2006 Paolo Bea Montefalco Sagrantino Secco Pagliaro

Community Tasting Notes (80) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  1/22/2024 - NoahCap wrote:

  A bit of a monster- only 14%ABV, but tastes bigger. This is concentrated, brawny, and powerful. Nose is bursting with red and dark fruits, along with big big leather aromas. The leather might turn some people off, but I like it. There is garrigue, fresh and dried herbs, some wild barnyard smells, and what I can only describe as depth. What a nose!
  
  Powerful in the mouth as well. Lots of leather as well as a huge core of sour cherry and black cherry fruit. The herbals, earthiness, barnyard, it's all there on the palate. Tannins are medium, a little rough, but not overpowering in and of themselves. Maybe a little Brett, but it's minimal.
  
  There's a wildness to the whole package that is very appealing. But as fun as it is out of the bottle, I do prefer it as it takes on air and tames down a little bit. It's like it becomes a strong race horse rather than a wild stallion! The whole thing is a bit more manageable on Day 2.

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  5/9/2023 - VlgJeff wrote: 92 Points

  Decanted for 20 minutes (with lots of sediment) but was better after one hour. Initially the wine was highly acidic with some cherry, earth, mushroom, spice and very noticeable tannins. After one hour the wine darkened, as did the fruit, while the earth and tannins both softened. The acidity was initially zesty but eased up to be balancing. This wine will probably hold for several years but is definitely more enjoyable - at this point - with a one hour decant.

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  2/24/2023 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A very different sort of wine than what I am used to drink. Very complex with a very slight touch of brett/animal but just enough to give it complexity without being over the top.

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  1/2/2023 - jdamaral@rogers.com wrote: 96 Points

  Very impressive. Wonderful nose of black fruits, mushrooms and forest floor. This kept getting better in the glass. Great texture and invisible tannins. Wort the wait of cellaring 20 plus years. Skilled, precise winemaking. Power and intensity without weight. Truly a great wine that represents excellent value. Still have one bottle left. (I will think carefully about who i open this one for.)

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  11/16/2022 - Lipsman wrote: 96 Points

  Slight bricking. Big Sagrantino, aromas of mushrooms and forest floor. The heavy tannins are gone. A spicy, perfumed taste, licorice, and saturated dark fruits that coat the mouth and upper palate. A bit of barnyard add complexity. Drink now - 2030.

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