1999 Seghesio Family Vineyards Sangiovese

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 85.7 points

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  7/1/2012 - arthrovine wrote:

  Saddle leather. Minimal fruit. A little reductive. I bid farewell.

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  12/28/2009 - arthrovine wrote: 91 Points

  A Treat! Need air time...a few hours open in the bottle to fully open

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  7/25/2004 - Eric wrote: 85 Points

  This was my most enjoyable bottle. The nose is oaky and somewhat extracted, yet it shows pleasing scents of saddle leather and black cherry. On the palate this is very firm and tannic with somewhat astringent acid. On its own this is not a great sipper, but with the right food it lights up. In this case, the right food was Sloppy Joe's with a hint of cayenne and caramelized onions. The acid in the wine was a pleasant foil to the thick, tomato-based sauce. At the same time, the more Californian, deep-extraction allowed it to stand up nicely to the sauce. I am both impressed and surprised by the amount of structure in this, and I'm wondering if I'm tasting some significant wood tannin.

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  10/19/2003 - Eric wrote: 81 Points

  On the nose this shows black cherry with a hint of blackberry and some woodsmoke. On the palate this shows searing, somewhat unbalanced acidity and a hint of bitterness, black cherry and bitter chocolate. The finish is short and dry with a tannic bite. Compared to nearly any well made Tuscan Sangiovese, this is clunky and monolithic.
  
  After an hour out of bottle this is rounding out a touch, but it still is nothing to get terribly enthralled about. When I was first collecting a few years ago I was very excited about California Sangiovese. Thank goodness I accumulated less than a case of these from various producers...

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  10/3/2003 - Easter Everywhere wrote: 80 Points

  Dark ruby, aromas of plum, raisin, prune, vanillan oak, cherry, alcohol, b2+, a2+, t3, decent balance, simple fruit & oak, rustic coarse tannins

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