Tenimenti Luigi D'alessandro, Cortona, Il Bosco Syrah
Tenimenti Luigi D'alessandro · Tuscany › Cortona › Italy
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Taster #1603
· Apr 13, 2025
93/100
Spettacolare. Concentrato, spezia, piccoli frutti neri e rossi. Nocciolo compatto e intenso. Tostatura integrata e piacevole. Cacao, caffè. Un ponte tra Toscana e Rodano. Goduria pura che non dimostra i suoi anni.
2001 vintage
Taster #5937
· Feb 1, 2024
91/100
Dark, almost black dull color with some maturity. Deep relatively fresh fruit with hints of red berries. Some maturity. Good acidity and dark red berries. Hints of leather, licorice and mineral. Surprisingly healthy and good!
2001 vintage
Taster #4088
· Aug 19, 2023
92/100
A delicious surprise. Funky nose. Plenty of dark black and red fruit left. Earthy goodness.
2001 vintage
Taster #1603
· Nov 6, 2022
92/100
Da una magnum. Naso intenso e concentrato di piccoli frutti a bacca nera, tabacco, sottobosco, caffè e cacao. Ancora decisamente giovanile, più territoriale che varietale. In bocca conferma la concentrazione, ma anche buone agilità ed equilibrio. Fresco e con tannini ottimamente integrati che spingono. Finale decisamente persistente. Stupisce per lo stato ottimale di conservazione e, sebbene sia a piena maturità, da l’impressione di poter dare soddisfazioni per ancora diversi anni.
2001 vintage
Taster #9797
· Aug 5, 2022
This bottle was excellent. Earthy, minerally, dark fruit, and a nice long finish. Great savoury aromas too.
2001 vintage
Taster #9797
· Dec 11, 2021
This was good, although it didn't scream "Syrah" to me. Berries, some earth, maybe a touch of peppercorn, and mint.
2001 vintage
Taster #0190
· Oct 30, 2021
Vino nel pieno della sua maturità - altro che "Past its prime" -, ovviamente se conservato alla perfezione. Di colore scurissimo, impenetrabile, offre un naso aperto e variegato, profondo, di bacche mature, pellame e spezie salate. Più debole in bocca, ove un tannino un pelo ruvido taglia il sorso a metà, lasciando il palato asciutto mentre in retrolfazione permane il bel frutto. Bel vino ancora godibilissimo, anzi forse meglio ora che da giovane...
2001 vintage
Taster #3034
· Mar 14, 2021
88/100
Interesting nose but simple on the palate. Still has some fruit left but probably past its prime.
2001 vintage
Taster #1802
· Dec 16, 2017
89/100
from 2xmagnum. Surprisingly still youthful, both in color and in taste, with tannins still there and somehow astringent in the mouth. Ripe red fruit and some cigar box emerging minute after minute in the decanter. However this Bosco does not take off as expected, following my tastings of the same vintage. Enjoyable but not memorable. In a pre-Christmas dinner with 8 around the table
2001 vintage
Taster #7276
· Dec 26, 2016
80/100
Now past prime for sure. Still drinkable.
2001 vintage
Taster #1802
· Aug 6, 2014
95/100
Wonderful syrah from the low lands of Tuscany. Cork broken but no consequence for the wine. An explosion of perfumes at the nose, and a superb taste. Liquorice, pencil, spices, gentle oak and leather. Redberries, blackberries. Juicy. Outstanding and powerful. Maybe it is at its apogee but not so sure. In a sweet summer evening on the Alps, at LT paired with a unparalleled T-bone "chianina" steak
2001 vintage
Taster #1802
· Aug 13, 2013
93/100
great syrah (much better than 2003 by the way) still close to ita apogeee. Oak, leather, pencil, dark chocolate and a bit of liquorice. Very long aftertaste. If the "Bosco" tastes like this I wonder what "Migliara" is. Will discover soon.
2001 vintage
Taster #9446
· Apr 19, 2013
82/100
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2001 vintage
Taster #5496
· Dec 7, 2012
91/100
Wine Spectator School: Super Tuscans (Plymouth, MN) : Tasted Blind. This wine opened with an slight offputting musty odor which took 2 hours to blow off, developing aromatic complexity as the mustiness decreased. After it did, moderately intense aromas of earth, black pepper, and dark fruits were present in this wine of moderate tannins and relatively low acidity. Quite powerful flavors lead to an amazingly long finish which just wouldn't quit. Still significant tannins showing, but they didn't seem out …
2001 vintage
Taster #7462
· Jan 15, 2012
91/100
Big purple one with lots of blue fruit and spices....fairly high alcohol but not hot.....great mouth coating flavors with some cinnamon and cloves in the back and long and persistent finish but with almost no pepper. I wish that I had with some food as it would have complimented a big meat perfectly. I have been following Alessandro for some years now and it's better with each vintage. I think I was to hard on this because recent vintages keep …
2001 vintage
Taster #1932
· Nov 10, 2011
90/100
Opened up nicely with time in the glass. Soft fruit, balanced and integrated. Concentrated and with some structure, medium finish. I don't usually sit on the "90 fence" but not sure this will be memorable. Nonetheless, while I don't have any other Italian Syrah with which to make comparison, this is very nicely done.
2001 vintage
Taster #3682
· Apr 21, 2011
92/100
The colour and the palate suggest a very young wine. No brick and still substantial tannins. Bright dark red and blue fruits, wood and meat persistent finish. I would try it again in three to five years.
2001 vintage
Taster #7962
· Jul 17, 2010
92/100
Big syrah (!) from region near Cortona. ...deep deep purple, super fruit presence up front, plums, cassis, deep purple..long finish, continues to evolve and gain some complexity and depth; showed great early on but went into a dumb phase but is now singing...note lot variation, others continue to be disappointed with this producer and vintage but I think there is a providence issue, some of this must have sat on the shipping dock in Chicago, but not what i bought …
2001 vintage
Taster #6153
· Feb 28, 2010
90/100
ottimo vino , al naso si presenta con complessita' e persistenza, spiccano sentori di frutta matura in particolare la mora e la ciliegia. In bocca e' molto equilibrato , morbido e caldo.
2001 vintage
Taster #4588
· Jan 30, 2010
89/100
Popped and poured. Pretty nose of blueberry reduction and licorice. Similar flavors on the palate with good concentration and a nice silky mouthfeel. Overall the fruit was a hair on the sweet side for my tastes and there was a touch of heat on the finish. Almost there, but a little overdone.
2001 vintage
Taster #7962
· Nov 25, 2009
90/100
Big syrah but not an over extracted 14% alcohol. ...deep deep purple, super fruit presence up front, plums, cassis, deep purple..long finish, continues to evolve and gain some complexity and depth
2001 vintage
Taster #7962
· Oct 27, 2009
92/100
Big syrah but not an over extracted Aussie fruit bomb. 14% alcohol. ...deep deep purple, super fruit presence up front, plums, cassis, deep purple..long finish, good for another 10 years.
2001 vintage
Taster #7128
· Jul 1, 2009
88/100
nose of red fruits, earth,herbs. nice rounded mouth, more earth, good acidity.
2001 vintage
Taster #3247
· Apr 24, 2009
pop n pour. Profound nose of stewed plums, wet earth, dust and dark cherry. This will definitely benefit from a 1 hour decant. A full bodied wine with exceptional balance and acidity. The tannins are big and firm, yet fine grained. I think this is in its sweet-spot right now, with a dark core of lush fruit and just a touch of rusticity. A sturdy frame with deft integration and a 30+ second finish. This wine begs for the proper …
2001 vintage
Taster #5519
· Apr 6, 2009
Nice nose of smoke, leather and a bit of blackberry. On the palate nice fruit that is neither heavy or too sweet with just the right amount of acidity. Very enjoyable drink.
2001 vintage