Community Tasting Notes 21

• tastark wrote:

  December 9, 2018 - Found this on closeout. Not a huge fan of Valdicava, but decided to give this a try thinking the Rosso couldn't possibly be as tannic/over-extracted as their Brunello.
  
  Boy, was I wrong. Definitely not my style of Sangiovese. No finesse at all. A mouthful of dry, bitter wood tannins cover up any semblance of fruit, though there is a faint smell of cherry vanilla cola. Not my cup of tea. Was better on day 2.

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• iamandyc wrote: 87 points

  January 2, 2018 - Really decent right out of the bottle but started to fall apart after about two hours in the decanter. Started out deep but nicely dry with balance. Finish was a bit short but a good wine for the price point. As it started falling apart, the tannins and acid started to get bitter and overshadow the fruit.

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• VineLine wrote: 89 points

  June 4, 2017 - Wow. On the nose, muted fruit and leather. On the palate, blackberry/respberry/current/leather/tobacco all beautifully merged, medium + body, medium acid, soft and silky tannins lead you to a long finish. One note, cork broke off halfway out so had to strain this one, lots of sediment.

• iamandyc wrote: 88 points

  August 31, 2016 - Was good on first night with some air. Fell apart on day 2. Dark wine with good acidity. Some smokey and ash notes.

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• shereen Likes this wine: 88 points

  August 9, 2015 - Nice but needed decanting of course. About 2 hours seemed to soften it up. Still can hold up to some more years. Stood up to some nice acidity in the tomatoes we had

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Valdicava
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Rosso di Montalcino
• UPC Code 607531632054

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• In Cellars 52 (27%)
• Consumed 144 (73%)

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