1998 Sportoletti Umbria Rosso Villa Fidelia

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  9/23/2022 - SnobNouveau Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Over the hill and lacking fruit or length, but still a nice drink. If you have it, consume now

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  1/10/2018 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  Upon uncorking, a small 1 oz pour reveals equal parts of age/funk, ripe red and black fruits, and soil. I pour myself a little more and let it unwind in my glass as I prepare dinner. 15 minutes later, the wine is more about the fruit, and less so other attributes; most of the funk is gone. The color reveals a gently bricked ruby, faded to the rim and clear. The nose, once fully open at the one hour mark, is a joyous mixture of red currants, creamy cassis fruit, a splash of vanilla, some soil, dust and a continuously recurring note of baked raspberries. The palate, also at the one hour mark, is wonderfully mature - the gentle side of full-bodied - and well complemented by a wide beam of (still!) fresh acidity. The finish is med>medium+, the tannins, sweet, caressing. An excellent example of old meets new worlds, and a testament not only to the integrity of the vines/land, but also to the attention paid that created this cheerful blend. Not sure I'd have cared for it in its youth, but today, this mature wine makes it clear it's going out in style. I loved the way this set into some serious, ripe, Cab and Merlot traits with the wine signaling New World(!) only to get clawed back moments later with notes of leaves, mushrooms, dust and soil. A rich, balanced blend from Umbria: Merlot 70%, Cabernet Sauvignon 20%, Cabernet Franc 10%. Drink now or in the next several years. recommended+
  
  * this wine remains an incredible value, at just ~ $20 in today's market. unreal *
  
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  11/10/2017 - WinoRick wrote: 91 Points

  Soft, round and nice. On the back 9.

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  3/15/2015 - Nerdy Earth Boy Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Not boring at all. Mostly plum beautifully aged vino. Well enjoyed by my guests.

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  11/18/2013 - Montecalvo Likes this wine: 88 Points

  just starting to become an old wine.

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