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| Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2023 (based on 4 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.2 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 24 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Sebastian80 on 10/18/2020 & rated 90 points: Red cherry, black currant, cloves and bay leaves. Fresh. After some air there is also nice barnyard aromas. Incorrectly guessed this as a Sangiovese blend. (1292 views) | | | Tasted by vinhonotte on 6/22/2020 & rated 91 points: Masterclass on SuperTuscan Wines with Querciabella (Zoom): Medium ruby, with slight browning and fading on edges. Some pretty dark reddish floral aromas, as well as pepper, cloves, nutmeg, raspberry, and blackberry, and a bit of grassiness. Upfront ripe sweetish blackberry flavours, and then the tannins and pepper spices start to bite, leaving some nutmeg, cinnamon, and coffee grounds on the finish, even somewhat bitter. Upfront and straightforward, but has a slight interesting character (1470 views) | | | Tasted by BaylinBoy on 2/7/2020 & rated 91 points: Deep Ruby red, cherry and plum nose, wonderful rounded tannins fresh taste lingering mouth feel. Beautiful balanced clearly old-world wine. Excellent! (1608 views) | | | Tasted by JS1056 on 2/3/2020 & rated 90 points: Very pretty nose of dark fruit
This is drinking very well right now. Dark fruit is very present; black cherry and plum. But there is a good earthiness to it with some minerality showing up. The tannins are smooth. There is no question that this is Italian.
The finish is somewhat short. And I don’t think this has the structure to improve much with age. I would drink any bottles in the near term as I think if the fruit faded it would lose much of its appeal. (1584 views) | | | Tasted by Rudolph Schmidt on 1/2/2020 & rated 87 points: Juicy dirty fruit, tannic, soot, green olive, (1662 views) | | | Tasted by Vinnut on 6/20/2019 & rated 90 points: Dark ruby garnet in color. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with overtones of dusty/earthy & dried herbs, spices, cocoa, minerals & a slight hint of cedar in the background. Medium bodied with good concentration of balanced & smooth textured, plush, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs & minerals. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present but has the fruit & structure to continue developing with additional aging for a few more years although it appears to be meant for near to mid-term drinkability. A blend of 50% Sangiovese, 25% merlot & 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. (801 views) | | | Tasted by sdrum on 4/13/2019 & rated 89 points: Decent noise. Nice, medium-bodied Sangiovese. (1032 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 4/4/2019: Smells Italian. Tastes with some.gumption as well. (926 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 3/8/2019: Sweet black and red fruit with good structure, shows the Cabernet, but in a good way. (927 views) | | | Tasted by jmoon on 1/13/2019 & rated 90 points: Decent enjoyable balanced flavours. Not complex, simple and straightforward but true and correct and moderately delicious. (1021 views) | | | Tasted by Lyubomir Lefterov on 4/4/2018 & rated 90 points: Soft and juicy, Marrema sensed blend of Sangiovese 50% M 25% CS 25%.
A wine that will easily be liked from everyone. (1166 views) |
| By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2021, Issue #91, Agricola Querciabella Superb Chianti Classico and So Much More
(Mongrana- Querciabella (Maremma)) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Chianti Classico 2015 & 2016: Right Place, Right Time (Feb 2019) (2/1/2019)
(Querciabella Mongrana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (7/25/2018)
(Querciabella Toscana Mongrana, Red, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. | By Walter Speller
JancisRobinson.com (3/6/2018)
(Querciabella, Mongrana IGT Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Susan Hulme MW
Decanter, Querciabella vertical (2/10/2018)
(Querciabella, Mongrana, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Producer Location - Chianti Classico (Google Maps)
Producer Location - Maremma (Google Maps)SuperTuscan BlendSuperTuscan Blend refers to wines which feature a significant Sangiovese component combined with grapes not traditionally associated with Italy like Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. This separates it from "Sangiovese blend" which is used for wines which are predominantly Sangiovese and combined with traditional Italian varieties. There is often confusion as many wines most famous associated with the term "Super Tuscan" like Sassicaia, Masseto and Ornellaia have no Sangiovese and are properly linked to 'Red Bordeaux Blend.'
In fact, Super Tuscan was a term coined to refer specifically to wines such as Sassicaia and Tignanello. These were wines that "fell out" of the official DOCG classification of Italian wines because they either contained grapes not permitted (international varietals such as cabernet sauvignon or merlot,) were aged differently (I.e. in barrique) or were 100% sangiovese - which was not permitted at the time for Chianti (E.g. Fontodi Flaccianello.) Forced to be classified as simply "Vina di Tavola" these wines nontheless quickly found favour in international markets and comanded prices above the highest quality DOCG Chianti Classico & Brunello di Montalcino wines at the time. The wine industry and press began to refer to these wines as SuperTuscans because of their popularity and quality, but also because of the prices they commanded. Subsequently, the Italian authorities, under the Goria Law 1992, redrew the classifications, and included the category IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) to classify the SuperTuscans.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytMaremma On weinlagen-infoMaremma Toscana On weinlagen-info |
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