2013 Rivera Castel del Monte Il Falcone Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  4/8/2023 - kfrench150 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Under cork. Pnp. Half way between ruby and garnet in the core with some bricking at the rim. Restrained nose that needs coaxing to open up, but then it reveals sour cherry, chestnut, red leather, blue plum, cured tobacco, cinnamon and violet at the end. Slightly funky but in a good way. Later on some licorice emerges on the nose. Medium bodied, soft tannins, tart acidity, moderate alcohol, dry finish. Initial impressions on the palate are gobs of sour cherry, dusty red plum skins, soft oak, black tea, light tar, licorice and a nicely astringent finish that is fruity and dry and tingly all at the same time. Pretty nice stuff. Slightly challenging - certainly not a sipper - but I certainly like it!

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  10/30/2022 - Ruubious wrote:

  No formal notes, always enjoy this

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  12/14/2020 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  Good+. Needed at least 45 minutes before it began to open up and offer any complexity. If I had another, I'd definitely give it an hour of air in decanter prior to service. Once opened, it was brown spice, soil, and pretty black berries. Tannins are fine, not obtrusive. At this stage, the wine is an elegant medium body, with loads of still fresh acidity; avg finish, with avg/avg+ complexity once fully open. For my palate, this is in its preferred plateau now, and certainly shows the goods for another 5+ years of drinking at this level, probably more. 13,5% abv., natural cork. VG value. recommended+
  
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  the complete offering of wines from Rivera taken at the winery March 2019

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  9/24/2020 - df1962 wrote: 90 Points

  PnD. Let air for 1hr.
  
  NOT consistent with previous note.
  
  Great cherry fruit on the nose and palate with earthy porcini notes. Racy lingering finish with dried fruit mineral and fennel. Delicious.
  
  Sometimes it is not good wines but good bottles.

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  8/28/2020 - ftorrisi wrote: 90 Points

  I like this high concentration, (relatively) low alcohol southern Italian wein for its dark cherries, woody finish and balanced acidity. I believe it will further age well in cellar.

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