The 2006 Dedicato a Walter (Cabernet Franc) is a massive offering packed with ripe, dark fruit. Today the wine is incredibly dense and fruit-driven, with little of the aromatic complexity that makes Cabernet Franc in Maremma so compelling. Structurally the wine is very refined, and all this bottle needs is a few years in the cellar to incorporate its 100% new oak and for its inner perfume to emerge. This is another highly promising effort from Poggio al Tesoro. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2021.
Poggio al Tesoro is a young property in Maremma that continues to make better wines with each passing vintage. This year, a value-priced red, Mediterra, has been added to the line-up.
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