2016 Il Censo Terre Siciliane 700

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88.4 points

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  4/19/2024 - Tmcquillen Likes this wine: 87 Points

  The nose is filled with the scent of ripe fruits, cherries, and a subtle hint of spices. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with a beautifully balanced acidity and tannin structure that gives it a smooth and velvety texture. The finish is long and satisfying, leaving a lingering taste of dark fruits and a hint of spice.

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  12/8/2023 - mks83 Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  Color: inky crimson, dark at the core but warm at the rim. Nose consists of stewed red berries, decaying old wet wood, reduction, and a touch of scotch whisky cask (some negative elements but improved with aeration). In the mouth, some fizziness, that lifts the already rounded cooked fruits to give some weightless feeling (a bit flat like Bret contaminated wines, but at charming level) - not tannic or acidic, but concentrated like dried fruit candy combined with mild/cooked spices of Worcestershire sauce. Some bitterness at the aftertaste. At least having excellent energy of red fruit, but otherwise tastes like an inexpensive sparkling red made in Lambrusco style (although the fizz is not as strong as that). Nothing wrong with that, but for the $35+ price point, it’s a bit of a disappointment.

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  7/2/2023 - melzar wrote: 89 Points

  I was initially turned off by the bottle spritz evident upon opening, but on day 4, this is almost gone. I tend to admire lighter wines, but this is pretty good (rated on day four). Warm climate wine, heavily extracted, yet well balanced. Paolo Bea's influence is positively exhibited here.

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  7/1/2023 - PaulusLoZebra wrote: 88 Points

  I admire Il Censo and what they are trying to do in partnership with Paolo Bea, but so far I don't like their wines much. My first of theirs, a 2014 Perricone Njuro opened five years ago, was flawed and undrinkable. This one (LNDAGAR201120) is certainly drinkable, with lots of great raw material in the bottle, but I just don't like the style of the end product much. Consumed over two nights, on night one the effervescence was off-putting (84), and thankfully was much less prominent on night two (88). For context, I like fizzy reds, and at one point in my life sought them out. I've had many great, high-quality Lambrusco wines during my years living in Italy, some also from the Oltre Po Pavese, and for a few years in the US I drank a lot of fizzy reds from Australia. So, the fizz itself does not put me off, it's how it overwhelms the raw material and hides the inherent goodness of the wine. What's hidden is its aromatic and flavor complexity, with a myriad of dark fruits and spices supported by good acidity and modest tannins. FYI, it's 13.5% ABV, so kudos to them for keeping the alcohol in check. It's a small-production wine (5300 bottles) but that is not enough to justfy the high price.

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