Excellent style, perfect for lunch and aged nicely. 14% alc. Colour: some browning of red berry character Bouquet: sour black cherries, spice and oak Palate: very savoury as is classic for the grape and Chianti, similar characters to bouquet, plus plums and blueberries and red berries, big soft drying tannins, dried herbal notes, big alcohol largely balanced by fruit, long dry finish with uplifted acid. Would be perfect with just a little less alcohol. Otherwise very much like a Chianti. July 2017
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I love this wine, hints of chocolate and light berries with a lovely crimson colour. Tastes of traditional sango savoury whisps with front to mid palete fruit. Great food wine
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nose seriously lacks intensity but what's there is OK - sweetish fruit, but some non-fruit character too; smooth palate and can't hol dit's alochol, just kind of lacking
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7/22/2017 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent style, perfect for lunch and aged nicely. 14% alc.
Colour: some browning of red berry character
Bouquet: sour black cherries, spice and oak
Palate: very savoury as is classic for the grape and Chianti, similar characters to bouquet, plus plums and blueberries and red berries, big soft drying tannins, dried herbal notes, big alcohol largely balanced by fruit, long dry finish with uplifted acid. Would be perfect with just a little less alcohol. Otherwise very much like a Chianti.
July 2017
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1/16/2011 - JustinMcDonald wrote:
My last 06, great food wine, lovely cherry element, Italian in style but comes through as being very different from your average bottle of chianti
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7/10/2010 - JustinMcDonald wrote:
I love this wine, hints of chocolate and light berries with a lovely crimson colour. Tastes of traditional sango savoury whisps with front to mid palete fruit. Great food wine
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12/1/2009 - Bearbus wrote:
nose seriously lacks intensity but what's there is OK - sweetish fruit, but some non-fruit character too; smooth palate and can't hol dit's alochol, just kind of lacking
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