2013 Avignonesi Desiderio

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  10/21/2023 - Mosquito Likes this wine:

  First of all, wine was in a very good condition, quite firm taste, nice tannic structure, taste after dark fruit in very ripe stage. Aroma quite full. It wasnt overally too alcoholic. Nice full bodied wine for a special occasion.

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  8/19/2023 - larrybbaldwin Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Beautifully mature with dried flowers, asphalt, red fruits tobacco and dried herbs. Medium full and riund with still enough structure to last a few

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  8/2/2023 - Rallerboy888 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This is the best pure Merlot I’ve ever had, even surpassing the 2010 vintage.
  I had expected this to be a lot more mature, jammy, and open than it was, but it was actually fairly fresh and tight. Upon opening it had a slightly metallic smell, and the tannins were still a bit firm, which fortunately blew off quickly in the decanter.
  
  The wine showed a lovely bouquet of dark berries, purple plums, tobacco, and some je-ne-sais-quois charm. On the palate there was a carryover of cassis, plums, and some cedar, dusty tannins, and enough acidity to keep it fresh. The wine wasn’t jammy at all, and frankly I wish I’d saved it another year or three. Go ahead and open one if you have several, but if you only have one, and it’s been stored well, there’s no rush.

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  4/1/2023 - Sam-wine wrote:

  It passed it's prime

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  9/15/2022 - Ernestas Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Celebrating its 25 years, a well balanced expressive Merlot based blend with 15% of CS aged for 18 months in FR oak, 25% new. Medium+ garnet, ruby hue. Fragrant and rich aroma of blackberries, leather, liquorice, black dried cherries, roses, lavender, sweet tobacco, spiced plums. Medium body, fragrant and spiced entry leading to tightly structured and medium densed mid palate showing plum and dried cherry flavours along bright well fitted acidity, leathery and saline touches, concludes with finely knit tannins.

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