Alte d'Altesi 2012
(Tuscany)
Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
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Red Wine |
Score: ✧✧✧✧✭ |
Intense ruby red and nuances of garnet red, little transparency.
Intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant, starts with hints of black cherry, black currant and plum followed by aromas of violet, blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, tobacco, chocolate, mace and menthol.
Tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, pleasing roundness.
Persistent finish with flavors of black cherry, black currant and plum.
14 months in barrique, 3 months in bottle.
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Alcohol: 14.5%
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Roasted meat, Broiled meat and barbecue, Braised and stewed meat, Hard cheese
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Suggested glass |
18 °C (64 °F) |
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines) |
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April 2015 |
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October 2012 |
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August 2014 |
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2012 |
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April 2015 |
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