2006 Le Macchiole Paleo Rosso

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  4/23/2021 - Patrik H Likes this wine: 92 Points

  No formal notes
  In a very fine period now.
  Long finish

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  10/23/2020 - Rixon Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Knapp förlust i en blindprovning med bara toskans Cab Franc - mot en Dedicato a Walter 2005 som är aningen mer druvtypisk. Jag skulle säga att tidpunkten är perfekt just nu att dricka denna härliga Paleo Rosso. Drar faktiskt litegrann i stilen åt mogen Napa.

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  1/31/2020 - Yurkovich Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Last of four bottles--this is orders of magnitude better than the last of these that I had a couple of years ago. Much smoother now without the sharp initial bite. Drinking well right out of the bottle.

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  12/12/2017 - Mascarello59 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Dense almost thick, rich and heavy, but then again it came after a 1999 Ch l'Evangile which was the complete opposite. A block buster of Cabernet franc, doesn't make sense.

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  10/25/2017 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  14,5% alcohol. Tasted alongside most of the Paleo vintages from 2013 to 1993.
  
  Somewhat translucent, really deep and beautifully luminous dark cherry color. Noticeably darker than any of the surrounding vintages. Very intense and surprisingly sweet nose suggestive of very warm vintage; aromas of rum raisin, kirsch, some raisin, a little bit of blackcurrant jam, a hint of sweet oak spice and a touch of dried figs. The wine is quite full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, but definitely not rich and sweet as the nose would suggest - instead the wine feels pretty imposing and tightly-textured with powerful, savory flavors of ripe blackcurrants, intense dark fruits, some peppery spice, a little bit of dark chocolate bitterness, a hint of sour cherries and a touch of ripe and juicy blackberries. Additionally, the wine is very structured, to say the least, with very pronounced, grippy and imposing tannins and moderately high acidity. The finish is warm, grippy and textural with intense, concentrated flavors of freshly picked black cherries, ripe blackcurrants and blackberries, some modest sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of peppery spice, a hint of toasted oak and a touch of bitter, savory wood.
  
  Like so many other Tuscan 2006's, Paleo 2006 doesn't fail to deliver. At over 10 years of age, this wine is still ridiculously tightly-knit, muscular and almost aggressive with its concentrated fruit and massive tannins. Although the nose shows quite a bit of even somewhat raisiny warm vintage character, the wine is very classically styled, ripe and harmonious on the palate - only with remarkable sense of power and concentration. In a tasting of almost 20 Paleos, this is one of the few that stood tall above the rest - although, admittedly, many didn't like the blockbuster style of this vintage. If you have this wine, do not open it. I repeat, do. not. open. it. This is still just a baby and will continue to develop for at least a decade, maybe two. An outstanding vintage that will keep for several decades. A wine in its own class.

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