Rampolla, Alceo, IGT

Cabernet and Petit Verdot This tastes slightly old. Very Tuscan in profile, would have guessed Sangiovese. Big structure, great blackberry fruit. Leather and cedar notes, along with some spice. Medium plus body, good length, some complexity. Drink now, don't wait.

2007 vintage

A very dark colour; very concentrated, rich, dark fruits (blackberry, black cherry), vigorous, with quite a thick texture and some volcanic smokiness. A long finish. Very fine now and will keep for many years.

2007 vintage

Just unbelievable, 1.5 hrs in decanter

2007 vintage

This wine continues to age beautifully. Decanted 1.5 hrs. Highly concentrated dark fruit with notes of black raspberry, fig, graphite, and spice. Great balance and velvety mouthfeel. Tannins are soft and well integrated with long satisfying finish.

2007 vintage

Very powerful and fruit forward. A delight.

2007 vintage

Similar observations to Papies’ below. Bretty nose, dark, earthy, herbal, brooding and tight. On the palate tannic and somewhat unyielding, dark fruit notes, herbal, mineral, layered, very long, but not very elegant. Drink or keep. 91-93

2007 vintage

All good, couple years left on it

2011 vintage

decanted 6 hours.

2007 vintage

시간이 지나면서 더 복합적인 매력을 드러내는 슈퍼 투스칸이다. 물론 이 와인이 슈퍼 투스칸을 대표한다고 하긴 어렵지만, 결론부터 말하자면 꽤나 만족스러운 와인이었다. James Suckling은 이 빈티지에 97점을 주며 그 구조감과 깊이를 높이 평가했고, 다른 평론가들도 "블랙베리와 멘톨, 스파이스가 조화를 이루며 긴 피니시를 남긴다"고 언급했다 처음 코를 대면 브렛이나 마굿간 향이 약간 올라와 호불호가 갈릴 수 있는데, 30분쯤 지나면 이 향은 깔끔하게 정돈된다. 이후에는 자다가 일어나서 맡아도 가죽향이 강하게 느껴질 정도로 가죽 향이 인상적이다. 이 와인은 오래된 와인 특유의 중후한 느낌도 가져다주는데, …

2011 vintage

I opened my second and last bottle of this tonight, and it was a polished super tuscan in early maturity that still has a fair amount of dark primary fruit and the nose starting to reveal some tertiary notes like balsam. This is interesting, because the other bottle from this vintage I opened just about two months ago, and it was far into its aging process and had a lot of almost 'hot' volatile notes coming off in the glass. …

2011 vintage

A dark, colour; dense, concentrated blackcurrant/blackberry fruit, with slightly burnt orange peel, volcanic minerality and a very long finish.

2007 vintage

Drink now

2011 vintage

New Year’s Eve at home Decanted for 90 min Beautiful nose integrated full body Great pairing with prime rib No rush plenty of life ahead

2007 vintage

Has a bit of a funky/rustic nose at this stage and we feel it needs time to shed that off. In an in between stage of its life, soft earthy and herby but also a bit out of place and lacks the elegance of both younger and older bottles and thus we suggest one let’s this age more. 90-91 for now but we have hope for it

2007 vintage

Tuscany WIMPS 2023 (La Trompette) : Firstly i'd say the drinking range on CT stopping at 2023 is wrong - this can age a lot more. Beautiful nose of dark fruit and modest oak spice. Palate consistent with the nose with deep dark fruit, some toastiness (but not sweetness) and good acidity. Good balance and improved with air.

2007 vintage

Serious wine, but it‘s past its prime (or the bottle was not well stored, I only bought it a year ago).

2011 vintage

Hardly any discolouration. Got better and better with time in the decanter as the evening went on. Ripe red and black fruit, notes of exotic spices, coffee, herbs, floral notes. Lots of generous fruit on the palate as well, ripe tannins, nice acidity towards the persistent finish. The alcohol is well integrated. Drink or keep. 92-94

2011 vintage

Still can’t get into Italian wines. Wood and tannins dominate. Some tart cherry fruit. Age was nice.

2007 vintage

A very dark colour. The wine has a lot of sediment and a deep, rich, spicy flavour, with slightly burnt fruit and a somewhat earthy texture. It also has good acidity and should keep well and continue to develop. Excellent stuff.

2007 vintage

Powerfull, full bodied, wine just entering its drinking window for those of us lucky enough to have any left. Beat out a 100 pt Brunello and an 07 Opus One.

2007 vintage

Tasted like a ripe, fine super-second quality claret, but no it's a super tuscan. Tannic. Ripe, but not at all overdone. Super

2011 vintage

Annual Pilgrimage to Piedmont - 2022 Edition; 10/14/2022-10/16/2022 (Piedmont, Italy) : Young but well mannered, proper super Tuscan feel here, good ripeness , good use of oak and very much a big wine without being heavy. Well made and silky and we felt that albeit very solid it was still on the young side and a touch one dimensional given the fruit was still at the forefront and needs time. We like this wine a lot in general and just …

2011 vintage

Decanted and drank over 2hours w bolognese. Modern style, rich, ripe, concentrated, ready to drink but will go another 5-10.

2007 vintage

Terrific wine drinking at peak maturity, IMO. I've followed this over the years and decided to open my final bottle now, on the belief it won't improve with even more age. It greatly outshined the top bottlings of two expensive Napa producers on this evening. I'm a giant fan of this wine and consider it one of the world's very best Bordeaux blends at the $150 price point.

2007 vintage

Beautiful nose but a bit too tannic at this point. Needs a long decant. I’d wait a bit or open in the morning!

2011 vintage

This is outstanding this evening. Tertiary notes in bloom, acidity still there and enough tannin to clear the palate. Everything in balance. Served blind and the consensus was a 1990s first growth BDX. Truly delish with excellent balance and interesting layers. I got everything from balsamic to strawberries to cherries and leather and herbs from this. Served at 55 with a slow braised bavette with red lentils and leeks. This punches way above its price point! I think this has …

2007 vintage

Acquistato 1 mese fa con molta titubanza visto il millesimo poco felice. Ore 09:00 del mattino: appena aperto non ho dubbi, subito nel decanter. Ha bisogno d'aria. Ore 13:00 E' sbocciato. Paté di olive nere, note di fumo e mora. 24 ore dopo inizia a sentirsi qualche terziario come una punta di caffè. Grande vino con ancora una lunga vita davanti a se. Credo poco nei tagli bordolesi italiani (Sassicaia a parte) in quanto si snaturano dal territorio di produzione. …

2011 vintage

Decanted for about 45 minutes and recommend two hours as this continued to open during dinner. Cab and Petite Verdot. The PV adds brightness and fruitiness. Very mouthfilling. Lots of red and dark fruit. Still youthful.

2011 vintage

Of the cab blends I've enjoyed, this might be my favorite costing < $125 produced in the last 15 years. First time I tried it 3 years ago, I was blown away. Tonight's bottle was even better. Drinking perfectly in its maturity window. Highest recommendation.

2007 vintage

This is a tannin monster !!!! OMG even after 5 h of decanting this was sooo thight. Crazy. You can feel an amazing wine underneath that teethstraining blanket . Put in the last corner of your cellar. Dont touch ! Wait. Next in 2027 ! 93 ++

2007 vintage

corked

2007 vintage

Complex yet simple.beautiful Italian wine with slight chewy tannins, floral notes, last for hours if not days. Great with cheese, salami, olives, whatever sounds good. Time to open this I think.

2011 vintage

nose - charcoal, balsamic mouth - i see the richness but overall at age 13 strikes me as closed. hold

2007 vintage

A wonderful wine with concentrated, expressive dark fruit, spice, herbal notes with great finish.

2007 vintage

Very enjoyable sans food. Quite full bodied and manifestly a young wine in terms of its drinking window. I’m always impressed by their wines. Not to resort to comparing Italian Super Tuscans to Bordeaux, as I think the peer group is broad enough to avoid this, but you’d be hard pressed to find fault if you had this alongside a majority of classed growths ..... In fact, it embraces its structure in a way that’s reassuring - a big wine …

2007 vintage

Decanted for about 45 min then off to Fiola with felipe and bob and Alex Great nose very clean at the beginning then some barnyard. Dark fruit delicious finish Went great with wild board pasta and lamb At a very good spot now but no rush

2007 vintage

Elegant wine with great balance. No rough edges at all. Still a lot of primary fruit, blueberry and cherry, with a little floral hint. No noticeable oak. Everything blends seamlessly together. Would expect some secondary development at this stage but it is not there.

2007 vintage

approachable now with 2 hours decanting, but honestly this can only get better with time, very dark color, intense aromatics come out with time, fruit a tad forward probably due to the hear in the vintage, a pinch of bret, but overall a very pretty wine that will benefit from cellaring

2011 vintage

A really good wine, hard to imagine anyone not liking this. Deep dark core of black berries, mint, iron, campher, super balanced, super long and super structured. Clearly improved on day 2. Hope this will gain a litlle more complexity over the years - right now it is too expensive for what you get.

2011 vintage

Chianti Classico tour 2019 - 2 -Conca D'Oro in Panzano + B a C : Well this CS ( 85% the rest is PV) could easily define focus and purity and precision and is easily the best one I have tasted in the Chianti area. So intense and multilayered yet it is lean and flexible, great job. 3 months in concrete tanks, 12-15 months in tonneaux.

2011 vintage

Hope it was flawed. Drank over 4 days, and it was best and drinkable day 4, but not much more than that.

2011 vintage

Fabulous wine. Careful not to drink it too warm, as the alcohol will overpower the deliciousness. I don't quite think its the 97 points or so I see somewhere, and I think if it cost $75 vs. $125 I would buy a lot more. Reminded me of the 2013 Tignanello somehow. Like it!

2011 vintage

{VinItaly2017} The only of the three tasted today that resonated (at all) with me. That said, while I like it, for what it is, it didn't excite me, didn't speak to me. It's pretty standard fair for a dark-er themed BDX blend, with some pockets of earthy, minerally interest, and pretty perfumes, but today, it didn't offer much to stand out. I like it, but don't see myself every acquiring any for the cellar. Perhaps in the next vintage. 14,5% …

2011 vintage

Great concentration, fantastic dark plum , cassis, black raspberry. Young. Delicious

2011 vintage

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