2012 Castello di Volpaia Balifico Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  3/14/2021 - Drewmic Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A beautiful wine that nice balanced and silky smooth. Dark fruit, long finish. Drinking beautifully now but will also be able to last several more years

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  6/13/2017 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  35 Cabernet in here. Which apparently turns off chicagoians. I'm being told it's a baby. Long life in the bottle. Cabernet doesn't overdo it on the nose to me. Shows on the palate. The pure Sangiovese is more fun

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  4/8/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  Opera Wine 2017 - 100 Great Producers (Verona, Italy): { OperaWine2017, Verona } Dark, figgy, pruney, with lower acids and lower freshness. A wine that holds little interest for me. (over) concentration and (over) ripeness are the defining factors here. A wine that I can not recommend nor would I seek to purchase, though for those that like the style, you'll be happy with the QPR; not thrilled, but happy.
  
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  4/13/2016 - kostaslonis Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Vinitaly 2016; 4/10/2016-4/13/2016 (Verona, Italy): The nose is ultra-dense and rich, beautiful black fruit, ripe red and black cherry, nice oak frame, a touch of alcohol (14,5%) but not too aggressive with prunes and the end. The palate is equally rich, nice tannins, good body and concentration, a bit alcoholic but alright, beautiful oak, a bit drying with long finish. This needs time, but outstanding quality and a great way to end the Vinitaly fair.

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