2018 Cantine San Marzano Primitivo di Manduria Sessantanni Old Vines

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  4/11/2024 - Janenuss Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Cherry jam, vanilla, plum, and blackberry on the nose. Bold, fruity palate with a hint of tobacco. High alcohol, but smooth and well balanced.

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  4/7/2024 - atbarbar Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very dark matter. Sweetness in the nose and on the palate. Tobacco and prunes. Deep fruit, sweetness Amarone style on the palate. That said, very well balanced by pleasant tannins and acidity. Definitely very well balanced given the rich style. I have not found so much of a wood flavor in this bottle after decanting. I found the wine pretty well integrated.

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  1/3/2024 - tomoem wrote: 89 Points

  The wine presents itself as medium dark (not opaque). On the nose I get cherry fruit and a grapey jam aromatic. Not much depth aromatically IMHO. In mouth the wine is fruity with softness imparted by the wood barrel aging. The wood flavor continues into the mid palette with fruit where flavors of licorice and spice become predominant. The wine is alive and changing. Jammy wine and just ok.

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  12/25/2023 - Joerg65 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great, fruitful and powerful Primitivo di Manduria

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  12/14/2023 - BaylinBoy wrote: 88 Points

  Still big juicy and peppery, but not as brash as its US-old-school Zin cousin. Dark fruit profile, with solid finish, but nowhere near the 99 pt. Badge on the label. Literally twice as much glas as a normal bottle so no geen-points here.

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