Winery - Villa La Selva
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Round and powerful, she’s a brick house. This wine features a tough exterior with a piercing streak of ripe cherry running through the middle. Boxed-in cherry and raspberry flavors grace the firm palate, and there’s more than enough tannins to the starching finish. Now it’s probably better with food; in a couple of years it should soften up. —M.S.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Chunky and meaty, with broad fruit spread across a full bouquet. The palate deals a wave of cherry-cola and plum before a clean, fruity finish. An upright wine with snappy acids and tasty core flavors. A good food wine for sure.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This 100% Tuscan Cabernet has struggled for ripeness in the past couple of vintages, and the 1998 is fairly green at the core. Beyond that it has a nice feel and racy tannins. But the murky, somewhat underripe flavor profile is a hurdle that it just can’t clear. This type of wine makes one wonder about Cabernet’s performance in central Tuscany. —M.S.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Encouraging from the beginning, where aromas of cherry, plum, wood grain, lemon peel and olive draw you in. Deep and pure on the palate, with ultraripe, defined and delicious red-fruit flavors. Smooth and lasting, with mouthfilling tannins and snap.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Just reaches the cut of excellence with its attractively stewed nose that packs in plenty of blueberry and other jammy dark-fruit aromas. Well-oaked but not overdone, with cherry, cassis, tobacco and chocolate all in equal, balanced portions. Villa La Selva is a good label with true-to-form Tuscan wines; its blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet is on the money.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Some tobacco, vanilla and toasty oak mingle with rich black fruit on the bouquet. The palate offers plum and berry fruit along with some black pepper. A fruity 100% Cabernet with a chocolate- and coffee-tinged finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a super Tuscan that’s made for food, not fireside sipping. It’s full of red fruit, mostly currants and plum. There’s a menthol/eucalyptus element in there as well. It’s already into its aging process and it’ll be at its best in another couple of years. However, for a well-regarded wine that’s all Cabernet, it is a tad thin in the middle.
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