2015 La Bollina Athos Toscana Rosso Corte Medicea Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  3/18/2021 - stayhappy21 wrote: 91 Points

  Opened this wine at Burlamacco Ristorante over dinner to share with my spouse to celebrate a birthday.
  
  Dark purple in colour with a round a smooth texture. Perfumed bouquet on the nose with

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  5/8/2020 - IanGobs Does not like this wine:

  Flat bouquet. Simple, short finish. Berry dominent on the palate.

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  12/15/2018 - t_moderne wrote: 88 Points

  Pop and pour.
  Dark purple color.
  Nose offers cherries and chocolate. Flavors remind me of chocolate covered cherries, with an initial sweet profile. Ripe fruit but there is some acidity that prevents it from being candied.
  Over time, the sweetness dissipates and the flavors move towards ripe black plum.
  Enjoyable but I don't understand how Luca Maroni gave this 99 points.

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  11/11/2018 - Double-A wrote: 88 Points

  Dark purple-ruby color. Sweet vanilla oak and black cherry aromas. Fleshy palate; full bodied with good freshness and ample grip. Ripe, primary finish. Still young and should gain complexity with time.
  3.5/5

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  3/25/2018 - Homer Holland Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Bollina s.r.l., Corte Medicea, Merlot, Atos / Athos, Rosso, Da uve merlot, Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy, 2015
  100% Merlot.
  14%
  L. 4247
  EAN 8055323530033
  This wine is known as Atos and aswell as Athos (see images).
  Corte Medicea is een project van de handelscoöperatie Bollina. De coöperatie vertegenwoordigt de drie wijngoederen:
  - Azienda Agricola Luciano Arduini in de Valpolicella-regio,
  - Società Agricola La Bollina in de Piëmont en de
  - Azienda Agricola Marco Lazzeretti in Montalcino.
  Bollina biedt de oenoloog Andrea Bernardini de gelegenheid om zijn eigen project te verwerkelijken.
  De wijngaarden bevinden zich in San Casciano dei Bagni in de provincie Siena. Ze liggen 380 tot 400 meter boven zeeniveau. De wijnstokken staan op een leembodem en groeien volgens het cordon- en guyotsysteem. De druivenstokken zijn 10 tot 45 jaar oud. De druiven werden met de hand in kleine kistjes geoogst. De maceratie duurde vier dagen. Na een fermentatie van twee weken rijpte de wijn 18 maanden in vaten van Frans eikenhout van 225 liter. Er werden slechts zo'n 10.000 flessen gebotteld.
  99 Punkte vergab Weintester Luca Maroni für den 2014 und die 2015 Corte Medicea Athos.
  08-03-2018, 17 gr C.
  Nice, good, round, smooth, but also lots of matter (lightly filtered ?), enough soft tannins, only a very little bit of complexity and a little too short.
  11-03-2018
  Same
  20-03-2018
  Only bottom left, over the top, already getting a little bit acid, vinegar-like and that is rather quick, so not a long keeper ?
  Conclusion: nice wine, very will made, lots of matter, lots of somewhat sweet, jammy fruits, the 14%Abv is integrated, but makes it sweet too, nice soft/silky tannins, but lacks complexity and length to give it a 90/100 or more. So I stick to 88 to 89.
  It will most likely improve in 2 to 4 years and maybe in 6 to 8 years, but there is no need (and also too risky ?) to keep it for a much long time ?
  R=88-89 QPR=7.5-8(25-20) 3/25/18

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