2018 Le Piane Maggiorina

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  2/16/2024 - lake.vino Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Pretty wine. Not improving at this stage; drink it. Cranberry , cherry rose tar. Good mineral. Solid fresh acid still tannic. Built for the table and not for long aging. But still has nice complexity and depth. Finish remarkably long. Nebbiolo really shows here. But has brambles and fruit of primitivo. I’m happy this seems to have seen no oak.

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  1/5/2022 - fitchbuck wrote: 89 Points

  I'll agree with Galloni on his 'bright & vibrant' notes ... but not his sporty 92pts. This paired well with food [duck breast on baguette, pizza] but was otherwise not great on its own.

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  5/2/2021 - winemaker Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Spicy nose. This is a bit grapey, but there is an herbal quality here similar to Gamay. This is a field blend of 12 varietals, but is mostly Croatina and Nebbiolo. Aged for a year in stainless steel. This is meant to be drunk young.

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  3/30/2021 - Chris Forno wrote:

  Second time in the last two months with this wine.
  
  I really wanted to like it as I love Alto Piemonte wines. Realizing that it’s super young, I’ll reserve final judgement but comment that, like the previous bottle, although there is freshness, the flavors are on the cola, raisin and leather spectrum, all of which I generally don’t appreciate and as for my taste speak to a rustic wine, feral in nature and lacking precision.
  
  I’m starting to sense that the wines of Boca which I’ve had all share those similar flavors and just may just not be in my wheelhouse.

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  11/25/2020 - Neecies wrote:

  I've liked other Le Pianes in the past but no thrills here. Good color, sweet nose, sweet on the palate, more like an Italian merlot than nebbiolo.

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