2008 Arnaldo-Caprai Montefalco Sagrantino Collepiano

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  6/11/2022 - GrigelNolla Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Beautiful fruit and tannin, much better than the last one I opened which was all funk. Probably just a difference in storing conditions. Saved the best for last!

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  10/8/2018 - Shrages wrote: 87 Points

  87 now; predict 92 in DISTANT future
  
  Attractive dark color with high gloss. Very little bricking just starting at edges. Nose of cool autumn leaves, latish harvest strawberries. Dense mouthfeel — fruit TRYING to make it through, but this wine is still so exceedingly acidic and tannic that fruit hasn’t got a chance. So this wine is promising but NOT EVEN CLOSE to being ready to drink. I won’t try it again for at least 6 years. Reminds me of a just-bottled tannât.

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  1/20/2018 - Zorg wrote:

  Wow! As a tannin junkie I'm impressed! Impossoble to score this now, will try again in 5-10 years.

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  8/20/2017 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs
  -opaque deep dark red stains the glass, minimal bricking
  -begrudgingly gives up some rich savory earthy berry aromatics and noticeable EtOH and touch of oak
  -med acidity, med+ weight broad and diffuse earthy full faint dark fruits with some early maturity, expansive super chalky tannins completely bathe the palate accompanied by a bitter hot note
  -masculine bruiser a bit rough on the edges needs food and probably better in a few years to let the tannins recede though there's a chance there isn't quite enough mid-palate sap to prevent the heat from dominating

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  7/2/2016 - rossi.wine wrote:

  No formal notes. Dark fruit on the nose, cherries, plums, tar, flowers. Quite tight and grippy on the palate, good acidity, very firm. Nice fruit underneath, but the tannins are a little overpowering. Hold. (90-91+?)

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