— Iron Chef’s Review —
I recently got an email about this wine rating it 90 pts from WS and I thought it would be fun to try.
Nose- Earthy, mushrooms and caramel. Some bright cherry fruit mixed in with oak.
Taste- Nice earthy favours with good oak. Restrained cherries with chocolate and coffee tastes. Some hollowness in the mid-palate. The finish was longer than expected.
Overall- The earthy aromas promised a better wine than the palate delivered. I still liked the wine, didn't love it. If I was going to spend $20 on this, I should have spent and extra $6 on Tommasi Ripasso Valpolicella or the Nipozzano Riserva.
Price: $18.79
Score 86
Value 2.5/5
Region: Tuscany
Grape: Sangiovese, Cab, Merlot (12.5%)
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For some reason I thought that I had provided an evaluation of this wine last year, but I probably just forgot. In any event, I remember liking it but not loving it (sounds exactly like Iron Chef). If I remember correctly I had bought 2 bottles at the wine festival in Mct, but I haven't bought it again or suggested it to any friends. That should be a tell tale sign of what I thought. I had a bottle of the Nipozzano this summer and thought that it was overpriced, but that is only my opinion. The wine festival this year has many Italian wines therefore heaven awaits some of us. Let me at em, let me at em.
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I had this one a few months back. I got excited by the delicious floral aromas. However, the acidity was a bit much on the palate (I gave 82). It was much better on day 2 with some cannelloni (gave 85).
ReplyDeleteI have had the pleasure of trying this well priced Tuscan on 2 occasions. The second bottle I enjoyed the dark plum and cherry floavors by letting it breath for over an hour, which is hard to do!!! It is hard to find a good Italian blend for under $20. Hopefully this years Wine Expo will give us all more options with the focus on Italian wines. With that said I found no Brunllo's, Rossos or Vino Nobbilo's on this years list.
ReplyDelete...but I noticed two interesting blends just over $20. Cantele Varius from Puglia in the south...they're the guys with the 92 point $15 wine in the market now (Salice Salentino 2004). And I tasted a Chianti style wine last year in Vancouver...it's the Poggio al Tufo Rompicollo (from the Tommasi family)...very good then. Both wines should be in the low 20's here.
ReplyDeleteNoticed that it was sold out at 2 NB liquor locations last night (yes I window shop for wine a NB liquor) So decided to pick up a bottle at a 3rd location and see what the fuss was about. My boyfriend and I were both really disappointed with it. We were expecting a lot more from a wine with an advertised 90 rating. It's wasn't bad, but it just didn't have the fullness and finish we were expecting.
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ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have firm opinions about wine - next time you have a wine that hasn't been blogged about, why don't you think about writing a brief review? You can post it in the "Make a Suggestion" thread and I will re-post it as a separate review, or you can e-mail it to me (see the "About" section at the bottom of the side-bar for contact info.
#61 Wine Spectators Top 100 2009- Oh well what do I know.
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