1989 Giuseppe Quintarelli Cabernet Franc Alzero

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  1/6/2024 - Victor J. Randall Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Saturated violet in colour, immense structure, more drinkable and higher in r.s. than the 1988.
  Attack of figs, pine resin, violets and herbs, touch of eucalyptus. Harmonious texture with ripe tannins and aromas of kirsch, plums & prunes, figs, anise, cassis, venison dark, chocolate and marzipan.
  
  What ultimately makes this wine so exceptional: its concentration!.

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  6/12/2016 - Pacalet Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drinking very well, opened 2 hours prior to consumption. Still a brooding, extracted bottle of Amarone like wine and I like it the way it is, marvelous.

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  4/9/2016 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points

  Intoxicating aroma. Finishes quite dry.

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  4/30/2015 - phil the agony wrote: 90 Points

  Moins bon que le 1991 bu dernièrement mais très bien quand même.
  Résineux,aneth (léger) mais Fred croyait que la bouteille était p-ê déviante ?? Je suis pas certain.
  Alcool est encore bien présent en bouche.Caramel grillé,prune confite ben longtemps..avec un ti côté brûlé.
  90 pts
  À boire maintenant je crois.

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  2/20/2015 - SteelerFan wrote: 92 Points

  Alzero may be my all-time favorite wine, but this showing was even more port-like than usual. Dark color and dark fruit, with great depth and complexity. Very extracted, as with all older Quintarelli wines. Not at all over the hill, but the age adds to the extraction.

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