Arnaldo Caprai Sagrantino di Montefalco Collepiano 2016
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Category | Red Wine |
Varietal | |
Brand | Arnaldo Caprai |
Origin | Italy, Umbria, Montefalco Sagrantino |
Alcohol/vol | 15.5% |
Wine Advocate
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With a dark, full-bodied color and ripe aromas of blackberry preserves and dark marmalade, the 2016 Montefalco Sagrantino Collepiano packs a powerful punch at 15.5% alcohol. There are dustings of baking spice or bitter chocolate. Here is a full, big-bodied and brooding Sargrantino, of which 80,000 bottles were made.
Wine Spectator
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An elegant spin on Sagrantino, with supple tannins and a fresh spine of acidity layered as a springboard for flavors of crushed cherry and black raspberry fruit, Earl Grey tea, dried rose petal and sandalwood aromatic. A subtle streak of minerally iron and smoke plays on the graceful finish. Drink now through 2031.
Vinous
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Darkly alluring notes of plum and cherry sauce give way to balsamic spices and hints of mocha as the 2016 Montefalco Sagrantino Collepiano blossoms in the glass. This is a deeply textural yet youthfully dense and poised expression, a wave of ripe black fruits, encased in a web of minerals, coasting along a core of brisk acids. Cooling hints of mint add lift throughout the massively structured finale, where sweet tobacco, baker's chocolate and currants linger incredibly long. This is a towering yet sleek vintage of Collepiano that will enjoy a long life, though it will require a number of years to come fully into focus.
Wine Enthusiast
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This has aromas of dark-skinned fruit, scorched earth and cocoa. The tight, dense palate offers blackberry jam, clove and sage alongside assertive, close-grained tannins and the heat of evident alcohol.