2006 Rocca di Frassinello Maremma Toscana Poggio alla Guardia

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 85.8 points

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  5/30/2017 - r.o.man Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Of course this wine was not meant to last for that long, but this few bottles forgotten and now discovered in my friends cellar recently are in very good condition. You can really feel the fragility and light disjointing of juices, but not to an unpleasant stage. Quite the opposite - it is not quaffable young freshness, but quite interesting and almost tasty. Good balsamic profile, sweet soft tannins.

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  11/19/2012 - Lyubomir Lefterov wrote: 89 Points

  Fruit oriented with black fruits dominating, a hint of Tuscany can be spotted, mid bodied - very easy going but nothing exciting about it...

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  6/12/2010 - Matt Scott wrote: 87 Points

  Did not decant. Deep red and garnet. Raspberry jam, toasty oak, and some blackberry. Round tannins and decent concentration. Not enough on the mid and nice finish that's on the short side. The right amount of acidity and a nice Maremma. Drink now.

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  5/6/2010 - bevetroppo wrote: 86 Points

  I must have snoozed my way into this purchase, because when I opened it I believed it was a sangiovese-based wine from the Maremma, which turns out to be far from the truth. A little investigative reporting uncovered that it is predominantly made with international varietals (merlot and cab 85%), with a paltry 15% sangioveto. So what we have here is a failure to communicate, namely my expectations with the actual content of the wine, and as is so often the case, grand confusion as to how much I like this baby Super Tuscan. It's a vivid example of why blind tasting is essential for clear-eyed appreciation.
  
  There was a Maremma wine that I like to think of as my reference point, the 2001 Constanza Malfatti Morellino di Scansano (tasting note available elsewhere on cellartracker). It featured intense ripeness without overstatement or roasting, I suppose a somewhat challenging feat in the hothouse swamps of the Maremma. Maybe the native vines have learned to cope better than cab and merlot. Now throw in that the producer here is a partnership between respectable Chianti producer Castellare di Castellina and Baron de Rothschild, and you've got a recipe for International Skandalgeschichte.
  
  Anyway, it's overheated, a little roasted on the nose, practically hyperventilating its heavily ripened plum/berry fruit. Elements of roasted coffee and tobacco. Kind of unctuous in the mouth, it burps a heavy syrup fruit wave across the palate and exits in a somewhat BMI challenged belt-loosening fashion, albeit with clunky excessively green tannins.
  
  The more I contemplate this wine, the less I like it, so I'm pulling up stakes and heading out. Note to self: how is this wine like Franco American Spaghetti O's?

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  11/21/2009 - Bugsey34 wrote: 89 Points

  Ruby red with purple reflections.
  On nose, black berries and a blueberry note as well. An iron/blood note after swirling, some balsamic notes. Very pleasant
  In mouth, well balanced and very drinkable. Present tannins but a lively finish with good balanced acidity. Strong palate throughout with hints of the fruit on the nose, a touch hot after swallowing, but says it is only 13.5%. Not very long persistence.
  Great QPR, 7.90 Euro at supermarket.

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