Poggio al Tesoro, Bolgheri, Sondraia

Decent fruit, I’m medium intensity but flabby more than I like

2020 vintage

Elegant and great value for money.

2020 vintage

Fennel and anis in every wine today, so that has to be me. No, actually, here its the Petite Verdot coming up on the nose. Making it higher tonned and a little clipped with tannins on the back. Meaning the bitterness, which I don't believe will go away, holds. Otherwise a harmonious Bolgheri blend with a little bit of flash, and a little bit of classiness. Average in quality, average in value at $60. Definitely fits nothing not to like, …

2020 vintage

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2020 vintage

Very elegant wine, easy to drink. Blackberry and cherry flavor, medium body, medium long finish

2020 vintage

I found this rather heavy and clumsy. No cab franc lift. Feels like it is trying a bit hard and has lost elegance along the way. Ready.

2011 vintage

a bit green on the nose -- suspect that's from the 20% cabernet franc. blows off with time. lots of iron, iodine, ripe dark black fruit. Revisit in 3-5 years, as the oak needs more time to integrate. EXCELLENT value at $45. Would love to blind taste side-by-side with Sassicaia.

2020 vintage

Very yummy, a beautiful bordeaux blend done the Italian way. Blackberry, damson, plum, leather and oak. Fine tannins and medium acidity.

2020 vintage

Deep purple colour. Mix of dark red and black fruit on the nose with violet. Freshness and structure on the palate. Youthful tannins with pronounced bitterness. Long finish. Some might say it is too early but I like it. The unresolved tannins and fruitiness work for me.

2020 vintage

Good Bordeaux blend. Still too young. Requires minimum 2 - 3 additional years of aging.

2020 vintage

still quite youthful but already at the beginning of its drinking window. Silk texture normally typical of higher level Bolgheri, balanced tastes and elegance. Fruit still alive and kicking waiting for tertiary scents, A nice discover which may only improve over time

2020 vintage

Coravin tasting Good potential Bordeaux Blend. Too young - requires minimum 2 - 3 additional years of aging.

2020 vintage

Mit Uli) 100%CF!)Herrlich! Er lebt immer noch. Und wie. Schöne Stoffigkeit, milde, gute Säure, und dann eine Anis-Würze gepaart mit einer Karamelsüße…irre. Toller Wein. Mal schaun, wohin der sich noch entwickelt…

2007 vintage

Dark cherry fruit with a touch of black pepper but also a good freshness. There is plenty of tannins and the wine is in a decent balance. Could use a few years to mellow out or a 4-6 hour decant. But, a classic and solid wine.

2020 vintage

Not decanted, just a brief moment in the glass. A good wine that in my view can be drunk already. Additional time in the cellar will possibly make it even better. 91 pts. at the moment.

2020 vintage

Nice supertuscan blend with complex notes of ripe red fruit and some gentle oak. The wine is well balanced and the overall sense is pleasantness and class. Will sure improve with some additonal cellaring but very enjoyable right now. After a long bike ride on Lago Maggiore and Lago di Lugano

2020 vintage

Cassis and blackberry nose with barnyard trailings. Beautifully balanced dark berry fruit, acidity and soft tannins that finish with notes of licorice and leather. Yum!!

2008 vintage

92+ Vinnørd Holte.

2020 vintage

Wine is pleasant enough, tasty, not overly complex. Dusty tannins, good dark berry fruit (but not sweet berry fruit, more bitterness) with some stewed fruit on the finish. Herbal notes. Finish also showing some bitter tea. Medium length finish.

2008 vintage

Blend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% merlot, 10% cabernet franc. ABV: 14.5% Color: Purple but not opaque. Nose: Alcohol is prominent, but also the presence of dark berries. Palate: Full-bodied, beef-and-potatoes wine. Short. Mostly one-note. But if you're not too demanding, then it's a lot of fun, gives plenty of pleasure.

2008 vintage

Sadly a corked bottle. The underlying fruit seemed very fresh and vibrant.

2008 vintage

Seemed a bit less complex than the last bottle. Great fruit.

2008 vintage

Robe bourgogne évoluée vers orangée. Sur le sang, anis et cerise. Décanté 2h. Pour un vin de ce prix, je m’attendais à beaucoup plus de complexité. Sans être mauvais, on reste sur notre soif. Manquait aussi de corps, trop vieux, portant 12 ans pour un Bolgheri, ça ne semble pas exagéré.

2008 vintage

I held this for two years past purchase based on feedback from others on here. I agree it could sit longer and it doesn’t drink like a cab franc, closer to a merlot. It is a nice wine, but it isn’t bold like a cab franc typically is. Day 2 it was a touch more like a cab franc. Still, a very enjoyable wine. We drank on day one with an oxtail ragout and it paired nicely.

2011 vintage

Balance is in step. Everything is integrated. still a little short on the acidity but this is a beautiful super Tuscan. Served with deer a sausage and dill/garlic cheese and it was a good pairing. In a nice drinking window...delicious!

2008 vintage

Very nicely balanced. Smooth and with balanced fruit and tannins.

2008 vintage

Quite primary fruit spotting a more merlot profile than cab franc. Improves on second day. Not cheap.

2011 vintage

Best on third day. Way primary on day 1. Hold for 5 years.

2011 vintage

This wine certainly represents the Cabernet Franc varietal in a very compelling and elegant way. Tonight, there is an abundance of elegant fruit combined with lovely subtle green tones, which disappears after some time in the glass. The palate is profoundly integrated and balanced. Tannins are present but well-behaved and feels like they are becoming more and more integrated as the wine opens up in the glass. This effort is certainly lovely and without the slightest doubt it deserves all …

2007 vintage

A singleton that's been loitering in my cellar. Savoury and spicy, fennel, liquorice with a slight alcohol buzz. Prominent focussed blackcurrant from the Cab Franc element with the plum from the Merlot/Cab Sauv very much in the background. (Just) excellent now, but I suspect if held a couple of years could easily hit the 91/92pt level when better integrated/balanced. 91+?+

2008 vintage

On the nose: Sweet cherries, some oak/vanilla and some dust. Dark berries with some heat. On the palate: Vanilla, dark berries, cherry, tannins with a good balance. Not as much alcohol heat as expected. Medium + finish

2008 vintage

This is a very nice wine smooth Great aroma light Tennas Drink them if you got them

2011 vintage

Fantastic form nose to finish. Terrific expression of fruit while being very well balanced.

2008 vintage

Very little aroma upon opening, even after 1 hour. Med to full body. Ripe plum, vanilla, a little herb. Velvety tannins. I like a little more acidity in my wine but if you like a full bodied modern wine I think you will love this.

2008 vintage

Mitbringsel f L Zwe; 7.10.16: 18+, sehr reif ,weich, stoffig, 15%alc!, Port-Töne, extraktsüße, sehr gut, trinken -2018/max20?

2007 vintage

Molta intensità, buona complessità. Con un po' di affinamento si sono smussati gli eccessi e sono emerse le caratteristiche del territorio. Naso comunque opulento, ricco e maturo di confettura di frutta nera, alleggerita da sentori erbacei, ora comunque meno evidenti. L profondità è conferita da una certa balsamicità, liquirizia, caffè cioccolato e note tostate in genere. Al palato l'alcool si è fatto meno bruciante, i tannini "buoni" ci sono e si sentono, e il finale è piuttosto lungo.

2007 vintage

On the nose: Victoria plum, purple plum, dark intensive sweet cherries, some oak/vanilla and some dust. On the palate: Vanilla, quite smooth but with character, balanced acidity with a big mouth feel with a lot of dark berries. Medium + finish

2008 vintage

Big dark fruit nose of cassis, blackberry and plum. Stewed dark fruits and earth on the palate with nicely balanced acidity and modest tannins. Starting to come together now but fruit still predominates for me. The next day remains start to approach that Bordeaux type balance of austere fruit, acidity and tannins with nothing "standing out" but still retain that unmistakable earthiness of most Italian wines.

2008 vintage

This wine just keeps impressing me. It superbly represents the Cabernet Franc varietal in a truly compelling and elegant way. Massive elegant fruit combined with subtle and adorable green tones, which seem to mellow as time passes. The palate is totally integrated and balanced. Still the tannins do speak up at the end, but in a pleasant way. This effort is truly impeccable and without the slightest doubt it represents very skilful winemaking.

2007 vintage

Weekly tasting group #164; A fully blind test. (@ SB) : In the bouquet red berries, sweet spices and some menthol. On the palate dark forest fruits, some chocolate, ok acidity and soft tannin. Overall a really good and full bodied wine. Don’t know the history of this bottle, but the wine was completely ready with a future of a few years.

2008 vintage

Very deep ruby. Small wild berries, green pepper, cut grass, tobacco, licorice, herb liqueur, fennel seeds, mediterranean herbs. Toasted of oak. Flashy at palate, hot of alcohol and spice, sustained by a prominent acidity - helped with a service temperature of about 19 c - and bold tannins. Long fruity finish.

2007 vintage

The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. The body is medium/full. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium.

2008 vintage

Mellow,well balanced and easy to drink.

2008 vintage

Another six months in storage improved this wine considerably. Lots of fruit still left, showing signs of maturity and integration. Peaking, as far as I'm concerned.

2008 vintage

A spectacular and brilliant interpretation of the Cabernet Franc varietal. The 2007 Dedicato a Walter provides a fleshy exhuberant fruit combined with subtle and lovely green tones. The first impression is dill, but after a few minutes the unmistakable tone of Cabernet Franc emerges. The nice part of this effort is that the green tones are kept at armlengths distance thanks to the rich fruit. The palate is beautiful and the youth of this effort is nicely handled by a …

2007 vintage

Dark berry fruit nose. Blackberry , cassis and plum deliver a lush dark fruit palate. Soft tannins blend in nicely. Perhaps a little more time in the bottle will allow the fruit to integrate more completely. Lovely warm modest length finish.

2008 vintage

Ser att mina tidigare tastingnotes av nån anlending varit bättre, dett är absolut ett kanonvin men det är inte 92-93 snarare 89

2008 vintage

Bettet than previous bottle, but still the alcohol level is too high, acidity lacking and the nice peppery notes are overwhelmed by plum and booze. I find the bottle variation alarming, but hope that my last bottle may improve from a few more years of storage.

2008 vintage

Braised meat, wild mushroom, blackberry, lava, with hints of basil. There's oak on the palate, with a modern entry; then the the focus ia all there. Round tannins and the backbone for a nice slumber. Drink 2015 - 2028.

2008 vintage

nice supertuscan blend which still needs some years in cellar to reach its apogee. Complex nose and an enticing palate of leather and pencil with some roasted coffee. Medium-bodied and medium aftertaste. Signorvino & PD

2008 vintage

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