2007 Salvatore Molettieri Taurasi Cinque Querce

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  7/19/2023 - KingsleyZissou Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Update: Second bottle tasted 4 months later has been even better. Strong value for the price.
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  So glad to have tasted this wine immediately following the disappointing aglianico we opened yesterday. Now this is more representative of what I love about the grape. Beautiful. Deliciously rich chocolate covered cherry on the nose, along with aged leather, loads of charcoal/graphite, violets, nutmeg, warm cedar, and a subtle peppery gamey quality. Very generous nose in my mind. Palate is also giving with lush, moderate acid and a wash of ripe, brawny tannins— very powerful even with around 16 years of age. Not sure why some are ascribing it a “short” finish— I feel it shows a decently robust finish rife with menthol, resinous piney notes and smoked meat. Could potentially do with even more time here but well made and has gorgeous potential. Would hold for a couple more years or drink paired with a gamier red meat.

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  3/13/2023 - michaelbro8 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  1+ hour decant; dark purple in color with medium legs. Aglianico is a love/ hate grape; heavy in tannins. Very mild nose: some cocoa + very earthy/volconic note. On the tongue very unique; some plum, chocolate & black cherry. If you can get past the tannins and give it time it opens up nicely. The short finish holds it back some.

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  1/1/2023 - MK9786 wrote: 90 Points

  Needs food to drink.

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  12/23/2022 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Cardamom, leather, dried rosemary, cloves, fresh black cherries and cocoa powder on the nose. It's pretty spice-driven. I've seen the same cocoa powder thing on Chianti Classico and I don't know how to explain it other than to say it's different then cocoa as a note on oaky Argentine Malbec or Paso Robles CS. I'm not sure if it's from the oak or not. Maybe it's a case of "chocolate" vs "cocoa powder". More research is required...
  
  Black cherries, black currants, dried herbs, tobacco on the palate; which is overall both fruitier AND shows more evidence of oak. The cocoa powder note comes back at the end of the palate. Medium + body with medium tannin and surprisingly great acid. I recommend drinking now. Great pairing with coda alla vaccinara.

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  12/19/2022 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I liked this wine a lot in past tastings (and I generally like all of this producer’s aglianicos). But this bottle tastes too tart for me.

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