2001 Canonica a Cerreto Sandiavolo Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  7/16/2016 - Scorpius Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I picked the wine up from a clearance bin for cheap. Decanted for 1.5 hours after trying a little taste. Softened tannins. Essences include plum, muted vanilla, and tar. I expected it to be on the downward slope but it was going down quite nicely. A steal at $18 CDN!

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  7/31/2012 - maxima wrote: 91 Points

  Superbe nez sur l'anis, le café et une touche de cuir.
  En bouche, c'est ample et juteux. Des mures, des épices et un peu de graphite. Les tannins sont bien intégrés et il y a une belle acidité qui donne au vin cette belle fraicheur. Très long en bouche sur des relents de mocha.
  Très beau vin, sur son plateau, IMPECCABLE ET A POINT!

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  5/5/2012 - David J Cooper wrote: flawed

  A contreversial wine at this blind tasting. TCA was evident to me and a couple of others. There was still a nice bit of fruit in the palate and a nice finish but it was still flawed by the TCA.

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  2/17/2012 - bretrooks wrote: 87 Points

  Decanted 1/2 hour, consumed over 2 hours. Red cherry, plum, and mocha notes show up on the expressive nose. The palate is similar, with lively acids, but I found the oaky tannins to be aggressively mouthcoating and the coffee/mocha notes dominant on the mid-palate, not letting as much of the fruit through as I'd like.
  
  This could have been lovely if it had been more judiciously oaked (for my preferences, of course). For those who like a good whack of oak, though, this has at least a couple years of life left to it.

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  9/7/2011 - Uncle John wrote: 91 Points

  Beautiful sangiovese fruit plums and sweet vanilla. The palate has acidity and length with a nice finish. 33%cab/33%merlot/33%sangiovese. This is my last bottle and the best yet.

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