Tenuta Guado al Tasso Il Bruciato 2015, Bolgheri, DOC, Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹

🍇 Cabernet Sauvignon 65%
🍇 Merlot 20%
🍇 Syrah 15%

🧐 Alcohol 13.5%

🍁 My Score 91 Points

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A charming, robust nose with aromas of black cherries, dark plums, black currants, chocolate, spices and espresso notes. On the mouthfeel, full bodied, smooth texture, ripe tannins and low acidity. The finish is medium-long, flavourful with lots of black fruit and exotic spices.

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Another beautiful wine from the 2015 vintage from Tuscany. A few additional years in bottle has made this wine very smooth, easy drinking and a fantastic value. Not my first experience with this blend from Tenuta, but most likely one of the best. Cheers my wine friends 🍷

Antica Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Napa Valley, California, USA

Italy meets California in this wine from Antica, produced through a business venture of the Antinori Family of Italy, in the Napa Valley. This wine is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with 98.5% with Petit Verdot at 1.5% in a supporting role, maturation in French oak (55% to 65% new oak) and alcohol coming in at 14%.

Beautiful opaque ruby in color, this Cabernet opened up with a robust bouquet of blackberry, black cheery, ripe plum, cassis, tobacco, smoke cedar and exotic spices. On the mouthfeel, full bodied, layered with dark fruit, minerals and smoke with balance acidity and chewy tannins. The finish is long and intensely flavourful. A structured Cabernet Sauvignon that balances black fruit and French oak with real finesse and sophistication. A very enjoyable wine which I paired with a BBQ steak, score 91 points.

 

Purchased July 7, 2012 LCBO Vintages New Release (266551) at $49.95