2008 Carmignano Villa di Capezzana
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This wine was released ten years after the harvest. The 2008 Carmignano Villa di Capezzana is a blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon (aged in tonneaux for 12 months). Looking back in the archive for the original review of this wine, it showed brilliant zest and energy. More than a decade later, that shiny brightness is still intact. Dried berry nuances are followed by tar, smoke and old spice. Fresh acidity washes in at the rear. Since 2006, this estate has put aside 3,000 bottles of this wine for late release. This was done to celebrate the 300-year anniversary of the Carmignano wine appellation. Today, a wine like this gives us an important understanding of the aging potential of this historic Tuscan red.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Impenetrable dark ruby with narrow orange-tinged rim. Sangiovese’s savoury sour cherry and tobacco combined with Cabernet Sauvignon’s dark rich cassis fruit. Really peppery with an earthy, undergrowth edge. Generous mouthful of dark fruit kept in check by firm tannins. International style and rather heavy-handed. (WS)
The 2008 Carmignano Villa di Capezzana is endowed with serious depth and power. Dark cherries, plums, tobacco, herbs and smoke all take shape in a Carmignano that shows the more virile, brooding side of the appellation. There is a lot to like here, but readers will need to be patient, as the tannins will require a few years to settle down.
The 2008 Carmignano Villa di Capezzana bursts from the glass with energetic black cherries, menthol, spices and licorice. This is a decidedly big, sumptuous style of Carmignano, but it works well here. The wine's sweet inner perfume adds considerable complexity throughout. Villa di Capezzana is 80% Sangiovese and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in a combination of barrique and tonneaux for 12 months.