Cabreo, Il Borgo, Toscana

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1987 vintage

Wow, what a wine. Aged beautifully. Had the best traits of an aged Bordeaux or aged Barolo.

1997 vintage

Perfect with Italian food

2015 vintage

Still surprisingly young-looking. A pretty, semi-translucent crimson in color, with some slight bricking right around the edge. Attractive aromas of earth, sweet tobacco and crushed dark berries on the nose. Medium-to-full bodied and quite elegant in style and weight. A burst of ripe, sweet raspberry fruit immediately envelops the front palate. This is superbly balanced, with a lively acidity. Amazed at how much raspberry and cherry fruit character this has retained after all these years. Shows wonderful depth and intensity …

1997 vintage

Dark cassis flauvors on the nose, the palate full and extracted but not overtly so, ample dark fruit and cassis, pine needles, dry herbal and sauvory notes, mocha, presence of oak and tannins but in a supporting role, polished international style which may lack terroir but I find this attractive, still youthful and on its way up but drinking well already now.

2008 vintage

Cherry on the nose. Red fruit and a hint of tar. Very smooth finish. Great with Italian

2015 vintage

Strawberry and orange peel on the nose and a relatively easy drinking SuperTuscan with enough structure, acidity, and overall balance.

2015 vintage

Light brick/ruby red. Aromas of red fruits, pine and wood. Soft and rich with a dry and tannic finish.

2015 vintage

(Rest Barretto, Flor) Cab Sauv aus dem Chianti Classico, gut gemacht, weich, schön balanciert, etwas weniger voll als die Bolgheri Konkurrenten, schöner Allrounder...

2015 vintage

Massive Tuscan blend(Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon). Opened and decanted. Allowed to breathe for 3 hrs and perhaps it could have used a couple more hrs. Heavily extracted, mocha, dark fruit and earthy notes. It needs another 3-5yrs in the bottle.

2008 vintage

Opened up relatively quickly. Had at the end of the night after a long dinner

2015 vintage

Partially corked, but this is such a great wine that after an hour or so it was actually drinkable.

2008 vintage

70% Sangiovese, 30% Cab. Sauv., aged 16-18 mos. in oak. Med (+) ruby. Med (+) aromas of ripe red fruit, plums, blackberries, red flowers, forest floor, spice. Dry, with med (+) acidity, tannins and alcohol (actually 14%). Full-bodied, very well balanced, with a very smooth mouthfeel and med (+) to pronounced flavor intensity and a long, persistent finish. It is still a baby and will reward cellaring, with a long drinking window ahead of it. This is a very harmonious, …

2015 vintage

This needed 2+ hrs in decanter to soften the tannins. The blend follows the fashion of 70/30 ratio - sangiovese/CS, offers abundant black fruits mixed with coffee, velvety body, delicious and easy to drink once spends enough time in decanter, however a bit too polished and international style, I would prefer to feel more intense sangiovese presence.

2008 vintage

Drink beautifully right now. Deep brilliant red, penetrating fresh dark fruits nose, smooth tannins, gracefully balanced, blackberry, raspberry, hint of vanilla, mocha, creamy, chocolate. it is delicious and tasty. A great wine at a reasonable price.

2008 vintage

13,5% alcohol. Developed and moderately deep cherry red color with an aged brick red-orange hue. The nose feels somewhat sweet and moderately developed with brooding aromas of wizened black cherries, some tobacco, a little bit of ripe dark fruits, light toasted oak spice and a hint of sweet baking spices. The wine is rich, ripe and supple on the palate with quite full body and juicy flavors of ripe black cherries, earthy spices, some wizened dark fruits, a little bit …

1997 vintage

Nose of leather, tobacco and red fruit. Tiny amount of oak on the nose. A beefy mushroom component on the nose too. Silky smooth mouthfeel.

2008 vintage

Easily identifiable as super tuscan wine on the nose. Silky sweet fruit on the palate, rich, with good length. A tad sweet. Overall solid bottle at a decent price point.

2008 vintage

Another of my Italian singletons. Decanted for 2 hours (virtually clean). Full bodied stewed plums and dark hedge fruits, a touch of vanilla, integrated oak, smooth earthy tannins and a classic bitter cherry acidity, fully integrated, for balance. Probably needs another year or so to show at its very best and should be good to the end of the decade. Potentially 90?+

2008 vintage

Deep, dark garnet in color with clearing at the edges. Forward, fragrant, attractive and complex nose of dark fruit aromas of cherries, blueberries & currants with earthy/dusty overtones, cigar box notes of cedar and tobacco, leather, dried herbs, cocoa and toasty oak undertones. Medium bodied, with good concentration of balanced, smooth textured, complex, ripe dark fruit flavors of sweet cherries, blackberries & plums with earthy, dark cocoa, spices, herbs, minerals and some toasted oak. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well at …

1997 vintage

Become a fan of this wine, reasonably price and good quality. A modern style wine, complex, sweet.

2008 vintage

The nose showed sweet tobacco with rich cherry fruit, cedar, and floral undergrowth. On the palate, it was velvety-smooth with black and red fruit, savory herbs, mocha, spice and floral undergrowth. The medium-long finish showed fading dark fruits, green olive and minerals.

1997 vintage

Rieslings and Italian wines (Count's Manor) : Iron and meat on the nose. Interesting wine - sangio dominates the nose and cab takes over the mid. Mid has black fruit and touch of herbs with tobacco. touch soft on the finish. really good with time in the glass. Mature but not declining. nice!

1997 vintage

If it is on the wine list, it is a must. Wonderful Super Tuscan.

2008 vintage

This wine is fantastic. With a little air, earth morphs into aromatic perfection. Drinking is pure silk. Wow. Wish I had more.

2008 vintage

I need to start buying this by the case. As good as any of the "Big Name" Super Tuscans at half the price. My previous notes stand. I should ahve given it 2-5 more years.

2008 vintage

First one of these in almost 16 months. Still a youthful-looking dark, opaque magenta in color, barely lightening at the edge. As each time before, the nose is gorgeous. Beautiful, powerful aromas of ripe raspberries, earth, leather, flowers and a hint of vanilla fill the glass. Noticeably better on the palate now, this has also added a bit of weight since last time. Full-bodied, rich and very plush, but not heavy or over-extracted. Bursting with plum, blackberry and dark currant …

2008 vintage

Decanted for 6 hours, and tasted blind against several top notch Super Tuscans. This wine held its own against the best of Tuscany, and at a fraction of the price! Many believed they were tasting Ornellaia or Sassicaia. Currant, allspice, tobacco notes on the midpalate. The tannins were seamlessly integrated in the wine, which ended with a beautiful, smooth finish. A high quality wine at a very reasonable price...it does not get any better than this!

2008 vintage

Clear ruby red, with very little garnet. Medium (+) intensity with nice consistency. The nose is clean, intense, complex and of fine quality, with aromas of stewed fruits, plums, blackberries, floral, forest floor, spice, juniper, vegetables, bell pepper, tea leaves, pipe tobacco. The palate is dry, with medium (+) alcohol, medium (+) acidity, tannins and minerality. It is full-bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. It very well balanced, with pronounced (-) flavor intensity and a long, persistent finish. It is ready …

2008 vintage

Black cherry, blackberry, with a bit of vanilla and earthiness on the nose. Black fruit with a touch of prune on the palate initially, softening to a mid-palate of vanilla and a slightly bitter medium length chocolate finish. Good acidity with medium tannins. Nice silky texture initially, that turned a bit chewy after a few hours. Complex enough to make it interesting, but I really wish some of that earth on the nose would have come through on the palate.

2008 vintage

Exactly what I expect from a Tuscan San Jo blend. Lots of grape on the nos, characteristically dark almost cocoa on the plate. A moderately long dark fruit finish. Excellent. Somewhat tannic right now. I bought two bottles, one is being drunk right now, the other is going away for a long, long time.

2008 vintage

Double decanted, little sediment. Fruit, cinnamon, and musty nose, no legs to speak of. The wine has nice red fruit, raspberry mostly, faint acid, almost no tannins, medium finish. Smooth, complex. Probably at the end of its drinking window, doubt there is much to improve with further aging. Drink up! After 2 days the wine evolved with greater depth and complexity, gaining floral notes and ripe plum intensity.

1997 vintage

Tuscany tasting by Alko (Alkon toimisto, Turku) : This is ready to go now, lots of cassis on the nose, chocolatey, oaky, blood, even some canned corn aromas(?!). A big wine that is very good now and could get better with a few more years on it.

2008 vintage

Absolutely wonderful Super Tuscan! It's been a week+ since I drank it, so won't write a descriptive note; but this was big, rich, well-structured, well-balanced, big Cab fruit, big Sangiovese/Italian terrior. Delicious!

2008 vintage

First one of these in exactly a year. It is definitely coming along. Not quite as impressive on the nose this time, but much better on the palate. Still a youthful looking magenta in color. Earthy, attractive aromas of berries, flowers, vanilla and spice. Full-bodied and velvety in texture, but not heavy. An initial burst of acidity is followed immediately by a tidal wave of ripe, dark fruit on the mid-palate. Intense, penetrating flavors of plums, dark currants and blackberries. …

2008 vintage

No formal notes. 91-92 points.

1997 vintage

No formal notes. 88-89 points.

2008 vintage

Good wine but young. Should lay down for another couple years. If you have to open this now decant it for 2 1/2 hours or more, if possible.

2008 vintage

Decanted for about two hours. Medium-to-full bodied wine with firm tannins and massive matured fruit. Quite distinctive earthiness on the nose. Long finish. I agree with some other reviewers that this wine, at least at its current state, lacks personality.

2008 vintage

Lots of aromas of earth and dark fruits. Medium bodied with tastes of earth, tobacco and dark red fruit. Very nice with meatballs and spaghetti.

2008 vintage

The good news is that it's not showing toasty oak. However, it's still a modern styled wine with no sense of place. For the first couple of hours, it hardly showed anything, maybe some soft black fruit that was insipid on the palate. It became more interesting at about four hours of air, when it showed a rounded, tapered, polished beam of fruit that I find in so many modern wines (it made me think of Bryant Family Cab tasting …

2008 vintage

Nice strong fruit, supple tannins. Great balance with acid, perfect with pasta for dinner. This was a great surprise, being $150 for a case at auction. I have tried 3 bottles over the past month and this was amazingly consistent. Fantastic auction find. Four and half stars/five.

1997 vintage

Corked

1997 vintage

The nose showed rich cherry fruit, minerals, dried leaves and floral notes. On the palate, it was velvety smooth with dark chocolate, black currant, spices and hints of licorice. The medium-long finish showed fading dark fruits, broth and a bit of salinity.

1997 vintage

Lovely aged Super Tuscan. Tobacco and leather nose, with florals after a longer decant. Plenty of fruit left, but dry enough to pair nicely with food - in this case, a garlic and rosemary pork roast. Secondary notes are herbs and smoke so this was perfect.

1997 vintage

Past the top but still a nice bottle. Very modern Toscana.Lovely

1999 vintage

Lidt for meget fad/tobak, så jeg bliv lidt træt af den.Næste skal drikkes i 2010 og på karrafel 1 time mindst

1999 vintage

1997 was a very good year so I had had this bottle for a while before I wanted to experience it. It was ready to drink - deep ruby color and black currant offset by notes of leather and spices. It may have improved few more years but its on its peak now. Well structured, balanced - soft tannins and pleasant and moderately long aftertaste. I would buy more If I'd find them anywhere.

1997 vintage

Dejlig frugtig.

1999 vintage

At first the wine exhibited a musty somewhat unpleasant aroma but that abated after 30 mins or so. Deep garnet color. Plenty of Cabernet fruit. Enjoy now or see what happens in a year or so.

1997 vintage

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