April 16, 2023 - Popped n poured last nite at Norma & Victor's. Cherries, leather & earth on the nose. Light to medium bodies, tart cherry and currant on the palate. Solid acidic core, no tannins apparent, and oak is hardly noticeable. Fairly long finish. More acid than fruit. Enjoyable but, at least on this nite, the wine seems no more than a glorified chianti.
May 14, 2022 - Ready and drinking great right now. THe oak seems to have smoothed in. Would be more than happy to drink more!
November 8, 2021 - Pergole Torte lunch (Chicago, IL): While this is by no means a bad wine, it didn't live up to the potential and potency of the others in the flight. This strongly reminds me of the 2008 red Burgundy vintage, with its bright red fruits and heavy perfume, but that also carries through to the relatively thin palate and high acidity. For me, this had the least potential of further aging, and revisiting this wine later on also did not yield great results.
May 11, 2020 - Popped the cork and let it open up in the bottle for about 2.5 hours before enjoying with a T-bone off the grill; grilled asparagus with miso butter and home made french fries. Nose was very pretty upon opening, and you could taste the sunny Tuscan summer of '08 very clearly. Velvety, soft tannins made this super easy to drink though seemingly thinner than other vintages of this wine. A great wine for sure but not intended for much in the way of a long cellar life. I only have one '08 and think now is an ideal time to drink it. No upside from here but would probably keep for a little longer. The color started out bright but muddied/browned out at about hour 4.
December 26, 2019 - Probably best consumed soon. Soft tannins.
September 26, 2019 - Integrated. Tart cherry. Leather. Satiny. Tamari. Pomegranate. Elevated acid alcohol tannins. Mid inflection and a glorious mix of dense expressive fruit and tertiary detail.
February 23, 2018 - After one hour decant, very nice. Paired well with lamb chops. Full bodied. Brown red color. Smooth citric aftertaste
February 12, 2018 - Strong camphor on the nose; on the palate, cherry, tart currant, and light spices on the medium to long finish, with no noticeable tannins and powerful acidity. As noted by others here, this is out of balance, with the acid overwhelming the fruit. It's interesting as an unusual expression of Sangiovese, and it works well enough with food, but at $70 it's a poor value.
November 7, 2016 - Weekly tasting group RWP #235: Tuscany (@ BS): Lovely bouquet with beautiful oak, flowers, red and dark berries as well as chocolate. On the palate dark berries, laurel, licorice, some metal, earth, mint, a bit backwards, drying tannin and some nutty flavors. A bit tertiary as well?? Special and beautiful wine which I will not score…
August 23, 2015 - Non capisco come qualcuno possa dire che questo vino era pronto da bere o addirittura da aprire subito. Questo Pergole torte era incredibilmente acerbo, "verde", acido. Non sono comunque pentito di averlo aperto in quanto penso che il tempo magari gli toglierà un po' di acidità, ma altresì rispetto ad altre annate ('01,'04,'06,'07) che ho bevuto, è il peggior Pergole torte che io ricordi. Anzi non sembra neanche un Pergole Torte. Non darei neanche la colpa ad un annata minore, in quanto del 2008 ho bevuto e sto bevendo dei buonissimi Sangiovese. Direi che questo pergole Torte sia stato fatto proprio male. Non ha finezza, ne eleganza. Non esprime il territorio ne l'azienda, ne lo stile che di solito lo contraddistingue. Considerato il prezzo poi. Ultimamente le nuove annate hanno pure subito un aumento del ben 30%. Insomma... un disastro.
Speriamo solo che il tempo ne cambi il passo, ma ne dubito.