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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2020 (based on 12 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Genghis88 on 4/15/2017 & rated 91 points: This is the second and last bottle i own. I am missing it already. My first bottle was underwhelming, but this time it came through.
Dark purple, robust, and full bodied.
Some under-ripe red cherries, light oak hints
Sour cherries, medium finish, beach like, sandy, loamy, slick.
An VERY GOOD food pairing wine.... (1400 views) | | | Tasted by Genghis88 on 11/22/2016 & rated 87 points: @Homer Street
Deep, heavy, full bodied, ruby red
AMAZING nose! Sweet cherries, port like qualities, raspberries, vanilla
Allspice, cloves, pencil shavings
WOW! NOTHING like the nose would have indicated. Earthy, meaty,
Tobacco, wet leather, gravely,
This is a food pairing wine for sure. Expensive as well. (1459 views) | | | Tasted by geppetto on 11/29/2015 & rated 94 points: I really enjoyed this bottle. Decanted and consumed over 3 hours with beef tenderloin, roast potatoes and some sautéed veggies. Really deep, dark red. This is fresh and smooth. Everything is nicely in balance, with nice dark fruits. This is drinking really well right now. In a previous note, I said I would wait another five years, but I am changing my mind - there really is no reason to wait on these. (1868 views) | | | Tasted by sharonandroland on 9/23/2015 & rated 91 points: Very smooth tannins. some pencil shavings, medicinal and herbal aromas of Tuscan IGT. Lacks a bit of lift. (1884 views) | | | Tasted by geppetto on 2/19/2015 & rated 93 points: Finished off a previously Coravin'd bottle (tapped about four months ago). This wine is really great. Wonderful fruit and the nose just reaches out of the glass and stretches across the room. (2101 views) | | | Tasted by geppetto on 10/26/2014 & rated 93 points: This is day 4 of my Coravin experiment, where I am tapping into some of those bottles that I have been holding for a special day. Today is one of those days...
This Arcanum is still fresh and powerful. Still has great fruit flavours of dark cherries. Nice fruity nose. This is still hot. Very nice wine that needs some time to come together. I would guess next bottle in 5 years. Really enjoyable wine. (1131 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 10/21/2009 & rated 90 points: VinItaly U.S. Tour (105 wines tasted) (Bently Reserve Bldg, San Francisco, California): Deep red fruit, cassis, berry nose; tasty, tart red fruit, mineral, herbaceous palate; medium finish (75% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot) (3240 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (10/21/2009)
(Tenuta di Arceno Arcanum I Toscana IGT) Deep red fruit, cassis, berry nose; tasty, tart red fruit, mineral, herbaceous palate; medium finish (75% Cabernet Franc, 25% Merlot) 90 points |
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| Tenuta di Arceno Producer website
For their Arcanum ("Super Tuscan") line
Jackson Family Wines site for addt'l infoSuperTuscan 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) | TuscanytToscana IGTHere is the Wikipedia entry for Toscana wine. |
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