WINE ENTHUSIAST – April 2008 (USA)– 86/100
This is a big, modern wine that delivers thick oak renderings stacked tall against smaller offerings of black fruit. Aromas of leather, spice and vanilla are dominant, and the wine is characterized by firm tannins.
ANNUARIO DEI MIGLIOR VINI ITALIANI – LUCA MARONI (Italy)– 86 points
Consistency: 30 - Balance: 29 - Integrity: 27
Sensazioni: la ciliegia campeggia in questo vino, la polpa morbida e succosa ella ciliegia, quella che dolce, tutte le mani sporca della concentrazione fruttuosa del suo filamentoso pigmento. La dolcezza della spezia tonda, che accentua la suadenza sua. Un vino di eccezionale levigatezza gustativa, morbidissimo nel suo flessuoso incedere. Un fuoriclasse eccellente tanto in polpa quanto in morbida e turgida rotondità di espressione. Un vino dalla souplesse avvolgente, balsamicamente superiore. Un vino a cui è davvero difficile resistere, così armoniosamente ed equilibratamente espressivo.
Sensazioni: la ciliegia campeggia in questo vino, la polpa morbida e succosa ella ciliegia, quella che dolce, tutte le mani sporca della concentrazione fruttuosa del suo filamentoso pigmento. La dolcezza della spezia tonda, che accentua la suadenza sua. Un vino di eccezionale levigatezza gustativa, morbidissimo nel suo flessuoso incedere. Un fuoriclasse eccellente tanto in polpa quanto in morbida e turgida rotondità di espressione. Un vino dalla souplesse avvolgente, balsamicamente superiore. Un vino a cui è davvero difficile resistere, così armoniosamente ed equilibratamente espressivo.
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A deep dark ruby color, the Lorenzo & Isabelle was created to pay homage to the memory of the proprietor’s parents. With the grapes harvested in Montalcino and from the Il Palazzone vineyards, the wine’s first vintage consists of 60% Cabernet Franc, 38% Sangiovese, and 2% Petit Verdot. By definition a Super Tuscan, this wine demonstrates an international style with the assistance of French vine varieties. This blend allows Il Palazzone to use grapes other than Sangiovese Grosso, a strand of Sangiovese which is specific to Montalcino, Italy. Today, the grape is better known as simply “Brunello”. Similar to the prototype Super Tuscans, Tignanello and Sassicaia, the Lorenzo & Isabelle shows elegance, power, and the marriage of the new and old world. It retains the terroir of Montalcino, with an international flair from Cab Franc and Petit Verdot. The wine’s complex nose is mesmerizing and engaging. The aromas of intense red fruits, baked black fruits, earthy undertones, herbs, cigar, vanilla, and cola seem to carry on indefinitely and continually develop with time. If there was ever a symphony in a glass, this wine is it. With substantial acidity and tannins that become more graceful over time (I decanted the wine for about an hour), the dark cherries and oak integration has come together quite nicely.
A deep dark ruby color, the Lorenzo & Isabelle was created to pay homage to the memory of the proprietor’s parents. With the grapes harvested in Montalcino and from the Il Palazzone vineyards, the wine’s first vintage consists of 60% Cabernet Franc, 38% Sangiovese, and 2% Petit Verdot. By definition a Super Tuscan, this wine demonstrates an international style with the assistance of French vine varieties. This blend allows Il Palazzone to use grapes other than Sangiovese Grosso, a strand of Sangiovese which is specific to Montalcino, Italy. Today, the grape is better known as simply “Brunello”. Similar to the prototype Super Tuscans, Tignanello and Sassicaia, the Lorenzo & Isabelle shows elegance, power, and the marriage of the new and old world. It retains the terroir of Montalcino, with an international flair from Cab Franc and Petit Verdot. The wine’s complex nose is mesmerizing and engaging. The aromas of intense red fruits, baked black fruits, earthy undertones, herbs, cigar, vanilla, and cola seem to carry on indefinitely and continually develop with time. If there was ever a symphony in a glass, this wine is it. With substantial acidity and tannins that become more graceful over time (I decanted the wine for about an hour), the dark cherries and oak integration has come together quite nicely.
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