Winery - Tenuta Caparzo
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Menthol, toast and modest berry offset a stern and firmly tannic wine that needs more time in the cellar. Wood notes tend to obscure the fruit and the finish is dry and somewhat astringent. Imported by Vineyard Brands.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ground espresso bean, chocolate fudge and toasted almond aromas are enticing, but distant whiffs of matchstick and muted flint stopped us short. The mouth texture demonstrated less intensity, with cherry and damp clay minerality. Imported by Vineyard Brands.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A smooth, polished performance from this 100-acre estate. The 1997 is modern in style, exhibiting huge but not too-dominant wood aromas and flavors, balancing with sweet, ripe berry fruit and black cherry jam. This is a wine that should be accessible young in four or five years, but should certainly age well over the following 10 or more.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This kitchen-sink blend of Chardonnay, Trebbiano, Sauvignon and Traminer shows a bit of toast and lemon custard on the nose, then leesy, minerally and cistrus flavors on the palate. Finishes on mealy, toasty notes alongside a beam of bright acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A victim of the vintage, this light-bodied wine styled for early drinking shows decent cherry, earth and tobacco flavors but comes up lean and drying on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Supple and forward, just the way a good rosso should be, with cherry and tobacco aromas and flavors backed up by a plump mouthfeel and a long, softly tannic finish. Good value.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Classically styled, Caparzo’s regular Brunello reveals plenty of leather and cherry aromas and flavors. But it also offers additional hints of chocolate, cedar and raspberry that put it on another level. Finishes long and softly tannic with firm acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This 50-50 blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon is really dominated by Cabernet at this stage of its evolution, delivering lots of cassis and tobacco flavors. This medium-weight wine is supple and creamy enough to enjoy tonight, but holding it will likely bring out more Sangiovese character.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Fuller, richer and creamier-textured than the normale, La Casa, from a single vineyard, starts with showy scents of smoked meat, cedar and black cherries, then moves into vanilla, black cherry, earth and tobacco flavors. Tannic on the finish, but also very long—promising much for the future. Try in 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smoky and tight, with a hint of lemony oak on the nose. The palate bursts with ripe cassis, cherry and tannin, while later on you get a smack of cough drop as the red fruit unfolds. This is ripe as all get-out, a firm, chewy specimen for sure.
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