Col d'Orcia
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Col d'Orcia 2004 Olmaia Cabernet Sauvignon (Sant'Antimo)
- $75
Olmaia is a pure expression of Cabernet Sauvignon that hits all the right marks. You can taste the variety’s natural flavors but they never seem green or medicinal. Instead the wine is plush, soft, round and opulent, with ideal harmony and balance and beautiful delivery of chocolate, cherry, vanilla and herbal aromas. The wine almost exaggerates, if possible, its…
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Col d'Orcia 2007 Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
- $63
Here is a particularly impressive wine from one of Montalcino’s top estates. The wine opens with ethereal balsam notes of eucalyptus, humus, dried fruit and dried mint. Beyond those elegant tones are sturdier layers of cured meat and savory spice. It shows bold concentration, thick power and firmness on the close, with a drying mineral finish. Let it age five more years.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
Col d'Orcia 2004 Nearco Red (Sant'Antimo)
- Cellar Selection
- $68
This exciting vintage of Nearco shows excellent harmony and concentration with aromas of cherry, blackberry, prune, spice and toasted wood. The wine is smooth, velvety, rich and extremely succulent. In fact, its natural softness is what makes it exceptional.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
Col d'Orcia 2004 Poggio al Vento Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
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- $150
Poggio al Vento (from the 2004 vintage) shows smoky and savory notes of forest floor, bramble, cured meat, barbecue spice and teriyaki sauce. The wine is compact in the mouth, with polished tannins.
— M.L.
(5/1/2012)
Col d'Orcia 2005 Olmaia Cabernet Sauvignon (Sant'Antimo)
- $75
Olmaia (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) delivers power and intensity with interwoven tones of ripe fruit, spice, forest floor and leather. The wine exhibits a rich and smooth texture that helps drive it along the palate in a soft and very pleasurable manner.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
Col d'Orcia 2003 Nearco Red (Sant'Antimo)
- $68
Thick in extraction, Nearco is a ripe and meaty red with thick layers of blueberry, blackberry, coffee, tobacco, ink, vanilla, spice and cigar box that peel off one solid layer after the other. Nothing is understated here and the wine hits the palate with determined tannins.
— M.L.
(4/1/2008)
Col d'Orcia 2005 Riserva Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello di Montalcino)
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- $90
A tight, compact and streamlined interpretation, this Riserva Brunello offers clean cherry aromas backed by slight renderings of tobacco and fine leather. The wine shows medium extraction and density with good intensity.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Col d'Orcia 2005 Nearco Red (Sant'Antimo)
- $68
The oak note is still a bit pungent here and the wine needs three or four more years of cellaring before reaching harmony. Beyond that, however, this super Tuscan blend offers a solid base of blackberry, spice, leather and tobacco.
— M.L.
(3/1/2010)
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