2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

Community Tasting Notes (178) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  2/13/2024 - Motz wrote: 98 Points

  Tasted over two days, alongside the same vintage Trotanoy and Léoville-Barton.
  
  The words bouquet and perfume cannot adequately convey this wine's olfactory expressiveness. Floral and fruit notes (live, fresh, dried, and essences) linger in the background, behind root vegetables (raw, sauteed, roasted), live and dry herbs, assorted olives, tobacco (all forms), umami, smokehouse, all things savory (kelp, iodine), ash, minerals, and ores.
  
  The wine tastes like it smells, in inflection changing waves. Bold, concentrated, and precise. Without any sense of the contrived fruitiness, heavy timber, and nasal membrane destroying alcohol that characterize the modern style. Medium plus acid and medium tannins frame the substance beautifully. Indescribable sophistication and nuance! Neither Bordeaux could match this wine's range and depth.
  
  All elements point to another decade+ of life. Satisfying in all regards. Stupendous QPR! 97-98.

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  1/6/2024 - BBencz wrote: flawed

  Corked.

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  12/25/2023 - happytom wrote: 94 Points

  Raisins and deep rosey. And deep dark berries. This is a wine of great intensity, beauty and elegance. Plum skins. Great structure with firm tannins. Great food wine.

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  12/25/2023 - Es7e2003 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium ruby in glass. Medium plus intensity on the nose. Prunes, ash, menthol and violets. Medium acidity and medium plus tannins that have resolved. Good balance and close to the peak of its drinking window. If you have multiple bottles drink one now. Good food wine.

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  12/22/2023 - dougsmith Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Deep ruby color. Nose of black cherry, dusty earth, minerality. Medium bodied on the palate, great food wine.

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