Collazzi, Toscana IGT

Ready nice nose but the flavors are a bit dusty, not much fruit. Decent but not special

2001 vintage

Decent wine that carries over nicely to day 2. At first the nose was a bit off, but that cleared. Good wine w pasta dish

2009 vintage

I opened a couple of this delicious Tuscan wine for an Italian night. I expected that guests would drink a couple of glasses however, it muched the taste of all the party guests that at the end we nearly consumed my cellar holding of a box. In terms of timing of opening the bottle I can only recommend: perfect. It is now the time to enjoy this wine. You might have a window for another couple of years, but it …

2008 vintage

Dusty Merlot notes...I have not had one of these in a while!! Dark berry - blueberry and ash more specifically. Initial grip welcomed, but there is no decant required for this one either - just sip, eat, and spin! Violet, floral - perfume notes in the direction of lavender. Evolving into brambleberry, huckleberry, saskatoon berry on the palate. Significant concentration and rich sweet tobacco and barn. Maybe manure. Intriguing tertiary profile, but really a more elegant wine of fruit notes …

2001 vintage

Blackberry, tea, and possible sweet sage with deeper tastes of black current, mint and some earthy notes. Drinks a lot like Bordeaux, but with a touch of Italian funk, leather and a bit of barn. Just a bit. Violet, "burly" and a bit jammy. Forward. Thought I picked up on some dark cherry/ brandy expressions - but really this wine is defined by it's dark fruit "chutney" profile which tends to predominate. This wine would go great with lamb or …

2006 vintage

Very good. Nice dark rich zippy red cab fruits with pretty sweet core from ripe Merlot, Served blind group was very impressed. Clearly beat a 1989 La Consaillete Pommerol served along side.

2001 vintage

Consistent with my previous note

2001 vintage

Round with ripe fruit and tannin. Easy drinking forward style. Lots of Merlot influence. Leather and inky notes with blackberry and plummy jammy fruit. Lacks structure and grip.

2009 vintage

Pleasant wine. Need decanting at least 30-40 min. Typical toscan flavors and nose.

2009 vintage

Nice, mellow but just above standard fare.

2001 vintage

Once again - this is really well made. Very clear and distinct structure and precision. Type wise this is a sort of new world Bordeaux blend with little Italian characteristics. Notes of tobacco and cedar. Good fruity mouth feel with cassis and slightly peppery and dry aftertaste. Seems to have closed down a bit since my last bottle. Not that it feels oldoe declining, but I wonder if it will come back better or simply shut down?

2008 vintage

Soft, smooth, cherry, cedar and cocoa. Very good. My only complaint is that the cork was practically welded into the bottle. I have never experienced a cork that was so difficult to remove.

2008 vintage

A bit closed at this time in my opinion. It has promising elements but just not expressive. I will hold the remaining bottles for now.

2004 vintage

Pleasant nose of herbs, violets, mocha, and cherry, with tertiary graphite, vanilla, and spice. Perfectly at peak with exquisite balance of fruity sweetness, ripe acidity, and delicate tannin. More new world than old in style; I would have guessed Napa in a blind tasting. It's not the most intense or lengthy red but a delight nonetheless.

2006 vintage

This was drinking great. Big full bodied. Lots of spice. Served to guests at dinner and it was gone immediately.

2006 vintage

Light body and texture, however still possesses sweet and acidic fruit, mellow tannins and traces of oak. Just a hair too light and sweet for my tastes but appreciate the fact it was not heavily oaked.

2006 vintage

nice surprise for an '04 Cab based wine from Tuscany. Many are still and forever green. Vanilla and creamy softness on the first taste and ripe fruit with a pleasant red berry middle. this was the perfect day to taste this one!

2004 vintage

It took 30-60 minutes to open up to blue fruits, vanilla, cedar, chocolate, and medium acidity.

2004 vintage

A little over the hill. Dark with vanilla bean, leather and earthy cola. Dried out. Celery root, dried wood tannin with a distinct salty note on the short finish. Should of consumed this about 4 years ago, it was probably quite good.

2001 vintage

Dark ruby core lightening to cherry red at the rim. Sweet nose with fig newton, rosemary, leather and spice. Still really fresh and vibrant. Great balance. Sandalwood, minerals and plumbs on a medium finish. Lingering chewy tannins. Interesting and gaining. Still lots in the tank here.

2001 vintage

Great nose of blackberry and cherry. Didn't decant and didn't really need it. This was drinking nicely, not much complexity but very easy to drink. On the third day this is still drinking well. Not sure this will improve much but very nice now.

2008 vintage

A little more earthy than expected which was a nice addition to the ripe fruit. Well balanced and ready to go.

2004 vintage

EK 148 AMS -> DXB : Dark ruby, nearly black. Medium nose of cherries, red fruits and oak, vanilla. Dry, medium(+) acidity, medium tannins, medium body and alcohol. Medium(+) flavours of ripe red fruits, blackberries, cherries, lined with bitter chocolate notes. Complex, deep palate, food friendly texture. Medium(+) length with dry bitter-sweet focussed finish.

2009 vintage

Tasted onboard Emirates Eye: dark inky purple color. Nose: blackberries, smoke,menthol. Palate: good structure yet smooth, tannins well balanced, good fruit, medium to full body. Long finish.

2008 vintage

Deep purple, almost no rim. Medium developing aromas of black cherries, menthol, leather, vaseline (no not the soap on my hands). Dry, medium(-) acidity, medium ripe generous tannins, medium(+) alcohol, medium body. Medium(+) flavours of black plum, black currants, sweet black cherries, leather, coffee, spice. Medium length with rather bittersweet finish. Well balanced and integrated wine with creamy mouth filing texture, linear and straightforward; every body's friend.

2009 vintage

An excellent combination of the restraint of Bordeaux with the primarily fruit driven Napa Cabernet. All in an Italian wine. An outstanding QPR at $30, can be any every day drinking red. I think that it is probably at it best with capacity to last another 3-4 years.

2006 vintage

Nice and intense but less clear structured than a Bordeaux (it is a Bordeaux blend). Bit new world wine. Very long, strong.

2008 vintage

Admittedly - this note is quite biased since I have just returned from an incredible visit at Collazzi and was hence very inclined to pick up a bottle of this wine from my cellar. Besides a very problematic cork, the wine was brilliant. Very forthcoming fruit without any intrusive elements. Light notes of tobacco, cedar and mint. Very very good balance and structure. Great wine.

2008 vintage

I can't really get past the oak in this wine. There is fruit in the background but it is masked by slightly harsh flavours of coconut and new oak.

2006 vintage

VG tuscan blend - very bordeaux like; good QPR - drinking well now; pruple color with loads of berry - nice finish

2006 vintage

This wine ROCKS, especially on day 2 when the transparency has increased dramatically (as density has fallen off). I commented several times that I'd love to see this go head to head with some of the bigger-name "Super-Tuscans" such as Sassicaia and Ornellaia (although it doesn't try to compete with the richness of the latter). Distinctly Tuscan throughout (despite the fact that this is a Bordeaux blend), with an acidity that could never occur in a Bordeaux (at least without …

2006 vintage

Easy drinking, rich fruit, mellow tannins. A pleasure.

2001 vintage

Simply an excellent example of a Bordeaux-blend. Well-balanced tannins, some earthiness with some good but not overwhelming dark fruit, mostly blackberry and black currant, and a slight hint of vanilla. Loved it.

2006 vintage

very nice wine. Well balanced but big cab

2006 vintage

Opened 30 minutes prior to consumption. Drank alongside a 2004 Bernardus Winery Marinus. Much more fruit forward than the Bernardus with red raspberries and sweet red cherries on the palate. Exceedingly smooth and pleasurable. My dinner companion preferred the Bernardus, but it was a toss up to me.

2006 vintage

Jonnathon- Specs...very smooth but bland

2006 vintage

Excellent wine, full bodied, lots of aromas, very concentrated but not too heavy

2006 vintage

Ugh...So yummy. Beautiful nose - such well integrated oak, deep fruits and raisin, classic tuscan "men's club scents. Gamey meats, tobacco, a slight hint of mint. Super balanced. The nose itself is worth the price of admission. Great acidic support and still drying tannins - this one will hold up for years, and will only get better as the tannins mellow and come in line. Nice long finish, but a little alcohol heat actually detracts from it. Even so - …

2004 vintage

Opened this a little early to see how it's coming along. Very nice Bordeaux style blend showing all that you'd expect from a modern styled Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc mashup, including some obvious, but not overly intrusive oak influence. Lots of up front ripe dark fruit, currant, blackberry, plum, and blueberry. There is some Tuscan earthiness to it, but not as much as I'd prefer. It does however offer ample structure, with excellent acidity and assertive tannins, coupled with …

2004 vintage

Lianhe Zaobao Wine Review Challenge 2008 (Conrad Hotel) : An infusion of ripe black cherries and dark flowers. Good ripeness of fruits without being overdone. Good body and length.

2004 vintage

13% alc/vol. Nose speaks richly of the hillside terroir, the chalky minerality leaping from the glass. Currant, cassis and mulberry notes vie for attention, but are more subdued by the wine's aromatic structure than enhanced by it. The alcohol is also still prominent, though not overpowering, and at the moment seems a bit medicinal in a eucalyptus way alongside the fresh new oak aromes. The taste really reveals this wine's status...closed for business. At present, chalky tannin embraces every bit …

2004 vintage

Beautiful, with great potential. The nose was a little tight but possible to tease out anise, cassis, black berry and hints of tobacco. The middle is concentrated, chewy, but not over-the-top or too big. Needs time to round out the finish but really enjoyed this wine.

2004 vintage

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