2008 Monte del Frá Ripasso della Valpolicella Classico Superiore Lena di Mezzo

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 87.6 points

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  3/27/2021 - johnny wine Likes this wine: 89 Points

  The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like prune, forest floor and oak. It tastes like chocolate. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.

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  11/3/2016 - johnny wine Likes this wine: 88 Points

  The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like red currant, prune and cherry. It tastes like red currant, prune, cherry, forest floor and cedar. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.

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  3/21/2015 - Ncjordan Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This wine should be aged longer. Now, it is offering lots on the nose. The palate is completely dominated by harsh tannins. Smells gorgeous. I want these tannins to subside and integrate. I'm a newcomer to valpolicella ripasso and therefore amarone as well. Clearly these wines are built to be tannic and super structured. But I'd leave this wine cellared for as long as possible hoping the tannins integrate before the fruit and beauty on the nose dim.
  There will be a middle ground to be found in 2-3 more years. Or drink now if looking for a delicious mouth coating chew fest. It did pair perfectly with large shell pasta with a sauce of local Connecticut King Bolete mushrooms and broth, tomato, balsamic, garlic, onion, olive oil and good European butter finish. Really good.

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  6/25/2014 - johnny wine Likes this wine: 89 Points

  The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like forest floor. It tastes like black pepper at the end. It has nice taste plum and oak. well matured

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  5/17/2014 - johnny wine Likes this wine: 88 Points

  The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like forest floor and plum. It tastes like plum and coffee. The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.

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