Villa Arceno
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Villa Arceno 1999 Arguzzio Red (Toscana)
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High class Super-Tuscan blend of Sangiovese, Merlot and Cabernet owned by Kendall-Jackson. Notable for intense, ripe, concentrated flavors, notably cassis and blackberry, and mouth-coating tannins that are thick and fine. Quite acidic, lending it a youthful bite that will soften with midterm aging.
— S.H.
(1/1/2002)
Villa Arceno 1999 Syrah (Toscana)
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- $20
This Kendall-Jackson-owned property is turning out a bevy of very good offerings. The best is their Syrah, which boasts plenty of toast and vanilla but also blackberry and dried-herb shadings. The finish is powerful and tannic, yet ripe and supple.
— S.H.
(1/1/2002)
Villa Arceno 1999 Pozzo di San Donato Cabernet Sauvignon (Toscana)
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- $35
From mountain vineyards, a dense, concentrated wine. Drinks very much like a big Napa Cab, with focused cassis and blackcurrant flavors, and of course, French oak. Dry, with stylishly soft but complex tannins. But this is a wine with Italian acids. It is very tart, especially in the finish.
— S.H.
(1/1/2002)
Villa Arceno 2000 Il Boschetto Syrah (Toscana)
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- $35
Here’s a big, thick wine, international in style with its ripe, extracted flavors of cherries, plums and other stone fruits. Tannins are pronounced and gritty, and there’s plenty of powerful, spicy oak. Doesn’t seem especially varietal.
— S.H.
(1/1/2002)
Villa Arceno 1999 Riserva Red (Chianti Classico)
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- $25
Very dry, rather bitter, sharp in acids and tannins, and with austere flavors of tobacco and herbs with just a trace of black cherry. Mainly Sangiovese, and 15 percent of Merlot barely begins to soften it. Very clean and scouring on the palate, this is a food wine if ever there was one. Try with the richest meats and cheeses you can find.
— S.H.
(1/1/2002)
Villa Arceno 1998 Arguzzio Sangiovese (Toscana)
- $50
Berry fruit and oak-based spice set this one in motion, but surprisingly, given the fat nose, the palate is rather lean. It’s mostly dry, with tart cherry, cranberry and red currant. The finish is also leaner than many from this class, and although the wine is hardly devoid of fruit, it lacks style. A blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet and Merlot. —M.S.
— M.S.
(12/31/2002)
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