Tenuta di Arceno
Valadorna Toscana Red Blend
Tuscany, Italy
Tobacco, anise, with red fruit. Dark notes with stable tannins, winner of the night 🍷
Tobacco, anise, with red fruit. Dark notes with stable tannins, winner of the night 🍷
Dec 11th, 2022Chewy tannins, excellent notes raisin and pomegranate. A fun “Italian Bordeaux”
Chewy tannins, excellent notes raisin and pomegranate. A fun “Italian Bordeaux”
Sep 2nd, 2022
Bit heavy on the new oak, but it’s understandable as this wine needs A LOT of time. Black and blue fruits meld with smoky oak and vanilla plus good acid. Dried herbs and minerals mid-palate coupled with a long fruity finish. Cellar it.
Bit heavy on the new oak, but it’s understandable as this wine needs A LOT of time. Black and blue fruits meld with smoky oak and vanilla plus good acid. Dried herbs and minerals mid-palate coupled with a long fruity finish. Cellar it.
Feb 19th, 2019
Fantastic wine. My first time with this and I immediately regret opening this up so early. Needs at least another 10yrs
Fantastic wine. My first time with this and I immediately regret opening this up so early. Needs at least another 10yrs
Aug 10th, 2017
Firm medium bodied. Very nice. Mostly Merlot with Cabernet Franc.
Firm medium bodied. Very nice. Mostly Merlot with Cabernet Franc.
1 person found it helpfulNov 16th, 2019
Deep ruby in color with a purplish rim.
A Beautiful Sonoma Cabernet nose, with blackberries, blueberries, cherries, licorice, oak, vanilla, oak, vanilla, earth, sage, tar, flat cola, spices, herbs, animal notes, wild flowers and peppercorn.
Full bodied and smooth, with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry and fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, vanilla, licorice, light oak, leather, smoke, chocolates, cola, dark coffee, sage, eucalyptus, black pepper and spices.
Long finish with round tannins and spices.
This is a Great Super Tuscan, with a California Cabernet feel. Balanced, complex, interesting and enjoyable by itself or with food.
Good right out of the bottle with a lot of cola and licorice notes. This Merlot based Tuscan, is not my usual drinker, but I really enjoyed it. At $70, it is a little expensive, though.
I paired it with grilled steak and vegetables.
A blend of 66% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petite Verdot.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
Deep ruby in color with a purplish rim.
A Beautiful Sonoma Cabernet nose, with blackberries, blueberries, cherries, licorice, oak, vanilla, oak, vanilla, earth, sage, tar, flat cola, spices, herbs, animal notes, wild flowers and peppercorn.
Full bodied and smooth, with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry and fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, vanilla, licorice, light oak, leather, smoke, chocolates, cola, dark coffee, sage, eucalyptus, black pepper and spices.
Long finish with round tannins and spices.
This is a Great Super Tuscan, with a California Cabernet feel. Balanced, complex, interesting and enjoyable by itself or with food.
Good right out of the bottle with a lot of cola and licorice notes. This Merlot based Tuscan, is not my usual drinker, but I really enjoyed it. At $70, it is a little expensive, though.
I paired it with grilled steak and vegetables.
A blend of 66% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petite Verdot.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
Rich, opulent and fleshy, but a bit bitter and heavy on the oak. 2009 was a warm, late ripening vintage in Tuscany, so it makes sense in the glass. Not a 30-year wine, bit a great bottle for right now.
Rich, opulent and fleshy, but a bit bitter and heavy on the oak. 2009 was a warm, late ripening vintage in Tuscany, so it makes sense in the glass. Not a 30-year wine, bit a great bottle for right now.
Mar 9th, 2016
Napa Valley Merlot in Tuscany
Napa Valley Merlot in Tuscany
Oct 20th, 2014A supertuscan which is a blend of merlot 85, Cabernet franc 15 Looking for galestro and soils that have more clay for these international varietals bought the property in 1994
With a strong sense of terroir with fine herbs sage and fresh plowed earth and a good amount of dark plum and currant berry fruit with a firm hand of acidity and fresh plowed earth fresh porcini with black spice, tar and a firm hand of acidity tannins and more on the tongue with excellent structure and depth of flavors very rich and round sexy juice.
A supertuscan which is a blend of merlot 85, Cabernet franc 15 Looking for galestro and soils that have more clay for these international varietals bought the property in 1994
With a strong sense of terroir with fine herbs sage and fresh plowed earth and a good amount of dark plum and currant berry fruit with a firm hand of acidity and fresh plowed earth fresh porcini with black spice, tar and a firm hand of acidity tannins and more on the tongue with excellent structure and depth of flavors very rich and round sexy juice.