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• gesusser Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 31, 2019 - barolo of the south. Excellent QPR deep long legged red

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• skurtz Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 16, 2018 - Opened to breathe for 3h. Dark and brooding in the glass. Aromatic nose of cedar, oak, alcohol, minerals. The palate is all about black fruit (mostly blackberries, some ripe plum), lots of graphite, mineral, alcohol (only 13.5%), and cottony tannins to boot. This is a big wine, great with hearty beef stew. No rush to drink these, although they seem to be softening slowly over time. I can wait a year or so before trying again.

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• ddecoste Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 22, 2017 - This 2009 Taurasi DOCG wine is ruby red in color, displaying medium legs and no bottle sediment. Produced from 100% Aglianico grape variety. A medium to full bodied wine with delicate bouquets of blackberry, cherry and plum. The wine has smooth texture. The wine has low acidity and finishes long. Best when bottle opened about 1 hour before tasting/drinking. Enjoyed with aged Gouda cheese but also excellent with steak and heavy pasta sauces. Recommended!

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• skurtz Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 10, 2015 - Opened to breathe for 1h; slow ox. Dark red with long legs. Massive nose: graphite, asphalt, oak, red fruit buried down below. Full bodied and smooth, even in its youth, but just a mountain of mineral, cherries, blackberries, oak, lush tannins, and a faint acid finish. Impressive complexity: an excellent find. Definitely one to cellar and see how it improves.
  
  Pumped down overnight. Holding up nicely on day 2. Plenty of fruit and slate.

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• GEMon wrote: 92 points

  January 11, 2015 - Blueberries, chocolate-covered cherries, and cocoa powder on the nose. There are some bright berries, a little chocolate, and something a litter bitter on the finish. Some spice, too. Very good. Too bad it's so hard to fine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Donnachiara
• Varietal Aglianico
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Campania
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Taurasi DOCG

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• In Cellars 29 (26%)
• Consumed 81 (74%)

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