Tenuta di Trinoro Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy

黑天鵝酒莊紅葡萄酒

點擊次數(shù)：23611

Here's the wine that put the unknown town of Sarteano on the enological map of Tuscany. Andrea Franchetti's break-out success comes thanks to the profoundly delicious 2001 Tenuta di Trinoro. Similar to the equally impressive 2009 vintage, this wine shows classic lines and immense pedigree. The Cabernet Franc element weighs in at almost 50% and the other grapes, in descending order of importance, are Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. What stands out to me is the excellent sense of proportion. The wine offers a harmonious flow of dark berry nuances with wet earth, white truffle, licorice, tar and grilled earth. The bouquet is fluid and ever-changing. That same sense of balance hits the palate, where the wine delivers a twofold punch of firm tannins and crisp freshness that add to the overall textural richness. On a side note, I can't help but point out that this is one of the only Italian wines in the Wine Advocate database that has been tasted and scored by five separate staff reviewers. In a sense, this is a benchmark wine against which I can calibrate my own palate with those of my colleagues. If you are curious to know: Lisa Perrotti-Brown gave it 96 points; Antonio Galloni gave it 96 points; Daniel Thomases gave it 95 points on release; and Robert M. Parker, Jr. gave it a 91-94 range when the wine was still in barrel. To conclude, either I am one point more generous or the wine is improving with age. I believe the latter to be true. This is a drop-dead gorgeous Tuscan wine made with Bordeaux grapes. It shows no sign of slowing down.

Andrea Franchetti is in the process of developing a new estate on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, but he is certainly not neglecting his Tuscan property, at least to judge by the 2001 Trinoro, the best he has yet made. Unlikely the 2000 version of the wine, which was entirely Cabernet due to problems with the Merlot, the 2001 blend includes the latter grape, and its presence is felt in the supple tannins. The character of the wine, however, a brilliant blackish ruby, comes from the high percentage of Cabernet Franc and its patrimony of black berry fruit, sweet sage and rosemary aromas, polished, silky tannins, and ample, deep flavors, which nonetheless show off the superior elegance, grace, and class of Cabernet Franc which has ripened to the maximum degree. Drink: 2005-2022.Importer: William Grant & Sons, Edison, NJ; tel. (732) 225-9000