Deep dark ruby, with some brick at the edge. Expressive nose of cedar, pipe tobacco & spice. That and some plum on the palate - still tight with more (smooth) tannin than fruit. Dense, focused and well balanced. Pretty good right now, and I don't expect it will improve much.
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Big dark and brooding, a lot of complexity - dark fruits, herbs, coffee and lovely structure - lacking a little acidity compared to other vintages and perhaps with a little bit less finesse than other - but a terific wine at this price.
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Improving with age. Allegrini makes incredible wines for the money. Not a super tuscan, but a great lower price alternative. A great buy. This could cellar for another 10 years. Most of the comments that I see for the wine here seem to be related to the fact that this wine needs some age and not much else except patience.
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2/19/2011 - Sellar Rat Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep dark ruby, with some brick at the edge. Expressive nose of cedar, pipe tobacco & spice. That and some plum on the palate - still tight with more (smooth) tannin than fruit. Dense, focused and well balanced. Pretty good right now, and I don't expect it will improve much.
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2/28/2010 - timmyc wrote: 89 Points
Big dark and brooding, a lot of complexity - dark fruits, herbs, coffee and lovely structure - lacking a little acidity compared to other vintages and perhaps with a little bit less finesse than other - but a terific wine at this price.
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11/25/2009 - WilD wrote: 87 Points
Easy drinking wine. Not as good as a few years ago. Second day the wine is more integrated and complex. Definitely better than the first day.
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3/4/2009 - Cellarmaster wrote: 90 Points
Improving with age. Allegrini makes incredible wines for the money. Not a super tuscan, but a great lower price alternative. A great buy. This could cellar for another 10 years. Most of the comments that I see for the wine here seem to be related to the fact that this wine needs some age and not much else except patience.
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2/26/2009 - GrandeSerataFuori wrote: 85 Points
The wife said it was good. More soft, wet and fruit forward than the '01 or '04.
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