Arnaldo Caprai, Montefalco Sagrantino, Collepiano

Arnaldo Caprai · Umbria › Montefalco Sagrantino › Italy

Red · Sagrantino
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LWIN 1129209
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92 /100
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20
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Taster #2861 · Nov 17, 2024
95/100
Outstanding! Immediately floral upon opening, although the cork was exceptionally hard to pull. Flavors of dark plum with leather and graphite. Resolved tannins produced a luscious garnet smooth vino that improved significantly with decant and was fine after a week in the fridge. Really delightful to know that well aged (20+ years) Sagrantino can be so amazing. Just need to live a few lifetimes :)
2000 vintage
Taster #3952 · Feb 18, 2022
92/100
Rare find this is!! Great 20+ year old sagrantino di Montefalco from top Umbria house Arnaldo Caprai. Dark fruit, some tobacco in the nose. Much depth and complexity in the palate. After twenty years the tannins have integrated.
2000 vintage
Taster #8579 · Jan 20, 2021
92/100
Beauty! Time has tamed this one to a very opaque, smooth, complex black cherry and plum with nice complexity and finish. Didn’t decant and the initial cedar notes blew off over the course of an hour.
2000 vintage
Taster #0898 · Feb 22, 2020
91/100
On the nose: Dark berries, violet, cedar, forest floor, soil, leather On the palate: Very smooth with a taste of cherry, wood, blueberry and some leather and tobacco Medium + finish
2000 vintage
Taster #1248 · Dec 26, 2016
92/100
Dark fruit (cherry, blueberry), slight tobacco, spice, slight anise?, leather. Good acidity. Lingering finish. Really enjoyable.
2000 vintage
Taster #8991 · Dec 29, 2015
89/100
coffee. some leather
2000 vintage
Taster #8991 · Jun 13, 2015
91/100
very dark coloured. liquorice and prune tones at first, which got overtaken by vanilla tones some time later.
2000 vintage
Taster #3179 · May 2, 2014
91/100
CT offline in Tokyo (1 star L'Effervescence) : This is an unwashed and unruly medieval warrior: a minimum of refinement in a full bodied barbarian. Ruby red. Nose is filled with both red and dark fruits, coffee notes and wet leaves in the fall. M+++ tannins that mellowed over the evening. M++ acids that speak italian. Fabulous concentration and good length. Not complex. Not layered. Rustic and a great example of such wines. Would work well with anchovie-garlic pizza today. …
2000 vintage
Taster #7565 · May 2, 2014
Cellartracker in the flesh with Stefan and Akiko (L'Effervescence, Tokyo, Japan) : Medium intensity aromas of red cherry, berry and plum. Very slight biscuit and leather notes with cream and spices as well. In the mouth the wine has medium plus acidity with flavours of cherry over plum. The wine is quite savoury and slightly chewy tannin encroaches on the juicy medium plus length finish with cherry and leather notes persisting. Nice.
2000 vintage
Taster #2234 · Dec 31, 2013
93/100
The wine looks Ruby colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Blackberry, and Gooseberry. The body is Medium. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Long.
2000 vintage
Taster #0791 · Nov 24, 2013
92/100
Tasted at a BdM event. Nose - Limited then emerged. Palate - Very unique / different, in the context of this BdM tasting. Interesting.
2000 vintage
Taster #1232 · Feb 8, 2013
92/100
Wonderful and mature Sagrantino... This wine was just perfect. The wine gave away aromas of dark berries, cherry stones, cedar, game and pipe tobacco. The palate was filled with fine, soft and mature tannins, smooth red and black fruit, meat, leather, balsamic notes and good acidity.
2000 vintage
Taster #4317 · Jan 7, 2013
94/100
Exceptional! Strong fruit & acidity. Long finish. Very concentrated and robust. Drinking well right now. Remainder didn't survive overnight in the fridge.
2000 vintage
Taster #7958 · Mar 8, 2012
93/100
Nice bottle. Great soft fruit and tannin balance.
2000 vintage
Taster #3985 · Jan 3, 2012
18c; no decant; viscous, dark purple; complex nose of wet earth, black cherry, spiced cidar, barn and blue-cheese; rigorous structure, with ripping tannins, brisk acidity and plush fruit, giving a long finish; touch of blue-cheese, rich black and red cherries, prunes, mint, cinammon, tobacco, black pepper, funghi, sage; complex, memorable (wish i had a case); 18.
2000 vintage
Taster #5467 · Mar 3, 2011
93/100
Wow. This was quite a nice surprise. Last tasted over 3 years and it was tight as nails. While it is still young in need of further cellaring, it showed nice secondary and tertiary aromas of sweet tobacco, cedar and vanilla. This is a powerful fullbodied wine with a dense structure and very pronounced acidity. Very unique and individualistic. Beautifully long tobacco flavoured finish and palate. Looking forward to opening my last bottle in another 3 years or so.
2000 vintage
Taster #2546 · Jun 23, 2009
92/100
Deep black red color; toasty oak, vanilla, blueberry nose; caramel, tart cherry palate with velvety tannins; medium finish
2000 vintage
Taster #2813 · Jan 5, 2008
90/100
Wino Guys Weekend (WGW) #1; 1/4/2008-1/5/2008 : Dark ruby/black colour; opaque. Aromas of fruit loops, peach, dark fruit, and minerals. Medium-bodied, a little simple, showing minerals, black fruit. Tannins are quite firm through to the short-moderate finish that lasts 20-25s. Initially 87 points. Puts on significant weight with several hours in a decanter, adding complexity in the form of dark fruit and licorice. Upgraded to 90 points. Leave it in the cellar for 3-5 years.
2000 vintage
Taster #3042 · Oct 2, 2007
90/100
Drinking nicely now, tannins are integrated but could soft a bit more with time. Powerful palate of dark fruit, earth, violets and cooked meat.. I'll hold my other bottle for another 3-5 years.
2000 vintage
Taster #5054 · Sep 4, 2007
88/100
I'm very impressed at how this wine is coming along. The tannins are noticably rounder compared with the last bottle opened (two years ago). Still lots of complexity, but in a much more evolved way. Nice.
2000 vintage
Taster #1303 · Mar 27, 2006
92/100
Italy Trip 2006; 3/18/2006-3/29/2006 : Deep ruby, almost black center. Strong nose of blackberries, black fruits, meaty and balsamic notes, violets, nutmeg, with oak that blows off after a bit of air, quite complex. Very smooth on the palate with good acid balance; some dry tannin make it excellent with meat. These tannins are perhaps the biggest drawback at this stage. I'd still give it a few years to even out.
2000 vintage
Taster #9104 · Nov 24, 2005
Thanksgiving featured wine. Drank well on the day. Decanted 2 hours prior to drinking. About 375ml left in the carafe unfinished coverd with plastic wrap and comsumed on Friday at dinner - even better tasting than the night before. Had with spaghetti and meat sauce on Firday.
2000 vintage
Taster #5226 · Mar 3, 2005
Dinner w/ Stefano & Monica at Due Orsi - good body - went well with tagliatta di manzo
2000 vintage
Taster #4443 · Jan 31, 2005
90/100
Deep concentrated plum, currant and liqueur aromas. Quite firmly structured for now, with tannins and acids most prominent now on long finish. Better in another few years.
2000 vintage