2006 i Clivi Galea Rosso

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  1/17/2021 - BVal wrote: 88 Points

  My previous experience with these wines are that they need a long time to come around. Enjoyed quite a few bottles of the 2000 (last one corked as noted in '13) & felt it might be time to open up the next vintage I have in the cellar.
  
  Color/App: inky dark/plum core -> medium-deep old garnet/brick rim --shows pretty considerable concentration. The nose took several hours to open, finally offering up some black cherries, forest floor and some iodine/medicinal notes. Chunky palate; nice concentration of fruit with black fruits, chalky minerality, underbrush. Tannins are pretty fierce, though; they swoop in more quickly than I'd like, cutting off what could be a nice finish and coating your teeth with an unpleasant grittiness. Out of balance for now and not sure that aging this longer will soften that tannin load . . . .
  
  If tasting blind and you knew this was Merlot, you would know this could never be new world from the relative austerity. Given the appearance and tannin level I'd think most tasters would guess this might be a '75 right bank Bordeaux. Interesting to taste but not exactly enjoyable.

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  10/17/2014 - MRichman wrote:

  Merlot of the World (The Bolan's): Lovely, well built, complex. Soft but strong. mature with fine smoky tannins, some herb and olive. Excellent. My WOTN.

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  3/3/2014 - anonymoose12345 wrote: 87 Points

  Baking spice and ripe red fruit on the nose. Very dry. Light bodied. Tart fruit on the finish.

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