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• Ernestas Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 14, 2024 - This vintage is a knock-out, by far the best Caberlot I’ve tasted till now. Made from unique natural crossing of CF and Merlot. Wine was aged in new FR oak for around 18 months and 16 months in magnums, bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deep opaque ruby colour. Intense savoury and dense aroma of cassis, roasted bell pepper, black cherry jam, roasted herbs, mocha, violets. Medium+ body, explosive concentration, saturated texture, but at same time graceful & fresh with envious depth and length, fine medium+ tannins.

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• Eric Becker Likes this wine: 96 points

  April 1, 2023 - Tasted at Summa 2023 (Margreid, South Tyrol). Not included in last years vertical tasting at Summa 2022 I was very happy to try the 2016 this time, as it turned out to be even better than the 2013, which was my favourite of last year. Like this vintage the 2016 is more red- than blackfruited, however, it is more powerful IIRC and overall its intensity, freshness and tannic structure are downright explosive. Add the aromatic complexity of the variety with its stemmy notes à la Cabernet Franc and you have a wine, which came out first among stiff competition like La Mondotte 2015 and Monteverro 2016. I rarely buy wines in this price-range but in this case I had to.

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• viniferatu Likes this wine:

  May 20, 2020 - One of the most intense espresso notes I've ever encountered in a wine. This has many diverse and intense dark and roasted aromas and flavors. Graphite and tar, cacao and espresso, blueberry, cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry... much of the focus is on earthy and roasted notes, but the fruit is very impressive as well. It reminds me of exceptional Pessac, but it is also rather like a very structured Pomerol. Super intense and gripping, it saturates every corner of the palate and lingers very long on complex earthy notes. Really interesting stuff, but I would not want to drink this without a big meal. It should improve for decades and hold in for another few decades after that. Would love to try a Caberlot with 10+ years on it.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Podere Il Carnasciale
• Varietal Caberlot
• Designation Il Caberlot
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Toscana IGT

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• Pending Delivery 7 (2%)
• In Cellars 238 (72%)
• Consumed 85 (26%)

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