Excellent wine. Very good balance, acidity and freshness , esp for a 15 year old wine. Delicious, refreshing and no flaws. But not really complex. My only question is whether it tasted like a $96 bottle.
Dinner at Dear Margaret (Chicago, IL): A little stinky and bretty, but otherwise very much a clean version of this wine. I like the notes of red berries and hints of black stone fruit here. Slightly volatile (what Italian wine isn't?) but not overwhelmingly so. Surprisingly far more drinkable than most of the other bottles of Pepe I've had (I have to admit I don't understand the wines though).
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I always find these wines very interesting. This took at least two hours of decanting to open up. Firm tannins, deep ruby color, slight barnyard with berries. Went very well with grilled lamb for Easter Dinner.
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Spectacular - dense, always evolving in the glass, intense dark berry fruit with terrific structure, beautiful on the nose. Still very youthful. Years and years left to enjoy this.
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Emidio Pepe wines with Chiara De Iulis Pepe: Chiara described as a warmer vintage. Aromatically brighter and more expressive than the 2010, pure red fruit characters; on the palate there was fuller fruit presence, yet still gracefully medium bodied, with a mineral savoury twist on the midpalate. Quite approachable now.
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5/26/2023 - Will Hansen wrote: 92 Points
Excellent wine. Very good balance, acidity and freshness , esp for a 15 year old wine. Delicious, refreshing and no flaws. But not really complex. My only question is whether it tasted like a $96 bottle.
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4/2/2023 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Dinner at Dear Margaret (Chicago, IL): A little stinky and bretty, but otherwise very much a clean version of this wine. I like the notes of red berries and hints of black stone fruit here. Slightly volatile (what Italian wine isn't?) but not overwhelmingly so. Surprisingly far more drinkable than most of the other bottles of Pepe I've had (I have to admit I don't understand the wines though).
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4/12/2020 - pas.vino Likes this wine: 90 Points
I always find these wines very interesting. This took at least two hours of decanting to open up. Firm tannins, deep ruby color, slight barnyard with berries. Went very well with grilled lamb for Easter Dinner.
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9/16/2018 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 94 Points
Spectacular - dense, always evolving in the glass, intense dark berry fruit with terrific structure, beautiful on the nose. Still very youthful. Years and years left to enjoy this.
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2/12/2018 - lightning wrote: 91 Points
Emidio Pepe wines with Chiara De Iulis Pepe: Chiara described as a warmer vintage. Aromatically brighter and more expressive than the 2010, pure red fruit characters; on the palate there was fuller fruit presence, yet still gracefully medium bodied, with a mineral savoury twist on the midpalate. Quite approachable now.
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