Ruby to garnet with slight orange brightenings to the rim. Purchased at release and stored in a warmer than textbook cellar since then reaching 18° C in summer. Open and ready from the start with red fruits, several herbs, flowers, dusty minerals and oaky notes, later oranges, dark fruits, tobacco. Everything on the palate in great balance, with still quite tannic finish. I don't believe that this becomes smooth and shed its tannic cloud within its optimal drinking window. But hey, this bottle is far better that the last ones, maybe due to different purchases from different suppliers I see significant bottle variations. With some air over 30 minutes or so from the partly emptied bottle it adds intensity in a breathtaking way. This is a extraordinary bottle again. With extended airing over hours without decant it looses its nuances partly and on the palate it gets even more tannic. Then I would rate it at least 2 points lower. I don't believe that further cellaring, is a benefit. 5/14/19/9, -2030 if stored perfectly since release.
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San Giusto a Rentennano tasting in Wine Taste Gdansk (Wine Taste Gdansk): Here we go with the king of the night. Unfortunately not as perfect as the bottle tasted at the winery in May 2022, but still a great wine. 👀 Garnet red color 👃 The nose is super complex with herbs, orange, black pepper, a bit of coffee and tobacco, a bit of ashes? Unfortunately even here there are mature red fruits that give the feel of an early aged bottle. 👅 On the palate it's a powerful full bodied Percarlo, tannins are together smooth and aggressive, young still, with very lively acidity and great intensity of taste. 🏁 Very long finish, almost neverending. The mix between mature fruits and tannins left us with the question mark if this bottle could handle more aging. This probably not but a better one definitely could!
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Remarkably fresh for a Sangiovese of this age, with plenty of primary Chianti flavours but with amazing depth, concentration, length and intensity, sappy acidity, plus some cherry liqueur, oak and a few tertiary notes creeping in. But still quite tannic with plenty of life left. To me it's more of a high-powered Chianti Classico than a Brunello proxy.
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Highest CT score of any Sangiovese I own Brought it to accompany wild boar stew made by our host. I loved the stew but the wine less so, even after 3 hour decant in the cellar before dinner For me the wine remains more earthy and acidic than I cared for. Fortunately our hosts really enjoyed the wine and especially the hard-working cook. I’m probably hopeless with this grape
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Based on my notes, quite a bit better than the bottle we opened six years ago. Deep color. Black and blue fruits, plums, blackberries, licorice and hints of nuttiness and minerals in the nose. Black cherries, blueberries, blackberries and spice in the flavor. A big, rich wine with great structure and complexity yet elegant and well balanced with a deep fruity lingering finish. Very enjoyable now, but I will wait at least five more years to open another bottle.
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Bought and tasted on release, this wine was too young but full of potential… At 17 years of age, it was magestic and entering it s peak drinking window… Powerful nose of tourbe, red berries and cherries, huge super sappy and crisp ripe tannin, fabulous wine which still has 10-15 years of peak window… So happy that I have plenty in the cellar!
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2023 New Year's Day Blind Tasting (Marietta, GA): Deeper core with reddish rim; chocolate, ripe nose, prune, dark cherry, oak and modern feel to it, raisin, grippy tannins, sweet and liqueured; modern Barolo?, 92+.
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Wine tasting with Luca Martini di Cigala at San Giusto a Rentennano winery (San Giusto a Rentennano): Fourth and last wine on this flight, this was already uncovered and good it was, it's one of the great Sangiovese produced in Chianti Classico area and deserved to be fully enjoyed. Typical Chianti bouquet with dark fruit, orange, blood and some violets, still very young powerful in the mouth with strong tannins and acidity followed by neverending finish.
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Still only, if any, a hint of orange lightening to the rim. Nose and palate show most of the scents and flavors as mentioned in my other tasting notes on this, but all in all this bottle is a bit less complex and shows more spice and tertiary notes, with primary fruity notes taking the backseat. Decant and airing gives it more fruit but less nuances and even more tannin. 5/12/18/9. Maybe this was a underperforming bottle, or it is just in slow decline. -2023+?
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Garnet with maybe a hint of orange tint to the rim. Intense and open from the start with flavors and scents of cedar, tobacco ,earth, spices and a chord of dark fruits. This shows great concentration and length with enough complexity to keep being animating. Much of tannin that will never be shed. Since release perfectly cellared examples should hold through 2030 before decline and before the earthy and cedar notes get so dominant like in the 97 vintage now. Bottles from the secondary market or cellared at higher than textbook temperatures (like this) should be consumed earlier over the next 2-3 years. 5/13/19/9
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Wine meet – 2002 Champagne and 2006 Sangiovese @ Lars: At first a restrained nose that opens up with air. Large scaled and powerful with clear dark Sangiovese fruit plus some earthy, leather and tobacco notes. Very complex and long totally in balance. It is still young with further upside - but fabulous now.
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Held onto this for 10 years waiting to open and I'm glad I did wait. Fantastic! After 1 hour of decanting still a little astringent but opened up after another hour to reveal wonderful dark fruit on the nose with some floral notes of rose and violet. Dark, inky colored. After time the nose became less pronounced but the silky taste of like fig, orange blossom and dried berry carried on and on.
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I don’t know why I was surprised that this was as good as it was, but there you go. The 2006 is a wow wine. Bursting with intense black cherry and spice. A benchmark Sangiovese just entering its prime drinking window. If you can find it, it’s worth the price of admission.
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Such a nice wine. Slow ox 1 hour and decand 1 hour. Medium dark brick red opaque color. Edge a bit more orange/brown'ish. Nose of dark red/black fruit and spice. Dark red/black berries/cherries on the palate. Still tannins, good balance and grib. Long finish.
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Double decanted after a several hour slow O. Beautiful balance with a nice nose of dark fruits and leather. Gorgeous palate, dark fruits, cherry, great concentration with no overripe notes, outstanding balance. Long and clean on the finish. This remains youthful and will likely improve with time. Impressive.
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I had this decanted at Marta. Dark cherry fruit, licorice, with an astringent medicinal finish that smoothed out with air. Beautiful with a truffle pizza.
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Ruby with only a minimal hint (if at all) of orange hue to the rim. From the start it shows an intoxicating intense nose of black cherries, black currants, tobacco, blueberries, mushrooms with lovage and earth. On the palate it shows enormous power and intensity, but it is also complex and balanced. Yes, there is considerable tannin which is a bit adstringent in the finish, but the fruit remains long on the palate and for me it is already ready to drink since the tannin is balanced by the concentration of fruit and flavors. Finishing with almost salty minerality. 5/15/19/10. If you like this with less tannin, forget it for at least 10 years in a textbook cellar. 2019-2035+
Tuscany 2006 (Winicjatywa): dark ruby colour with lighter rim. nose: slightly balsamic with leather notes; intense; plus sweet cherries. very good. taste: elegant, ripe, large tannins; medium (+) acid; black cherries; excellent concentration; Very pleasant. Perfect.
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Decanted 4 hours and then to restaurant. This quite good with nice fruit but still persistent tannins and dark color and solid fruit, so I’d expect years to go and nowhere near peak 93
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Eigentlich noch zu jung!! In der Nase noch weitestgehend auf der Frucht. Vorrangig natürlich Sauerkirsche, eine perfekte Interpretation der Sangiovese!! Supernase!!! Am Gaumen dann noch eine kräftige Tannninfaust, nichts für Weicheier!!! Nach guten 3 h in der Karaffe über knappe 2 weitere h getrunken. Am Ende auch schon mit viel Genuss, wahrscheinlich dann auch an den Gerbstoff etwas gewöhnt!! Nach diversen enttäuschenden Percarlo-Erfahrungen mal wieder ein echter Volltreffer!! Die nächste Flasche in 3-5 Jahren. Durchaus Potential für 2 Punkte mehr!! 95++P
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Super perfumed notes of dark cherries, also some red berries, tobacco leaf, herbal notes, cedar wood, also some bittersweet notes, licorice. It‘s pretty full bodied with medium-high acidity and medium-high tannin. Excellent length. A superb Percarlo that has a classic structure and stilll many years ahead. Excellent. 97
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Quite closed nose of characoal, dark fruit, hint of iodine... WOW amazing concentration, loads of super silky tannins, red berries, sandalwood, cèpes de Bordeaux, lenght of 60 seconds, don't touch it for the next 5-10 years!!
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Drank over about 30 mins didn’t even give it a chance to really open up...this stuff is crack...I’ll be homeless soon, cause I’m going to buy as much as I can find!
I first had Percarlo 16 years ago. We had travelled to Castellina in Chianti and had hired a local guide to lead us through a tasting at Castellare di Castellina. Dinner that night was in a restaurant in an old converted barn featuring local, seasonal dishes. The guide had picked a series of wines to match the dishes. While the wines were good, none were especially noteworthy, until the guide pulled out one last wine to cap off the night. That wine stopped me in my tracks! It was one of those sentinel wine experiences when you realize you are drinking something incredibly special. That wine was the 1996 Percarlo; a year that wasn't even considered a great vintage.
The 2006 version of Percarlo is epic and epitomizes the heights that can be achieved by Sangiovese. The mesmerizing aromatics rise from the glass with layers of herbs, tea leaves, anise and balsamic. The palate is seamless in its balance between red strawberry and raspberry fruit, acidity, and the echo of the same aromatic elements from the nose. The wine is powerful, weightless, energetic and refreshing all at the same time. It's hard to describe a wine like this that balances power and finesse so equally. This is an absolutely, drop-dead gorgeous Sangiovese.
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Still young and in its early drinking window. Just outstanding. Very deep fruit flavours that are matched by its acidic core. Sangiovese at its best with some tobacco and earthy flavours. The score is probably conservative as this wine will continue to improve!
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We had this wine for the first time in Florence at enotecca pinchiori. The sommelier told us this wine is what made him want to be a sommelier. It is incredible and the smell is intoxicating.
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Kreuzritter - Vol. I: Full bodied, full power wine with a bit rustic tannins and a good freshness. Lots of ripe dark red fruit, intense earthy notes, some roasting flavors as well as a myriad of dried herbal scents. Right after opening the bottle the wine was harsh with massive tannins that needed air to resolve (a bit). This one clearly needs a few more years in the cellar. If you drink it today I would give it a serious decant (4+ hours). 92 points with potential for more.
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Remains youthful after a two hour decant. But entering a drinking window. Dark red, very full palate that is in excellent balance with leather, herbs, cherry and plum, and meat notes. great nose of dark fruit, spice notes, some earth notes. Finish is long and has a drying note due to the still present tannins. This is likely to continue to get better.
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Elegant wine, though a bit on the austere side. Not the wine that everyone was expecting. However, that said, still impressive, black cherries, plums, blueberries, and hints of licorice and spice. Medium to long finish.
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The colour shows no sign of aging, as to be expected. This is on the young side though approachable and not shut down. Exceptional concentration of fruit and structural power with much sweet tannin and acidity yet elegant. This will be a joy to drink over the next twenty or more years. One can argue if the 99 Points from Antonio Galloni during his time at TWA are appropriate, but in my humble opinion this could even possibly be a 100 Pointer with more time in the cellar. Extraordinary! - 2036
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Poured a glass at home with my Amatriciana bucatini lunch. Lovely sweet nose of plum and Italian cherry. A little spritz that blew off, it needed 30mins to settle and after 2hrs was incredibly sweet without the sourness I sometimes find in sangiovese with lots of air. Really hid the high acid. This wine is all about the explosive mouthfeel and sweet lingering finish. Bright red fruit with sweet spice. Incredibly hedonistic and intense although without the depth and complexity (inc darker fruits) I love in Flaccianello. This is drinking well already although peak will likely be from 2022-2030. Bit too sweet and sappy to really amaze me, although very impressive. 94pts
A lot going on here, and really well balanced so headed for something outstanding. But this needs time, it is currently shut down, the tannins have not integrated. Works well now with food, not as well on its own.
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Very deeply colored. Ruby with purple on the rim. Nose is very expressive and complex with some evolution but surely it can develop much further. Aromas of concentrated blackcurrant fruit, sweet spices, oak use is ample well integrated, licorice, dark chocolate and wet fluffy earth. On the palate I found the wine full bodied with ripe tannins, good balance between acidity and loads fruit, nice savory taste and long finish. An impressive wine, it's just that you have to be in the mood for something big to enjoy it...
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At L'Osteria di Giovanni, Florence. Very impressive nose - clearly a great wine in the making. Still a long way from being ready to drink, though. I have 6 bottles at home and I can't imagine opening one for at least 5 years.
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Percarlo is my all time favorite wine. My sense is that this wine still needs significantly more time in the cellar. The fruit and signature lenth are only begining to emerge.
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One of the best young Sangiovese wines I have ever had. Very expressive nose. The quality of the tanning is absolutely distinctive, extremely silky. Fresh streak of acidity. Clearly the best Percarlo produced so far. The bad news is that it's nowhere close to ready to drink.
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Very, very good, but in need of plenty of more time before it really can blossom to its potent. Lots of red fruits and spice, but very tight and the acidity comes close to dominating right now. Great structure, and actually already fun to drink, but only hinting at what it may become. I meant to open the 04, but oops....
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wunderful wine. Good noise, good taste. A typical Percarlo. I'm surprised to the difference to the bottle some weeks ago. Today the wine presents with a good balance, not completly open, but very fruity with a lot of wood in middle, not in the front anymore. It is a very good wine, but it will be going to be better and better. There is a lot of potential.
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Hafif opak morumsu derin yakut renkte.Ön burunda hemen dikkati çeken uhu kokusu sınırları zorluyor.Altında is,tatlımsı vanilya,böğürtlen,blueberry,zeytin,mentol gibi aromalar alınıyor.Damakta da yine baskın volatilite meyvayi örtüyor.Yumuşak olmasına rağmen diri asiditeye sahip.Ayrıca son derece kuru ve harsh tanenleri rahatsız edici boyutta.
Bu şarap Antonio Galloni'den 99 puan almış bir şarap.Ancak ciddi bir volatilite sorunu olduğu kesin.Bu yüzden değerlendirme yapılmadı.
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Hafif opak morumsu derin yakut renkte.Ön burunda hemen dikkati çeken uhu kokusu sınırları zorluyor.Altında is,tatlımsı vanilya,böğürtlen,blueberry,zeytin,mentol gibi aromalar alınıyor.Damakta da yine baskın volatilite meyvayi örtüyor.Yumuşak olmasına rağmen diri asiditeye sahip.Ayrıca son derece kuru ve harsh tanenleri rahatsız edici boyutta.
Bu şarap Antonio Galloni'den 99 puan almış bir şarap.Ancak ciddi bir volatilite sorunu olduğu kesin.Bu yüzden değerlendirme yapılmadı.
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Beautiful young wine. Great fruit, mineral notes. Great balance. Wood notes too noticable right now to be fully enjoyable, but more than enough fruit to absorb the wood with time. Many years ahead, leave alone until at least 2015.
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Powerfull intoxicating nose of ripe red berries, iodine, refreshing minerality... in the mouth, loads of ripe red berries, refreshing acidity, silky tannins, very long aftertaste... to my taste the best percarlo since the magical 1997
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11/11/2023 - Caruso Likes this wine: 97 Points
Ruby to garnet with slight orange brightenings to the rim. Purchased at release and stored in a warmer than textbook cellar since then reaching 18° C in summer. Open and ready from the start with red fruits, several herbs, flowers, dusty minerals and oaky notes, later oranges, dark fruits, tobacco. Everything on the palate in great balance, with still quite tannic finish. I don't believe that this becomes smooth and shed its tannic cloud within its optimal drinking window. But hey, this bottle is far better that the last ones, maybe due to different purchases from different suppliers I see significant bottle variations. With some air over 30 minutes or so from the partly emptied bottle it adds intensity in a breathtaking way. This is a extraordinary bottle again. With extended airing over hours without decant it looses its nuances partly and on the palate it gets even more tannic. Then I would rate it at least 2 points lower. I don't believe that further cellaring, is a benefit. 5/14/19/9, -2030 if stored perfectly since release.
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9/18/2023 - marco.grazioli@gmail.com Likes this wine: 95 Points
San Giusto a Rentennano tasting in Wine Taste Gdansk (Wine Taste Gdansk): Here we go with the king of the night. Unfortunately not as perfect as the bottle tasted at the winery in May 2022, but still a great wine.
👀 Garnet red color
👃 The nose is super complex with herbs, orange, black pepper, a bit of coffee and tobacco, a bit of ashes? Unfortunately even here there are mature red fruits that give the feel of an early aged bottle.
👅 On the palate it's a powerful full bodied Percarlo, tannins are together smooth and aggressive, young still, with very lively acidity and great intensity of taste.
🏁 Very long finish, almost neverending. The mix between mature fruits and tannins left us with the question mark if this bottle could handle more aging. This probably not but a better one definitely could!
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2/28/2023 - vilepotabissabinum wrote:
Remarkably fresh for a Sangiovese of this age, with plenty of primary Chianti flavours but with amazing depth, concentration, length and intensity, sappy acidity, plus some cherry liqueur, oak and a few tertiary notes creeping in. But still quite tannic with plenty of life left. To me it's more of a high-powered Chianti Classico than a Brunello proxy.
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2/15/2023 - Mr T wrote:
Highest CT score of any Sangiovese I own
Brought it to accompany wild boar stew made by our host.
I loved the stew but the wine less so, even after 3 hour decant in the cellar before dinner
For me the wine remains more earthy and acidic than I cared for. Fortunately our hosts really enjoyed the wine and especially the hard-working cook.
I’m probably hopeless with this grape
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2/4/2023 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Based on my notes, quite a bit better than the bottle we opened six years ago. Deep color. Black and blue fruits, plums, blackberries, licorice and hints of nuttiness and minerals in the nose. Black cherries, blueberries, blackberries and spice in the flavor. A big, rich wine with great structure and complexity yet elegant and well balanced with a deep fruity lingering finish. Very enjoyable now, but I will wait at least five more years to open another bottle.
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1/4/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 99 Points
Bought and tasted on release, this wine was too young but full of potential… At 17 years of age, it was magestic and entering it s peak drinking window… Powerful nose of tourbe, red berries and cherries, huge super sappy and crisp ripe tannin, fabulous wine which still has 10-15 years of peak window… So happy that I have plenty in the cellar!
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1/1/2023 - Rezy13 wrote: 92 Points
2023 New Year's Day Blind Tasting (Marietta, GA): Deeper core with reddish rim; chocolate, ripe nose, prune, dark cherry, oak and modern feel to it, raisin, grippy tannins, sweet and liqueured; modern Barolo?, 92+.
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5/20/2022 - marco.grazioli@gmail.com Likes this wine: 98 Points
Wine tasting with Luca Martini di Cigala at San Giusto a Rentennano winery (San Giusto a Rentennano): Fourth and last wine on this flight, this was already uncovered and good it was, it's one of the great Sangiovese produced in Chianti Classico area and deserved to be fully enjoyed. Typical Chianti bouquet with dark fruit, orange, blood and some violets, still very young powerful in the mouth with strong tannins and acidity followed by neverending finish.
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4/17/2022 - Caruso Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still only, if any, a hint of orange lightening to the rim. Nose and palate show most of the scents and flavors as mentioned in my other tasting notes on this, but all in all this bottle is a bit less complex and shows more spice and tertiary notes, with primary fruity notes taking the backseat. Decant and airing gives it more fruit but less nuances and even more tannin. 5/12/18/9. Maybe this was a underperforming bottle, or it is just in slow decline. -2023+?
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12/18/2021 - Caruso Likes this wine: 96 Points
Garnet with maybe a hint of orange tint to the rim. Intense and open from the start with flavors and scents of cedar, tobacco ,earth, spices and a chord of dark fruits. This shows great concentration and length with enough complexity to keep being animating. Much of tannin that will never be shed. Since release perfectly cellared examples should hold through 2030 before decline and before the earthy and cedar notes get so dominant like in the 97 vintage now. Bottles from the secondary market or cellared at higher than textbook temperatures (like this) should be consumed earlier over the next 2-3 years. 5/13/19/9
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4/24/2021 - larsth wrote: 97 Points
Wine meet – 2002 Champagne and 2006 Sangiovese @ Lars: At first a restrained nose that opens up with air. Large scaled and powerful with clear dark Sangiovese fruit plus some earthy, leather and tobacco notes. Very complex and long totally in balance. It is still young with further upside - but fabulous now.
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2/13/2021 - Jnkienlen wrote: 99 Points
Held onto this for 10 years waiting to open and I'm glad I did wait. Fantastic! After 1 hour of decanting still a little astringent but opened up after another hour to reveal wonderful dark fruit on the nose with some floral notes of rose and violet. Dark, inky colored. After time the nose became less pronounced but the silky taste of like fig, orange blossom and dried berry carried on and on.
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11/21/2020 - sunnylea57 Likes this wine: 96 Points
I don’t know why I was surprised that this was as good as it was, but there you go. The 2006 is a wow wine. Bursting with intense black cherry and spice. A benchmark Sangiovese just entering its prime drinking window. If you can find it, it’s worth the price of admission.
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10/31/2020 - Buick455 wrote: 92 Points
Such a nice wine. Slow ox 1 hour and decand 1 hour. Medium dark brick red opaque color. Edge a bit more orange/brown'ish.
Nose of dark red/black fruit and spice. Dark red/black berries/cherries on the palate. Still tannins, good balance and grib. Long finish.
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1/12/2020 - Rechrom wrote: 96 Points
Double decanted after a several hour slow O. Beautiful balance with a nice nose of dark fruits and leather. Gorgeous palate, dark fruits, cherry, great concentration with no overripe notes, outstanding balance. Long and clean on the finish. This remains youthful and will likely improve with time. Impressive.
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12/23/2019 - Diane (LI) wrote:
I had this decanted at Marta. Dark cherry fruit, licorice, with an astringent medicinal finish that smoothed out with air. Beautiful with a truffle pizza.
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8/16/2019 - rraaffaa Likes this wine:
This is big and powerful but it felt like it's still a little tight even after 1 hr of decant. Maybe hold for another 3-5 yrs?
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6/7/2019 - Caruso Likes this wine: 99 Points
Ruby with only a minimal hint (if at all) of orange hue to the rim. From the start it shows an intoxicating intense nose of black cherries, black currants, tobacco, blueberries, mushrooms with lovage and earth. On the palate it shows enormous power and intensity, but it is also complex and balanced. Yes, there is considerable tannin which is a bit adstringent in the finish, but the fruit remains long on the palate and for me it is already ready to drink since the tannin is balanced by the concentration of fruit and flavors. Finishing with almost salty minerality. 5/15/19/10. If you like this with less tannin, forget it for at least 10 years in a textbook cellar. 2019-2035+
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2/22/2019 - Jeffyboy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tuscany 2006 (Winicjatywa): dark ruby colour with lighter rim. nose: slightly balsamic with leather notes; intense; plus sweet cherries. very good. taste: elegant, ripe, large tannins; medium (+) acid; black cherries; excellent concentration; Very pleasant. Perfect.
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2/17/2019 - Mr T wrote:
Decanted 4 hours and then to restaurant. This quite good with nice fruit but still persistent tannins and dark color and solid fruit, so I’d expect years to go and nowhere near peak
93
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2/12/2019 - champussi Likes this wine: 95 Points
Eigentlich noch zu jung!! In der Nase noch weitestgehend auf der Frucht. Vorrangig natürlich Sauerkirsche, eine perfekte Interpretation der Sangiovese!! Supernase!!! Am Gaumen dann noch eine kräftige Tannninfaust, nichts für Weicheier!!! Nach guten 3 h in der Karaffe über knappe 2 weitere h getrunken. Am Ende auch schon mit viel Genuss, wahrscheinlich dann auch an den Gerbstoff etwas gewöhnt!!
Nach diversen enttäuschenden Percarlo-Erfahrungen mal wieder ein echter Volltreffer!! Die nächste Flasche in 3-5 Jahren. Durchaus Potential für 2 Punkte mehr!! 95++P
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1/25/2019 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 97 Points
Super perfumed notes of dark cherries, also some red berries, tobacco leaf, herbal notes, cedar wood, also some bittersweet notes, licorice. It‘s pretty full bodied with medium-high acidity and medium-high tannin. Excellent length. A superb Percarlo that has a classic structure and stilll many years ahead. Excellent. 97
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1/13/2019 - Philippe_C wrote: 98 Points
Quite closed nose of characoal, dark fruit, hint of iodine... WOW amazing concentration, loads of super silky tannins, red berries, sandalwood, cèpes de Bordeaux, lenght of 60 seconds, don't touch it for the next 5-10 years!!
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12/8/2018 - mattjohnson_78 wrote: 98 Points
Drank over about 30 mins didn’t even give it a chance to really open up...this stuff is crack...I’ll be homeless soon, cause I’m going to buy as much as I can find!
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11/10/2018 - brettay Likes this wine: 98 Points
I first had Percarlo 16 years ago. We had travelled to Castellina in Chianti and had hired a local guide to lead us through a tasting at Castellare di Castellina. Dinner that night was in a restaurant in an old converted barn featuring local, seasonal dishes. The guide had picked a series of wines to match the dishes. While the wines were good, none were especially noteworthy, until the guide pulled out one last wine to cap off the night. That wine stopped me in my tracks! It was one of those sentinel wine experiences when you realize you are drinking something incredibly special. That wine was the 1996 Percarlo; a year that wasn't even considered a great vintage.
The 2006 version of Percarlo is epic and epitomizes the heights that can be achieved by Sangiovese. The mesmerizing aromatics rise from the glass with layers of herbs, tea leaves, anise and balsamic. The palate is seamless in its balance between red strawberry and raspberry fruit, acidity, and the echo of the same aromatic elements from the nose. The wine is powerful, weightless, energetic and refreshing all at the same time. It's hard to describe a wine like this that balances power and finesse so equally. This is an absolutely, drop-dead gorgeous Sangiovese.
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9/29/2018 - larsth wrote: 95 Points
Still young and in its early drinking window. Just outstanding. Very deep fruit flavours that are matched by its acidic core. Sangiovese at its best with some tobacco and earthy flavours. The score is probably conservative as this wine will continue to improve!
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8/25/2018 - BaroloRob wrote:
Corked
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5/5/2018 - Greer4646 Likes this wine: 98 Points
We had this wine for the first time in Florence at enotecca pinchiori. The sommelier told us this wine is what made him want to be a sommelier. It is incredible and the smell is intoxicating.
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3/29/2018 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points
Kreuzritter - Vol. I: Full bodied, full power wine with a bit rustic tannins and a good freshness. Lots of ripe dark red fruit, intense earthy notes, some roasting flavors as well as a myriad of dried herbal scents. Right after opening the bottle the wine was harsh with massive tannins that needed air to resolve (a bit). This one clearly needs a few more years in the cellar. If you drink it today I would give it a serious decant (4+ hours). 92 points with potential for more.
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10/29/2017 - Rechrom wrote: 95 Points
Remains youthful after a two hour decant. But entering a drinking window. Dark red, very full palate that is in excellent balance with leather, herbs, cherry and plum, and meat notes. great nose of dark fruit, spice notes, some earth notes. Finish is long and has a drying note due to the still present tannins. This is likely to continue to get better.
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9/26/2017 - hdgroot Likes this wine: 99 Points
really really in balans. incredible good wine
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6/10/2017 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Elegant wine, though a bit on the austere side. Not the wine that everyone was expecting. However, that said, still impressive, black cherries, plums, blueberries, and hints of licorice and spice. Medium to long finish.
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1/21/2017 - Caruso Likes this wine: 98 Points
The colour shows no sign of aging, as to be expected. This is on the young side though approachable and not shut down. Exceptional concentration of fruit and structural power with much sweet tannin and acidity yet elegant. This will be a joy to drink over the next twenty or more years. One can argue if the 99 Points from Antonio Galloni during his time at TWA are appropriate, but in my humble opinion this could even possibly be a 100 Pointer with more time in the cellar. Extraordinary! - 2036
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9/25/2016 - Rubinstein wrote: 95 Points
After 2 hours decant it was really singing. 95+
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7/18/2016 - Rubinstein wrote:
Not Ready
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7/15/2016 - JulianSkeels wrote: 94 Points
Poured a glass at home with my Amatriciana bucatini lunch. Lovely sweet nose of plum and Italian cherry. A little spritz that blew off, it needed 30mins to settle and after 2hrs was incredibly sweet without the sourness I sometimes find in sangiovese with lots of air. Really hid the high acid. This wine is all about the explosive mouthfeel and sweet lingering finish. Bright red fruit with sweet spice. Incredibly hedonistic and intense although without the depth and complexity (inc darker fruits) I love in Flaccianello. This is drinking well already although peak will likely be from 2022-2030. Bit too sweet and sappy to really amaze me, although very impressive. 94pts
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3/13/2016 - AudunG wrote: 91 Points
Delicious sangiovese aromas of dark plums and cherries. Some volatile acids in the beginning. Forward style and great concentration.
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1/29/2016 - Rechrom wrote:
A lot going on here, and really well balanced so headed for something outstanding. But this needs time, it is currently shut down, the tannins have not integrated. Works well now with food, not as well on its own.
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9/23/2015 - Stefanos T. Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very deeply colored. Ruby with purple on the rim.
Nose is very expressive and complex with some evolution but surely it can develop much further. Aromas of concentrated blackcurrant fruit, sweet spices, oak use is ample well integrated, licorice, dark chocolate and wet fluffy earth.
On the palate I found the wine full bodied with ripe tannins, good balance between acidity and loads fruit, nice savory taste and long finish.
An impressive wine, it's just that you have to be in the mood for something big to enjoy it...
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7/8/2015 - brihprivat Likes this wine: 95 Points
Exceptional sangiovese. Complex, ripe and just a joy to drink
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7/8/2015 - JSOL Likes this wine: 93 Points
At L'Osteria di Giovanni, Florence.
Very impressive nose - clearly a great wine in the making. Still a long way from being ready to drink, though. I have 6 bottles at home and I can't imagine opening one for at least 5 years.
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5/1/2015 - Tedcarlo wrote: 92 Points
Percarlo is my all time favorite wine. My sense is that this wine still needs significantly more time in the cellar. The fruit and signature lenth are only begining to emerge.
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9/9/2014 - Leoville_2012 Likes this wine: 97 Points
One of the best young Sangiovese wines I have ever had. Very expressive nose. The quality of the tanning is absolutely distinctive, extremely silky. Fresh streak of acidity. Clearly the best Percarlo produced so far. The bad news is that it's nowhere close to ready to drink.
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8/24/2014 - cadamson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very, very good, but in need of plenty of more time before it really can blossom to its potent. Lots of red fruits and spice, but very tight and the acidity comes close to dominating right now. Great structure, and actually already fun to drink, but only hinting at what it may become. I meant to open the 04, but oops....
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12/14/2013 - bonedoc wrote: 95 Points
Popped cork and drank over 3 hrs. Holy cow, this wine is off the charts! Beautiful, elegant, sweet and rich, yet balanced.
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3/4/2013 - marcusvino Likes this wine: 95 Points
wunderful wine. Good noise, good taste. A typical Percarlo. I'm surprised to the difference to the bottle some weeks ago. Today the wine presents with a good balance, not completly open, but very fruity with a lot of wood in middle, not in the front anymore. It is a very good wine, but it will be going to be better and better. There is a lot of potential.
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2/2/2013 - marcusvino Likes this wine: 93 Points
powerful wine, but very very closed. I was waiting for hours. Was very strong and a lot of potential.
maybe in some months, it will be much better
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11/21/2012 - ŞarapTutkunları wrote:
Hafif opak morumsu derin yakut renkte.Ön burunda hemen dikkati çeken uhu kokusu sınırları zorluyor.Altında is,tatlımsı vanilya,böğürtlen,blueberry,zeytin,mentol gibi aromalar alınıyor.Damakta da yine baskın volatilite meyvayi örtüyor.Yumuşak olmasına rağmen diri asiditeye sahip.Ayrıca son derece kuru ve harsh tanenleri rahatsız edici boyutta.
Bu şarap Antonio Galloni'den 99 puan almış bir şarap.Ancak ciddi bir volatilite sorunu olduğu kesin.Bu yüzden değerlendirme yapılmadı.
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11/21/2012 - Ilker Ozdemir wrote: flawed
Hafif opak morumsu derin yakut renkte.Ön burunda hemen dikkati çeken uhu kokusu sınırları zorluyor.Altında is,tatlımsı vanilya,böğürtlen,blueberry,zeytin,mentol gibi aromalar alınıyor.Damakta da yine baskın volatilite meyvayi örtüyor.Yumuşak olmasına rağmen diri asiditeye sahip.Ayrıca son derece kuru ve harsh tanenleri rahatsız edici boyutta.
Bu şarap Antonio Galloni'den 99 puan almış bir şarap.Ancak ciddi bir volatilite sorunu olduğu kesin.Bu yüzden değerlendirme yapılmadı.
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6/27/2011 - Rechrom wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful young wine. Great fruit, mineral notes. Great balance. Wood notes too noticable right now to be fully enjoyable, but more than enough fruit to absorb the wood with time. Many years ahead, leave alone until at least 2015.
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9/8/2010 - Philippe_C wrote: 95 Points
Powerfull intoxicating nose of ripe red berries, iodine, refreshing minerality... in the mouth, loads of ripe red berries, refreshing acidity, silky tannins, very long aftertaste... to my taste the best percarlo since the magical 1997
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