Alte d'Altesi 2012
(Tuscany)
Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
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Red Wine |
Score: ✧✧✧✧✭ |
![](/images/g_appearance.png) Intense ruby red and nuances of garnet red, little transparency.
![](/images/g_nose.png) 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.
![](/images/g_taste.png) Tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, pleasing roundness.
![](/images/g_finish.png) Persistent finish with flavors of black cherry, black currant and plum.
![](/images/g_aging.png) 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 ![Bodied or Mature Red Wines](/images/glasses/g06.gif) |
18 °C (64 °F) |
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines) |
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April 2015 |
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Readers |
2001 |
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Issue 20, June 2004 |
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2009 |
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October 2012 |
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2010 |
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September 2013 |
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2011 |
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August 2014 |
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2012 |
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April 2015 |
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