2011 Castello di Ama L'Apparita Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  11/23/2021 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Powerful nose on plum, kirsch and spices.
  
  Even if we are clearly on an opulent wine, the wine is not lacking in suppleness and elegance. Open and decanted, it was very expressive from the start, with good maturity. The juice is earthy, with liquorice and peppers, which aeration will transform into undergrowth and leather. It is indeed dense, but the acidic texture gives balance and flexibility to an ensemble that has a strength of 14 ° without the alcohol coming out at any time. The complexity is emerging even if the wine is only at the beginning of its life with a sweet and elegant woody note. Nice finish, intense on tobacco with still slightly perceptible tannins and length covering the throat.
  
  It’s excellent but still needs aging.

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  5/27/2021 - Romol Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted 2 hours. Better than 2 years ago. Now it is more aproachable. Ready to pop a bottle but no hurry. 93 pts. at rhe moment.

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  7/3/2020 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points

  Merlot showdown at Maison Dakota. Tasted semi-blind. Drank in Grassl 1855.
  Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of red plums, licorice, kirsch, florals. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), plump lush high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe red plums, sweet earth, ripe red bell peppers, licorice, kirsch. Long finish.
  Very good quality. Ripe dense fruit but has a very lifted feel. There is a certain elegance to it. Guessed correctly as the 2011 l'Apparita. Consistent style (as with the 2007 l'Apparita). Not exactly the most flamboyant in the lineup, so could have suffered in that respect. Young and in need of more age development.

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  5/9/2020 - aridan Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Wonderful bottle of wine. Enjoyed straight out of the bottle without any food.

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  10/3/2019 - MarcelloW Likes this wine:

  Decanted for 6 hours, then drunk over 3 hours. At the beginning quite harsh and sandy tannins. Showed much better at the end of the evening. Still needs a few more years in bottle. Interesting to see how this will develop and if it ever will reach the high Parker rating. For the moment 93.

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