2013 Cantina di Santadi Carignano del Sulcis Riserva Rocca Rubia

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 86.7 points

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  7/19/2018 - BMitchener Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Wonderful fresh, balanced red with rich berry notes, leather and a hint of liquorice.

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  1/15/2018 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I have had a few bottles of this wine since my last tasting note. It is really just below the excellent level. It has melted together and shows some complexity. Still very lively. And it tastes true to itself and not devised by the marketing guy and the lab technician. There is something herbal and licoricey to this wine.

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  12/29/2017 - wineaficionado Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Color: Transparent ruby. Nose: Something medicinal like licorice. A hint of Maggi/soy sauce. Fruitwise a mixture between oranges, pomegranate and dark berries. Nice. Mouth: The nose is better than the palate but it is a very good wine. Very good and balanced tannins and acidity. The 14% alc. is very well hidden. From the color and aroma it is already showing some signs of maturity but will stay many years ahead at this level I assume.

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  7/16/2017 - wineaficionado wrote: 77 Points

  Now it is just a basic drinkable wine. Some cedarbox, some plum. Quite short and thin.

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  4/29/2017 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  Fermented and macerated with the skins over two weeks in stainless steel. Aged for 10-12 months in 1st and 2nd use French oak barriques. 14% alcohol.
  
  Slightly developed, fig-hued dark cherry red color with a little bit of transparency. Quite sweet, aromatic and characterful nose with slightly green-toned aromas of sweet black cherries, fresh dill, sunny dark fruit, some meat stew cooked with dill, a little bit of boysenberry jam, light toasty oak character, a hint of sweet vegetal character (some people associated the aroma with hagberry flowers) and a touch of blueberry. Overall the nose feels quite modern and polished, yet rather complex and attractive at the same time. The wine is quite ripe, dense and concentrated on the palate with somewhat sweet-toned flavors of blackberry jam, rich plummy fruit, some sweet toasty oak, a little bit of vanilla and a hint of dill. Moderately high acidity and ample, moderately grippy tannins that contribute to the texture at least as much as to the structure. The finish is rich, ripe and weighty with long, concentrated flavors of boysenberries, blackberry marmalade, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of sweet oak spice, a hint of vanilla and a touch of meat stew with dill.
  
  Overall the wine feels quite modern and very fruit-forward for a Carignan. It shows good balance and nice structure, but the emphasis is obviously on the sweet and supple fruit with modern, glossy oak sheen. Despite its modern leanings, the wine comes across as surprisingly nice and complex with good intensity. In a sense, there is something vaguely "modern Bordeaux"-like to this wine. Not my favorite Carignan, but a perfectly enjoyable nevertheless. Priced according to its quality at 19,50€.

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