2011 Domaine Comte Abbatucci Cuvée Collection "Ministre Imperial"

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  5/13/2020 - AdamHitchcock Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Pale ruby color. Light aromas of strawberry and a little smoke. Medium- body, medium- tannin, medium+ acidity. Complex wine that is very well balanced. Outstanding wine. Wonderful to drink right now but could possibly age a little more.

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  11/10/2018 - SeaWine Likes this wine:

  Drank double-blind in a disparate group of wines with CT tasting group in 2018 or 2019. I enjoyed it more than the group. I recall it having a freshness with notes of cranberry and strawberry and pleasant acid. Quite the unique blend, it was unlike the Bordeaux and other wines around it. It was lighter and perhaps thin to some, but I found it quite interesting. The acidity made it more of a food wine, though I wonder if more air would have fleshed it out a bit.
  
  Having said that, I didn't think it was a particularly great value and I don't think it was ~3-4 times better than the 2011 Rouge Frais Imperial, a lesser wine from the same producer that I'd had on my own previously-- and that is 3-4 times less expensive. I have one more bottle of each for a "final" judgment.

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  3/13/2016 - cortoncharlie wrote: 93 Points

  I thought this was quite ready. Really nice nose. Herbs, smoke and strawberry. Light medium texture. Reminded me of some of the nerello mascarello of Sicily but just better with less grippy tannins and more complex flavours. Paired with Cantonese seafood and thought it worked quite well. I would serve this around 15-16%.

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  1/21/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 94 Points

  Some very geeky wines (Jeff Kings): This is interesting. I had never heard f the winery, but a while back, I read David Schildknechts note on it. An amazing note, followed by a 97 point score. That is pretty rarefied air for David. I found a bottle for about $90, and decided to buy it and wait for a good time to open it. About a year later (yesterday), my friend Jeff K and I got together to drink it. Jeff is certainly geeky enough to be into a wine like this as well. This is a blend of 22% Sciacarellu, 18% Niellucciu, 15% Carcajolu-Neru, 15% Montaneccia, 12% Morescono, 10% Morescola, 8% Aleatico on vines over 50 years old planted on granite in Corsica.
  While, I am a bit shy of 97, I can see going there just on how interesting this wine is. Perhaps it is just that different that I am not able to give it points that ti deserves. Really fascinating and I doubt my tasting note can do it justice. If you have access to the Wine Advocate, I would search out David's note.
  
  It is ruby to light ruby in color. The nose is really great. Powerful yet elegant. Not light nor demur, but in that direction. Ethereal is a great way to describe it. Strawberries, cherries, raspberries, , slight vanilla extract and a bit of smoke. Maybe and ever so slight green tea note. On the palate, this is quite complex. Coming from the cellar, it took some time to open but kept getting better over a few hours. Layers of strawberries and cherries, certainly a charred earth. Each sip more interesting than the next. Very clean, no funk. Bright acidity but wonderful balance. This is not some science experiment though, it is a beautiful wine. That ethereal quality carries thru to the palate. Hard to describe. We had it with just bread, but I think it would be great at the table. Absolutely worth seeking out at least once. These are actually NV wines, but the Lot number indicates that this is the 2011.

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  8/30/2015 - IJC Likes this wine:

  Corsican garigue, and unusual savory notes, this is a fascinating wine that holds its own, and is a particularly good compliment to Mediterranean cuisine. An undercurrent of a dusty, volcanic terroir adds an interesting layer of complexity. Delicious.
  
  Rated 2 on a scale of -1 to 3.

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