Posts Tagged ‘sangiovese’
09/06/2017
September 6, 2017
The last time I reviewed this wine was 2011. The wine hasn’t changed much since then, including the price! The 2012 vintage is still a very nice wine as was the 2007 vintage back then.
The mild tannins on the roof of mouth and back of throat are still speaking after all these years giving the wine a mild earthy feel in the mouth. As it was before, the wine is smooth but still with a slight edge to the taste. There’s just a hint of grape if caught at the right temperature. In my opinion, still no forest floor taste as one reviewer noted of the 2007 vintage. For most of us, that’s a good thing. And sticking with my original comment, this is probably a better food wine than a sipper. However when sipped among a group, it’s likely to lead to some interesting conversations.
Although the primary grape in this is Sangiovese, the taste is bolder than a typical Tuscan Sangiovese. It’s not as bold as a Cabernet Sauvignon, but still up there one notch on the scale. And this is likely more enjoyable than a Cabernet Sauvignon in the same price range. The bottle states 13.5% alcohol. Incanto may want to recheck their instruments. This wine has a substantially greater kick to it than most wines labeled 13.5%. Price $10.99
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01/14/2015
1967
Toscana IGT
Grifone – 2010
Little did I know when I did the San Zenone Toscana Rosso wine review, that a week earlier I had picked up this IGT Toscana from Trader Joe’s. If I had remembered I would have done a side by side comparison. No one ever said wine improves the memory. Did they? I can’t remember.
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12/06/2014
Grifone Sangiovese 2013
Pretty darn good for $4.49 at Trader Joe’s. This is an IGT classified wine, which just represents that the wine/grapes come from the specified region of Italy (Puglia in this case) and meet the other IGT specifications. It’s a lesser designation than a DOC designation. Well, it may not be up to the DOC requirements, but it’s still a pretty good wine and certainly worth the $4.49 price.
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12/30/2012
A year later, does the new wine hold up?
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11/24/2011
Like the sardines, I walked past this for months. The difference? This smells a whole lot better.
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10/29/2011
Back to basics on this one. What’s basic is a good under $5 wine.
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07/13/2011
It’s been awhile since the cork popped out of a bottle of wine from Trader Joe’s. And since there no early morning meeting tomorrow at work, here’s a late night long overdue wine review.
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12/26/2010
Lightening can strike twice for $3.99. This Golden Eagle has landed.
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September 6, 2017
