2003 Agricola Punica Barrua

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 90.0 points

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  1/18/2016 - wculpepper Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Decanted for two hours; moderate sediment. Dark ruby with some bricking. Fresh dark berries on a flowery but somewhat muted nose. Full-bodied dark-fruited wine still well structured with lively acids, and prominent tannins. Lengthy finish with tannins somewhat dominant. Overall, a nice wine and worth the $35 price. Should drink well for another couple of years at least.
  Third day: about the same.

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  11/24/2015 - Gian wrote: 88 Points

  Nice Rubin color , nose of cherries , spice , mediterranean , on the palate full bodied with nice acidity considering the poor 2003. Quite long finish

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  10/14/2015 - MarcEBeaudoin wrote:

  Pretty opulent for Sardinia, this is a mix of Carignano (carignan), Cabernet and Merlot, made in part (I believe) by the famed Sassicaia creator. Ripe fruit, spiced plum and sour cherry on the palate, and a certain cigar box / cedar aroma. I let it open for over an hour before drinking. Everyone loved it - was a decent pair with marinated flank steak and brussels sprouts. Sadly, our last bottle. Delicious.

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  2/3/2014 - Chitarra wrote: 91 Points

  Just a touch of age on the color. Clean nose, palate is more of same but quite intense and slightly inky. Plums, cherry, medium to full bodied. Mid palate and finish of sour cherry. Not familiar with the carignan but you can detect the cab merlot and the heat and ripeness of the south. Slightly longer than a medium finish, decent wine overall with some of the sassicaia magic but not much.

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  9/4/2013 - Eclectic Palate wrote: 87 Points

  I have read some of the reviews from 2010 and 2012 and I don't find this wine to be tremendous. Some dark colored fruit, some acid, but nothing making it great....just so so. It was paired with a wonderful home made chilli dinner, which brought out the best in the wine frankly. I wonder if because this is the second year that the wine was made, that perhaps there is not as much vine maturity which is perhaps why it is not as ageworthy. Lastly, I got this at a very low price and unless the newer vintages are a great improvement, cannot see the point of paying over $18 for this vino.

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