Barco Reale di Carmignano 2001

Tenuta di Capezzana (Italy)

Barco Reale di Carmignano (Tuscany)

Sangiovese, Canaiolo Nero, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

The wine shows a beautiful intense ruby red color, little transparency. The nose reveals an intense aromatic profile of prominent personality. There can be perceived aromas of black cherry macerated in alcohol, raspberry, strawberry jam, blackberry and black currant followed by hints of cinnamon and pepper. The mouth denotes a good correspondence to the nose, intense and balanced, good body and soft agreeable tannins well balanced by alcohol. The finish is persistent and has flavors of fruit such as raspberry, black currant and blackberry. This wine is aged in barrique for at least 6 months followed by a bottle aging of about 4 months.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Stewed meat, Hard cheese, Broiled meat and barbecue

Suggested glass	16 °C (60 °F)
(Young Red Wines)

November 2002

DiWineTaste Polls

Download your free DiWineTaste Card : Test your Blood Alcohol Content : Follow DiWineTaste

All rights reserved under international copyright conventions. No part of this publication and of this WEB site may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from DiWineTaste.