Poggio al Tesoro, Mediterra, IGT

Cabernet and friends : A blend of 40% Syrah, 30% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. Plums and green capsicum with a touch of VA lift. There is an immediate metallic note on entry and that sits on top of the wine throughout and mars the wine. Some chocolate and earth notes. The nose more successful than the palate for this one. Probably best for making ragu, drink up.

2010 vintage

Medium purple with garnet.

2010 vintage

Still very good with a year to go. Big dark and multidimensional. Keep last bottle for a special dinner.

2010 vintage

Medium purple with garnet high light. Black cherry raspberry and cedar. Hints of tobacco and green tomatoes. Palette is similar to nose as the acid and tannins are balanced after decanting. Good for another year or two.

2010 vintage

Definitely a big wine... earthy & bombastic but in balance... wow!

2010 vintage

Drank over two days. The bouquet featured an intriguing melange of green peppercorn, fresh sage, green tobacco, bramble, plum, blackberry, black and red currant, dark chocolate, cappuccino, graphite, and mineral dust. The green peppercorn and tobacco driven attack transitions into a lush and rich middle of berries and plum, dark chocolate ganache, and minerality. Dusty Tuscan tannins make their presence known at the back and linger through a blackcurrant, ganache, espresso laden finish of substantive length. The wine features a …

2010 vintage

Solid Tuscan.

2010 vintage

Purple with a vibrant royal purple rim Full bodied, vanilla + oak present, smokey with stewed dark fruit Some spiciness. Dry, nice tannins, well balanced New world style of wine, but older charm filters through as the wine opened up after hour two

2010 vintage

Medium garnet. Intense nose of mint, dark chocolate, leather, a bit vegetal. Dry, full bodied and powerful, with melted chocolate, pepper, raspberry syrup, and dried herbs going to mint. A big modern wine that needs to mellow out.

2010 vintage

Rot gut wine. The kind you drank as a poor college student, before you knew better. Absolute plonk. Either a bad bottle (but no clear signs of that) or terrible terroir and wine making. More likely awful wine making, as a good winemaker could produce better wine than this, even with poor terroir. 90 to 92 points? You've got to be kidding! Worst bottle I've had in a long long time. Drinking window? About as long as required to pour …

2010 vintage

Very nice, good QPR considering the complexity here, overall very well done - Dark, full bodied with a nose of intense cherry, blueberry, plum, funk, mocha, spice and vanilla, nicely structured and integrated, quite complex, dusty, off dry on the palate with excellent length, nice! (90 Points).

2010 vintage

Two bottles in a restaurant late Nov 2012: dark red color; red fruits and vanilla; slightly acidic on the palate; medium/full body; round texture.

2010 vintage

Syrah based but then super tuscan. The point being to introduce people into the super tuscan category without paying a huge amount. Fleshy, fruity, tastes more cab then syrah but apperently its 40 / 40 syrah MERLOT, not cabernet. So I am completely wrong. At $25 it kills the category.

2008 vintage

Dry acidic wine, burnt flavors and alcohol. Decent but never got much fruit or chocolate out as others suggested. Structure was good. Might be past it's prime.

2008 vintage

came out of the gate strong, by day two structure fell apart

2008 vintage

Olho: Límpido, rubi semi intenso. Nariz: Limpo, intensidade baixa, fechado em aromas, frutas negras frescas, vegetal, evolui para tostado e café. Boca: Seco, acidez média, taninos e corpo leves, intensidade média com curta persistência, alcool perceptível. Degustado no Café Journal em taça com 30 ml com a garrafa numa Enomatic. Preço R$6 por 30 ml.

2008 vintage

Burnt woodsy smell, dark, fruity, pungent. Dry finish. Good with ravioli dinner.

2008 vintage

big raspberry, red licorice, and milk chocolate nose. really nice. mocha, red fruit, earthiness and tobacco on the palate, with nice tannins and long finish. good QPR for $20.

2008 vintage

Bouquet: Soil, licorice, currant with obvious poly-phenols on the front. Palate: Airy, light sandiness, soft grape and red fruits. Simple wine not superb by itself, but with a good garlic or onion based tomato marinara & pasta - an absolute hit!

2008 vintage

Very good! Fruitier and juicier than other tuscan wine we have had, but still has a dry finish. very good value at 20 bucks.

2008 vintage

nose of blackberry, vanilla, burnt wood. palate of alcohol burn. flavors of blackberry, vanilla, and earth, with a medium finish.

2008 vintage

2011 Philadelphia Wine Festival (Marriott, Philadelphia PA) : cured meat, some black brambleberry.

2008 vintage

Very good wine, Fruity with wood smell. Flavors were very smooth on initial consumption, turned spicy, dry finish. Just read the comment about letting it breath...concur.

2008 vintage

had this wine to antipasta.. its was a light wine with a taste of blood and iron with some tobaco.

2008 vintage

40% Syrah, 30% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. Open red fruit on the nose. Palate is open, expressive, red and black fruit, spicy. Coffee, wood and warmth on the finish. Modern wine, not much complexity. Tasted at Selezione Toscana tasting in Florence

2008 vintage

Almost jet black. Pop'n'pour. Big mistake; needs air. Withdrawn nose, some yeast. Overly tannic. Blueberries, spice. For the life of me I don't understand how this can be considered drinkable now, will save other bottles until at least 2012. Had parmeggiano and salume brought home from Greve.

2008 vintage

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