2011 Planeta Cerasuolo di Vittoria

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 87.3 points

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  7/9/2015 - ParisWino Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This note is being written a few days after consumption when normally I would not bother, but since I liked this wine considerably more than the average reviewer, I can't help speaking out in its favor. On the one hand I agree that it is not terribly sophisticated and won't make very old bones; but at the same time, when I drank it it had beautiful aromas and flavors of bright red fruits (red currants & strawberries especially) with a hint of oranges, with gently piercing acidity and overall a lovely sense of balance and harmony, great with food and without. The richness and extraction that marks some Planeta wines was absent here, at least to my palate; the wine was not so far off from a (ripe, modern) excellent Burgundy villages or solid 1er. Admittedly I am pretty new to DOCG Cerasuolo di Vittoria, but after this wine I want to discover more.

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  7/6/2015 - MarcEBeaudoin Likes this wine:

  Always tasty. Bright fruit - strawberry and raspberries on the front palate. Great acid. Stony backbone with a hint of ashy minerality. Southern style fruit to be sure.

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  1/24/2015 - HStaal wrote: 86 Points

  WSET Level 4 Course - WSET School; 9/6/2014-5/23/2015 (WSET School, Bermondsey): Appearance: The wine is Clear with a Medium ruby colour.
  Nose: The nose is Clean and Youthful, showing Medium intensity primary aromas of raspberry, strawberry, lavender and tertiary aromas of mushroom.
  Palate: The wine is Dry in the mouth with a Medium(+) level of acidity. It has Medium(-) tannins and a Medium Level of alcohol (13.00%). It has Medium body and Medium intensity primary flavours of lavender, raspberry, strawberry and tertiary flavours of mushroom. The finish is Medium(+). Fresh, pleasant, fruity quite light
  Overall: Fresh, pleasant, fruity quite light. Not complex, intense or long.
  Conclusion: It is a Good quality wine. Drink Now; not suitable for Ageing or Further Ageing Doesn't have the structure for ageing. The attraction is the ligh, fresh primary character that will fade with ageing; Medium priced (£10.79)

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  11/9/2014 - Motz wrote: 88 Points

  Interesting nose showing dried Mediterranean fruits, candied fig preserves, dates, and olive notes. Slightly biting, but with very good grip and a substantive, rock and mineral driven finish. 88-89.

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  9/26/2014 - JVG wrote:

  No formal notes. Not bad, berry fruit and a slight dusty/savory undercurrent. Nice with pork chop.

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