From the Italian coastal region of Maremma, this
Super Tuscan wine is a blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with
alcohol coming in at 14.5%.
A bit too easy removing the cork from the bottle,
and as you can see on the photo, wine leak almost to the top of the cork (on
two sides). I thought it might have been slightly oxidized, as the wine was much
softer than I expected and drinking like it was a much older wine.
This blend opens up with aromas of small berry
fruit, plum, fig, dried raisin, soft leather, exotic spices, earthy and violet
notes. On the palate, medium-full bodied, silky smooth texture, fresh acidity
and fine grained tannins. Very good length on the finish with soft seductive
fruit and savoury flavours. This wine has elegance with seamless aromatics
and great finesse. It may have been a cork situation here, but I don’t think
that this wine would gain much more with age. I am not sure how it would drink
in a year from now, but on this day Le Sughere Di Frassinello 2007 was very enjoyable.
Score 91 points.
Purchased February 5, 2012 LCBO New Release (25700)
at $31.95
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