart beats and this source all leave an imprint on its imbiber to feel its connection, to know why this was given, and in this moment give thanks to Vittorio Fiore for keeping these 80 year old vines the health to produce such a moment in eternity, where my soul can ruminate, connect and recognize this ancient vibration.
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Vinturi-decanted and serially tasted over the ensuing 2-3 hours with tomato-based pasta, this deep garnet Sangiovese is a great companion to the Italian cuisine. Loaded with dark cherry and blackberry fruit on both the nose and palate, it adds notes of tar, bramble leaf, smoke and dried earth. Full-bodied, freshly acidic, judiciously oaked and with well-integrated alcohol (listed as 14.5%), it coats its flavors with firm tannins that are pervasive throughout the solid mid-palate and lengthy finish. If you choose to pop the cork at this early stage, give it at least two hours in decanter. Even better, give it a couple of years in the cellar so that the tannins can further assimilate. Drink 2025-2034.
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Clear garnet red color in the glass with aromas of cherries, raspberries and other red fruits. On the palate, the wine’s red fruit flavors noted above are expressive, yet smoothly textured. Excellent acidity. Long lovely finish…a delightful Sangiovese!
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This is an amazing Sangiovese with that steampunk purity of the fruit, insane intensity, vibrating length and that pure clarity that only a mountain stream has.
This vintage will be with us for the rest of our lives.
Absolutely stunning! 96 today, but when the babyfat is gone, this is a strong contender for 100p.
After some small procurement: 11 btls to go.
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90 year old Sangiovese, named after the former charcoal pit that was there, fermentation in steel and concrete, aged in new and 1 year old tonneaux; cloudier reddish violet; great nose!, cinnamon, crushed floral, so Sangio, a little modern, accessible and delicious now, tastes like something more expensive, chocolate, cedar, tobacco, lingering cinnamon and floral notes; yum.
Vi ploppade en flaska nyligen och ingenting är annorlunda utom att jag pillade upp poängen ett snäpp. Det här är så bra att det har potential för 100p. Men idag galet för ungt. Bara 4 flaskor kvar...
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We popped a bottle recently and nothing is different except I bumped the score up a notch. This is so good it has potential for 100p. But today, this is crazy young.
Only 4 bottles left...
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92 for today and 100 points in the potential future.
Superiorly surprising bottle of Sangiovese from a tiny 3 hectar IGT district I never even heard of before. Wife's great find! Oh, my wife is a Goddess! :-)
Pure red. Rich fruity aromas with cherries 🍒 and some spice. In the mouth, a shockingly well made Sangiovese to die for. Wow!
We have 5 more btls, will seek out all other vintages, subscribe to the coming and visit this magical place.
...om några år kommer vi inte ha råd att köpa Il Carbonaione. Det här kommer snart vara ett 2-3 tusenkronorsvin. Vittorio Fiore skojjar inte med vad han åstadkommer här. Det här är galet sjukt BRA! Han har, år-efter-år, skapat rubriker. Det är lätt att förstå varför. Superungt idag, men gnuxembrialt lovande med intensitet från nästa galax, stuffing som motsvarar minst 10 julaftnar och en puritansk Sangiovese som man normalt bara kan Googla fram. Men, här ÄR den!
Galet bra och lovande Sangiovese från en idiotiskt liten appellation om 3 ha, just söder om Firenze. De flesta Bdx-slott är flera ggr större!
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5/2/2024 - StefanAkiko wrote: 97 Points
A superior deep red wine built for the longhaul.
This is in essence a very young wine today. I plopped the bottle in the morning and it was somewhat open for business in the evening.
No sediment at all.
Transparent red.
On the nose are lingonberries, cherries, red currants and raspberry-jam-being-made and cloves.
In the mouth this is majestic. I particularly like the way that the lingonberries also carry the taste of butter. Some previous tasters complain about wood. I can only say that the oak is fully integrated. The herbal-peppery-seasoning aspects we couldn't put our fingers on. But towards thyme and cloves with an oily rosemary touch.
A rich wine that did a fantastic job with the food and bread at Pecorella.
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4/20/2024 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 94 Points
Deep, dark reddish-purple, essentially opaque in color. Nose was initially reticent but eventually developing with airing into a full, forward & aromatic nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with overtones of floral notes of roses & earthy/dusty, cocoa, coffee grounds, dried herbs, some mint & anise, olives, minerals & spice notes of cloves with some vanilla/toasty oak notes in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of sour cherries, blackberries & dark plums with cocoa, coffee, spices, herbs, minerals & a hint of vanilla/toasty oak. Long lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing but should develop further with additional aging at which time it may merit a higher score (95+).
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2/1/2024 - StefanAkiko wrote: 97 Points
Intensivt och elegant kraftpaket av rang. Har många, långa år framför sig av raffinerad njutning! Har helt klart potential att nå 💯.
Sommelieren gissade "100% CF och kanske Paleo". Säger en hel del om hur bra detta är. Förra gången vi tog med detta vin köpte kocken in två flaskor privat. Vi har nu ytterligare två flaskor på väg hem...
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9/14/2023 - Fractalage wrote:
Next day from undecanted bottle. One glass left. Touches of light sediment. 27 hours of slow ox did it well. Fully open. Nose of cola and wood with bloody strawberry.
Palate of wood, which is a huge turnoff. The wood is overbearing. I’m going to have to recant all I said about this wine. If your fruit is so good, why add wood like this? Makes no sense. I’m imagining how this might taste with no wood. Can’t. Big disappointment. There’s smoke, there’s charr, there’s wood. Might as well smoke a cigar before drinking this, so that the palate can’t taste it.
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9/13/2023 - Fractalage Likes this wine:
Powerful nose of earthen strawberry, fine baking spices, tart cherries/cherry pie, density, more fruit than earth.
Palate of cherry pie, spices, citrus, fine cakes, some bitter of tannins.
There’s a component of wood, cooling of tobacco, essence of newly stitched leather, expensive English saddle for Ventasso, blood, drying spices of cured meats, white pepper.
The juice layers on the pepper with more sips and becomes more bloody, peppered prosciutto, humidor, Nicaraguan Tatuaje Nuevitas, (If paired here, you will find multiple similarities, but don’t recommend it as the puffs will taint your palate for days, but maybe not a bad thing as the swigs will prompt your palate into something stronger, say Dalmore 18.)
3 hours in the nose becomes more bloody, and its sanguine nature reflects the reason for the name of the varietal: Sangiovese.
Alte Valle Della Greve, the source, the rocky land where the blood of the gods are sucked out of the soil, where Chianti’s heart beats and this source all leave an imprint on its imbiber to feel its connection, to know why this was given, and in this moment give thanks to Vittorio Fiore for keeping these 80 year old vines the health to produce such a moment in eternity, where my soul can ruminate, connect and recognize this ancient vibration.
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8/30/2023 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 92 Points
Vinturi-decanted and serially tasted over the ensuing 2-3 hours with tomato-based pasta, this deep garnet Sangiovese is a great companion to the Italian cuisine. Loaded with dark cherry and blackberry fruit on both the nose and palate, it adds notes of tar, bramble leaf, smoke and dried earth. Full-bodied, freshly acidic, judiciously oaked and with well-integrated alcohol (listed as 14.5%), it coats its flavors with firm tannins that are pervasive throughout the solid mid-palate and lengthy finish. If you choose to pop the cork at this early stage, give it at least two hours in decanter. Even better, give it a couple of years in the cellar so that the tannins can further assimilate. Drink 2025-2034.
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8/28/2023 - cmcleish Likes this wine:
Very good with spaghetti!
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8/9/2023 - EXPLORER 825 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Clear garnet red color in the glass with aromas of cherries, raspberries and other red fruits.
On the palate, the wine’s red fruit flavors noted above are expressive, yet smoothly textured.
Excellent acidity.
Long lovely finish…a delightful Sangiovese!
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2/1/2023 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 96 Points
This is an amazing Sangiovese with that steampunk purity of the fruit, insane intensity, vibrating length and that pure clarity that only a mountain stream has.
This vintage will be with us for the rest of our lives.
Absolutely stunning!
96 today, but when the babyfat is gone, this is a strong contender for 100p.
After some small procurement: 11 btls to go.
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11/16/2022 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
90 year old Sangiovese, named after the former charcoal pit that was there, fermentation in steel and concrete, aged in new and 1 year old tonneaux; cloudier reddish violet; great nose!, cinnamon, crushed floral, so Sangio, a little modern, accessible and delicious now, tastes like something more expensive, chocolate, cedar, tobacco, lingering cinnamon and floral notes; yum.
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9/3/2022 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 94 Points
Vi ploppade en flaska nyligen och ingenting är annorlunda utom att jag pillade upp poängen ett snäpp. Det här är så bra att det har potential för 100p. Men idag galet för ungt. Bara 4 flaskor kvar...
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We popped a bottle recently and nothing is different except I bumped the score up a notch. This is so good it has potential for 100p. But today, this is crazy young.
Only 4 bottles left...
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8/7/2022 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 92 Points
92 for today and 100 points in the potential future.
Superiorly surprising bottle of Sangiovese from a tiny 3 hectar IGT district I never even heard of before. Wife's great find! Oh, my wife is a Goddess! :-)
Pure red.
Rich fruity aromas with cherries 🍒 and some spice.
In the mouth, a shockingly well made Sangiovese to die for.
Wow!
We have 5 more btls, will seek out all other vintages, subscribe to the coming and visit this magical place.
...om några år kommer vi inte ha råd att köpa Il Carbonaione. Det här kommer snart vara ett 2-3 tusenkronorsvin.
Vittorio Fiore skojjar inte med vad han åstadkommer här. Det här är galet sjukt BRA!
Han har, år-efter-år, skapat rubriker. Det är lätt att förstå varför.
Superungt idag, men gnuxembrialt lovande med intensitet från nästa galax, stuffing som motsvarar minst 10 julaftnar och en puritansk Sangiovese som man normalt bara kan Googla fram. Men, här ÄR den!
Galet bra och lovande Sangiovese från en idiotiskt liten appellation om 3 ha, just söder om Firenze. De flesta Bdx-slott är flera ggr större!
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