2012 Tenuta di Trinoro Le Cupole Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 90.0 points

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  12/17/2023 - PatrikW Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Plum, blackberry, ripe black cherries, crushed raspberries, pepper and herb, tannins to frame it all. Great Bordeaux style wine, not like the usual Super Tuscan. Drink now.

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  10/7/2021 - SpoochMan Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Last bottle, consistent with previous notes. Drank very nicely. Was a good buy at $30

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  1/25/2021 - forceberry wrote: 86 Points

  Cabernet Franc (55%), Merlot (27%), Cabernet Sauvignon (17%) and Petit Verdot (1%). Fermented in stainless steel vats for 12 days. MLF for 1/3 of the wine in the vats in contact with skins before racking and for 2/3 in French oak barriques of 2nd, 3rd and 4th use. Aged for 8 months in French oak barriques of 2nd, 3rd and 4th use, followed by another 10 months in concrete tanks. Bottled in March 2014. 14,5% alcohol. Total production 55,000 bottles.
  
  Deep, dark and somewhat opaque ruby red color - looks slightly darker than the vintage 2014 that was tasted alongside. Ripe, sweetish and quite sunny nose with bold, juicy aromas of soft black cherries, some strawberries, light blackcurrant tones, a little bit of alcohol and a hint of saddle leather. The wine is ripe, full-bodied and somewhat extracted on the palate with somewhat sweet-toned yet slightly restrained flavors of sunny dark fruits, juicy blackcurrants, some stewed plummy fruit, light woody notes of cigar box, a little bit of graphite and a hint of jammy red fruits. The acidity feels moderately high, the powdery tannins are very ripe and mellow and the alcohol lends a little bit of heat to the palate. The juicy finish is quite long, somewhat warm and subtly grippy with fruit-forward flavors of sweet red plums and ripe black cherries, some juicy blackcurrants, a little bit of jammy strawberry, light notes of graphite, a hint of tobacco and a sweet touch of cooked bell pepper.
  
  Feels more like a generic Bordeaux from a hot vintage rather than anything particularly Super-Tuscan - there is really nothing "super" or "Tuscan" here. The wine is juicy, silky and very accessible, but also a bit too ripe and thus rather anonymous in style. It really calls for more structure to balance the ripe, soft and sweet-toned fruit flavors. Probably might become more interesting once the fruit-forward flavors develop some tertiary complexity to them, but then again, the structure really doesn't seem to call for any further cellaring. The wine drinks pretty well right now and doesn't really seem to promise much in regard to aging potential. All in all, a pleasant and accessible Bordeaux blend, but nothing special to write home about.

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  8/7/2020 - sburtt wrote: 89 Points

  lacks depth, a bit of vegetative notes, very simple, no complexity, no vibe at all, a bit disappointed and think it lacks the acidity to last in time

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  7/24/2020 - SpoochMan Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Drank at Mom's with lasagna. This bottle was consistent with the previous one and was drinking very nicely. Very good value super tuscan blend for $30. Would buy more.

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