2018 Tommasi Cabernet Sauvignon Poggio al Tufo

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88 points

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  2/24/2024 - TerriCP wrote:

  Delicious

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  4/27/2023 - isbjoern wrote: 89 Points

  tasted @Vancouver International Wine Festival 2023: quite fresh, a fine mix of red and black fruits, high acidity and spicy finish. Good wine. - 89 points

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  2/15/2023 - Dozhdbog Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Upon first opening:
  Alcohol quite evident on the nose. There are hints of cherry, dark berries, earth, and maybe some licorice. Overall the nose is quite reticent.
  The palate opens warmly -perhaps from the alcohol- and offers notes of licorice, a hint of vanilla, and tart berries at the end with a lingering mild earthy bitterness.
  Feels backwards right now. Maybe some time decanting will help.
  Initial rating: 84
  
  Second glass, 1 hour decant:
  Things are arranged more appropriately now. The nose has also opened up to reveal what I can only call "mixed berry fruit leather", a slight smokiness, and forest floor.
  The palate starts with umami earthiness, then hits that berry fruit leather, picks up a toasty vanilla note along the way, and ends with a gently tannic finish balanced by an acidic lift.
  All in all, this really isn't that bad! $8 for the bottle makes the deal all the sweeter. I'm raising the rating a few points to 87.
  
  Day 2, final glass:
  It has held up fairly well. A mushroom funk has crept into the nose and fore-palate, which is not displeasing, and the berries, tannins, & acid have mellowed in tandem a touch. A pleasant sipper before dinner. Rating remains the same.

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  9/10/2022 - sw918 wrote: 90 Points

  Dry easy to drink. Great QPR. Medium tannins and acid. Seems to have a more red fruit than black fruit. Stewed strawberry, dark plum, leather, minerality. The oak was slightly hidden.
  Opens up after about 35-45 minutes Medium length finish. Would buy again.

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