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WTN: Caparsa Chianti Classico "Doccio a Matteo" 1999

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WTN: Caparsa Chianti Classico "Doccio a Matteo" 1999

by Saina » Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:01 pm

Caparsa Chianti Classico "Doccio a Matteo" 1999
Sour cherries and sandalwood; crisp, bright red fruit, ripe but crunchy and dangerously moreish. IIRC, after the 1997 vintage, Caparsa started to use Barriques for this cuvée - but I see no new wood aromas at all in this wine. Instead, it seems like the Platonic ideal of Sangiovese. Outstanding, perhaps? Only Podere le Boncie's "Le Trame" has been as breathtakingly pure - in my admittedly limited experience of Chianti.
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Re: WTN: Caparsa Chianti Classico "Doccio a Matteo" 1999

by Dale Williams » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:04 pm

thanks for note, new producer for me.
BTW, if you wonder if people read, I do, but it just seems the wines offered in Finland differ a lot from what is available here. But this sounds worth looking for/

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