2011 Cantina Sociale Cooperativa Copertino Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  2/2/2024 - Big Juicy Red Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I know that in an absolute sense this is not an exceptional wine. I’ve had other Negroamaro’s with greater complexity and flavor delineation. But it’s a very good wine, and I loved it from the start. Back about four vintages ago, this was my first Negroamaro. I was mostly drinking new world wines then, but I loved this from the start. It was shockingly different, but something about it just grabbed me — that mix of fruit forwardness backed up by lots of Old World funk — and a great value. I guess I’m still emotionally attached to it.
  
  At this point the flavors are rich, if ill defined, but it’s smooth, nicely balanced, and still has good acidity and just a hint of tannins to see it through the finish. I’m giving it a solid (and mostly rational) 89.

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  5/11/2023 - wineshlub wrote: 92 Points

  Opened one hour in advance. Piney cherry aroma. Pure, clean flavors of sweet cherry and leather, tart cherry/lemon finish. Mature, elegant, firm backbone, some complexity, amazing value. Probably not going to get any better but no sign of immediate decline. Amazing value.

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  9/6/2022 - scott_ordway wrote: 92 Points

  Amazing value for an interesting southern Italian DOC I’d never tried before. Some classic old world funk, super bright acidity and a bit of lingering fruit (after 10+ years in bottle), and a surprising blast of menthol/herbs that emerged after about 90 minutes of air. Has the whiff of an amaro, almost. Spectacular pairing with a pasta puttanesca.
  
  For $17 at my local shop, I’m going to buy out their supply tomorrow.

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  9/3/2022 - zpneal Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Check it out now, the funk…is perfect with almost any Italian dinner. Bright, acidic, but also with interesting depth.

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  3/19/2022 - Biskuit Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Really fun wine, juicy vibrant but with some nice aged funk and complexity that comes with 10+ years. Great value for what it is.

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