Wines from Maremma
Brancaia 2006 Ilatraia Red (Maremma)
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- $80
Power, elegance and complexity describe this blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and Petit Verdot. The aromas are dark and penetrating with layers that recall leather, tobacco, black fruit and spice. The wine boasts a long finish, firm but smooth tannins and soft nuances of cherry and chocolate on the close. Drink after 2012.
— M.L.
(11/1/2009)
Poggio Mandorlo 2007 Ombre Red (Maremma)
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Ombre is a very pleasurable blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese that offers layers of chocolate and spice backed by red cherry, cassis and wild blueberry. It’s a smooth, rich wine with firm tannins that could stand up to pork roll stuffed with prunes.
— M.L.
(12/15/2010)
Poggio Verrano 2007 Dròmos Red (Maremma)
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- $50
Founded in 2000, Poggio Verrano, with calcium-rich clay soils on the Tuscan coast, is one of Maremma’s most interesting wine estates. This blended red wine delivers ripe aromas of black cherry and blackberry backed by chocolate, rum cake and spice. It exhibits a tight, polished finish.
— M.L.
(2/1/2012)
Fattoria Le Pupille 2006 Solalto White (Maremma)
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- $30
This beautiful dessert wine from southern Tuscany (representing a blend of equal parts Traminer, Sauvignon and Sémillon) opens with ripe apricot, honey, toasted almond and candied fruit aromas. The chewy, rich sweetness of the wine is the main protagonist.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
Sassotondo 2008 San Lorenzo Ciliegiolo (Maremma)
- $58
Made from the little-known Ciliegiolo grape, this organic wine has notes of spice and tobacco that support the flavors of dark fruit, blackberry and prune. The palate is soft, velvety and extra smooth.
— M.L.
(4/1/2013)
Poggio Verrano 2005 Dròmos Red (Maremma)
- $60
This wine has a specific point of spice at its core that is dressed in more flowing tones of herbs, pipe tobacco, molasses, leather and cherry at its perimeter. In the mouth, this blend of five grape varieties has great structure and chewy tannins.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Poggio Mandorlo 2004 Poggiomandorlo Red (Maremma)
- $90
This blend exhibits thick density and concentration and direct aromas of blackberry, black ink, cola and roasted chestnuts. The wood is well-integrated, and the wine is juicy and firm on the palate. Drink after 2010.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Brancaia 2005 Ilatraia Red (Maremma)
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- $80
This deeply concentrated blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and Petit Verdot delivers massive notes of blackberry, spice, leather, graphite mineral and pipe tobacco. Its power and heft are put into context thanks to the wine’s intensity, complexity and persistency. It ends on a sweet note and delivers soft, ripe tannins.
— M.L.
(11/1/2009)
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