Princeps 2005
(Umbria)
Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Sangiovese (20%), Merlot (20%)
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Red Wine |
Score: ✧✧✧✧ |
![](/images/g_appearance.png) Intense ruby red and nuances of brick red, little transparency.
![](/images/g_nose.png) Intense, clean, pleasing and refined, starts with hints of prune, black currant and dried violet followed by aromas of black cherry jam, blueberry jam, vanilla, leather, tobacco, licorice, cocoa and eucalyptus.
![](/images/g_taste.png) Properly tannic attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, pleasing roundness.
![](/images/g_finish.png) Persistent finish with flavors of prune, blueberry jam and black cherry jam.
![](/images/g_aging.png) More than 24 months in barrique and bottle.
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Alcohol: 14%
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Roasted meat, Braised and stewed meat with mushrooms, Hard cheese
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Suggested glass ![Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines](/images/glasses/g07.gif) |
18 °C (64 °F) |
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines) |
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June 2016 |
Other Vintages |
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Readers |
2002 |
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December 2008 |
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2003 |
✧✧✧✧ |
June 2009 |
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2004 |
✧✧✧✧✭ |
March 2013 |
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2005 |
✧✧✧✧ |
June 2016 |
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