2010 Castello di Monsanto Nemo Vigneto Il Mulino Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 94 points

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  4/30/2023 - DesMarteau Likes this wine:

  No Rating ….too young. Gave 5 + hours to open …doesn’t really budge. Leave for 10 years. Dark purple and concentrated …just asleep.

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  3/3/2023 - bill@evansplanet.com wrote:

  Over the hill

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  9/19/2019 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  Small pour at public tasting- tasted about 20 minutes after opening
  
  deep red color, rather strong mint and eucalyptus notes, cassis and slightly tart blueberries, a very strong streak of dark underbrush on the palate guiding the medium bodied fruit into a good finish on the drier side for a Cabernet, chocolate notes, while the individual elements are rather strong- in total this comes together quite nicely, I should also note I was quite surprised to find out this was the 2010- we were asked to make guesses on vintage when the wine was poured, as a general rule I am not a fan of making Cabernet or other better known varietals in places where other grapes have been determined to perform better over time- such wines are often anonymous in feel and many (even some a couple of the most expensive Super Tuscans) start to get a bit grapey and boring after a few years in bottle, but not so here- at 9 years of age this is wonderfully youthful and quite unique in its way, it may not be a Sangiovese story- but it is a good and worthy story with a good future yet to come, one thing it does have in common with its Sangiovese cousins- it is also screaming out for food, with a full meal this would be quite wonderful I think.
  
  ***+, could use a bit more time to mellow and develop further but already in a good place

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  4/26/2019 - tobyc Likes this wine:

  Made purely from Cabernet Sauvignon.
  
  Myrky, deep purple colour. Pure, med(+) intense herbal and spicy bouquet. Dry, med acid, med+ tannins, body and intensity, med(+) alc. Dense and compact. Good.
  
  Drink or keep.
  
  My notes: Eucalyptus, liquorice, blueberries, spices, dark fruits, prunes.

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  4/26/2019 - CharlatanDario wrote: 94 Points

  Decant carefully - a lot of sediment. 100% cab.sauv. Very cool on the nose. Menthol, eucalyptus and dark fruit. Very powerfull tannins. This will keep developing for a long time. A very interesting and cool expression of cab.sauv. from tuscanny. Very restrained, powerful, alluring, concentrated, mysterious. Among 5 other supertuscans this was WOTN for me. I am getting more and not opening until 2025.
  
  Day 2: nothings faded. Solid structure still.

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