2018 Arnaldo-Caprai Montefalco Sagrantino Collepiano

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  2/16/2024 - zachb1125 Likes this wine: 87 Points

  PnP for dinner at a restaurant, it started to open up over the ~90 minute meal, but still needed more time. Nose is intense but pretty closed with blackberry, plum, cocoa, some herbs, leather, and maybe cedar, but even two days in it is pretty tight. Palate is more of the same dark fruit, earth, and herb, but it is flat. Medium acidity, intense tannins. Honestly just immature at the moment, it really needs some time to come into balance.

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  5/23/2023 - akolod wrote: 91 Points

  At Gallagher’s. Under $100. Excellent with bright fruit.

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  2/7/2023 - andrearomano1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  VISIVA:
  COLORE: rubino / granato - poco trasparente 10
  LIMPIDEZZA: limpido 4
  CONSISTENZA: consistente
  OLFATTIVA
  INTENSITÀ: intenso
  COMPLESSITÀ: complesso - ampio 11
  QUALITÀ: eccellente 18
  DOMINANTE: etereo, fruttato, speziatura
  DESCRIZIONE: ribes, mirtillo, amarena, prugna secca, rosa canina, noce moscata, caramello, cacao, tabacco, liquirizia, grafite, cuoio vaniglia, viola, catrame, china
  GUSTO-OLFATTIVA:
  ZUCCHERI: secco
  ALCOLI: caldo+
  POLIALCOLI: moderatamente morbido
  ACIDI: moderatamente fresco
  TANNINO: molto tannico
  TANNINO (QUALITÀ): vellutato
  MINERALI: sapido
  CORPO: pieno
  EQUILIBRIO: suff. equilibrato 8
  SVILUPPO GUSTATIVO:
  INTENSITÀ: intenso 3
  PERSISTENZA: molto persistente 16
  QUALITÀ: fine + 15
  CONCLUSIONI:
  STATO EVOLUTIVO: pronto
  ARMONIA: suff. armonico
  TIPICITÀ: esemplare 8

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  11/15/2022 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Italian Wine Scholar Class at the Texas Wine School. Decanted 3 hrs. 100% Sagrantino. Deep dark ruby w/ garnet rim & thick, dark legs. Med+ blackberry, plum, medicinal herbs, espresso, earth and smoke. Aged for 22 months in French oak barriques. Youthful. Dry, w/ tart black fruit, black plums, dark chocolate, licorice. Med+ acidity and pronounced tannins. The alcohol is high (15.5%) but integrated. Full-bodied, intensely flavored, with a creamy, thick mouthfeel & a long finish. Monolithic and primary, it will benefit from food and many more years of aging. Solid QPR in the $45-$55 range, considering its quality and age-ability.

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