Peach Farm. This was my last bottle. Still quite a lot of tannin. However, while certainly appreciated by those present, I think it was better younger when the fruit was more ebullient and the Sagrantino character was more in your face.
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At Cobble with the Lawtons, backup bottle to a 2001 which was clearly over the hill. This was good, but I'm coming to the realization that these may be better drunk younger, despite the tannin, to better appreciate the amazing fruit.
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Opened for a couple of hours, decanted for five. Like the previous bottle, this was an outstanding Sagrantino: the rustic core is there, but eighteen years has smoothed and folded the edges to create a memorable mouthfeel amid layers of fruit. Can't imagine it getting better. This likely the end of my thirty-some year romance with Sagrantino, but what a great farewell to the last example of the grape in my cellar.
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Opened at noon, decanted at three, served at four with bread, cheese, coarse paté, olives, whitefish salad. I haven't cellared Sagrantinos in years, but I don't believe I've had a better iteration among the many bottles I've shared at home or dining out (specifically at Il Buco, where I was first introduced to the grape via Ruggiero, no longer imported). This is just where you want it: assertive, rustic, and ennobled with time such that every sip is rich with complexity while pairing effortlessly with all the apps we threw at it. An outstanding bottle.
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(Paolo Bea Montefalco Sagrantino Secco Pagliaro) Medium garnet red color with pale meniscus; lovely, redolent, dried cherry, very light cedar nose; tight, tasty, powerful, tart cherry, dried cherry, cedar, mineral, tart cranberry palate; needs 4 years; long finish (140 yr old Sagrantino vines)
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2/29/2024 - Eric Wright Likes this wine: 92 Points
From 3L - fantastic from the first pour. Fruit still showing well. Tannins and acid well balanced. Really enjoyable
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11/20/2023 - cweiss Likes this wine:
Peach Farm. This was my last bottle. Still quite a lot of tannin. However, while certainly appreciated by those present, I think it was better younger when the fruit was more ebullient and the Sagrantino character was more in your face.
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7/25/2023 - cweiss wrote:
At Cobble with the Lawtons, backup bottle to a 2001 which was clearly over the hill. This was good, but I'm coming to the realization that these may be better drunk younger, despite the tannin, to better appreciate the amazing fruit.
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6/9/2023 - prism wrote: 94 Points
Opened for a couple of hours, decanted for five. Like the previous bottle, this was an outstanding Sagrantino: the rustic core is there, but eighteen years has smoothed and folded the edges to create a memorable mouthfeel amid layers of fruit. Can't imagine it getting better. This likely the end of my thirty-some year romance with Sagrantino, but what a great farewell to the last example of the grape in my cellar.
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1/6/2023 - prism wrote: 95 Points
Opened at noon, decanted at three, served at four with bread, cheese, coarse paté, olives, whitefish salad. I haven't cellared Sagrantinos in years, but I don't believe I've had a better iteration among the many bottles I've shared at home or dining out (specifically at Il Buco, where I was first introduced to the grape via Ruggiero, no longer imported). This is just where you want it: assertive, rustic, and ennobled with time such that every sip is rich with complexity while pairing effortlessly with all the apps we threw at it. An outstanding bottle.
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