2020 Elena Fucci Aglianico del Vulture Titolo

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  4/13/2024 - screwtop12 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Knew that we were drinking this wine young but wanted to see what we thought. It is a very dark, almost blackish purple. We smelled notes of tobacco, earth and soil, mushroom and herbal notes along with some very dark fruit, maybe black currant. It is a very dry wine with tannins that provide a lot of structure but are exceptionally smooth. It was not highly acidic upon first taste but did have relatively high alcohol and an exceptionally long finish. It came across as well balanced and complex. Will be adding bottles to cellar for later.

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  3/9/2024 - Jake112380 Likes this wine:

  Probably should have given it some more air. Showed well with food (chicken tagine), but not into the 90s like the recent scores. Still pretty tannic without food. I agree with a recent note that this is a good wine that non wine drinkers will not like.

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  2/26/2024 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This needs a good while in decanter, but after about 2 hours its showing brilliantly! Creme de cassis, creosote, blackberry jam, wild blueberries, white pepper, flowers and oak. Medium-full bodied, this is tight on the palate. The class and breeding are obvious, but this needs a few years to show its best. Spicy with brooding black and blue fruits, oak and spice box. SO good! Drink 2026-2035 93+

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  2/3/2024 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Aromas of warm garden soil, coffee, scorched earth, blackberry, black pepper and oak. Med-full bodied, this has a wonderful texture despite its high tannin load and flavors of blackberry, charred wood, wild blueberries, spring flowers and has a medium-long, salty, mineral and earth-filled finish. Excellent, this needs 3-4 years to soften. Drink 2027-2035 93
  
  With extended (5+ hours) this is getting better and better with more blue and black fruits and a floral character emerging.

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  1/10/2024 - dera Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very, very dark opaque purple. Nose is very earthy with lots of crushed black pepper, black tea, dark cherries, tar, leather, allspice, ash, sulfur.
  Palate is firm, grippy, pronounced acidity with more of the tar/pepper/sulfur notes. But also now there is more dark red fruit, slightly tart cranberries, black cherries, and volcanic ash (because we all know what volcanic ash tastes like, right?)
  Finishes long, with very intense tannins.
  
  This is an interesting wine of good quality. If you ever wanted a wine you could use to convince a non-wine drinker they do NOT like wine, this is it.
  
  I like it.

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