Winery - Castell'In Villa
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Overall it’s lovely on the nose, assuming you like cedary notes of tobacco, cinnamon and wintergreen. Inordinately zesty on the tongue, with fiery tannins and live-wire acidity churning away. A little jagged and rough in terms of texture, but very much alive and kicking.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Browning to the eye, with orange peel, leather and a leafy spiciness to the bouquet. Doesn’t deliver as much in the mouth, where tight berry and cherry flavors are lean and just a wee bit elegant. Good but not thrilling.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
After six plus years this wine still carries a huge whack of oak, so much so that the nose exudes menthol, cedar and fir bark along with black cherry. Quite fresh and vertical on the palate, with clean cherry and vanilla flavors. Tannic for sure, but with enough cushion to handle it.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Opaque and ultra toasty, this very international-style Chianti has “black” aromas and flavors, nice texture and a long espresso-and-dark-chocolate finish. It’s solid, but really reads deep only in one dimension—the heavy oak regime. Pleasurable, but one has to wonder if the fruit will ever really shine through the woody veil.
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