Long Shadows Saggi, Columbia Valley, USA

長影薩基干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數(shù)：4460

The 2020 Saggi is composed of 62% Sangiovese, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Syrah. The nose opens with classic red fruits and a floral and dusty note that wafts from the glass, then delightful and seductive dark fruit and baked clay notes release with additional time in the glass and swirling. Full-bodied, the Sangiovese blend offers a firm mouthfeel and bright and energetic cherry flavors before dusty florals grip the mid-palate. The wine continues to uncoil, offering notes of black raspberry over the succulent, food-friendly finish and lingering tannic edge. Bravo!

Expressive and complex, the 2018 Saggi is made from a blend of 58% Sangiovese, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Syrah. The nose offers a broad and youthful expression with dusty dark red fruits with a firm yet inky generosity and oak essence. Full-bodied, the wine is explosive on the palate with firm tannins that linger through the dense, chewy finish with flint elements and bright red cherry skin flavors. Enjoy this food-friendly wine for another decade or more.

Slightly volatile on the nose, the 2017 Saggi begins dark-fruited with dark berry aromas and tones of leather, baked earth and subtle dried herbs. Full-bodied, the wine is dense and chewy but leaves me wanting more complexity, ending with flavors of bitter dark chocolate and notions of tar on the gripping and tannic finish. It doesn’t have the same depth and focus found in other bottle is in the range.

The 2016 Saggi is a blend of 60% Sangiovese, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Syrah that begins with a red-fruited core on the nose of soft sour cherry and delicate florals with a dusty focus. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, the wine is structured with bright acidity that lifts the mid-palate with subtle savory herbs and spices. The lingering finish is well-balanced and has a good grip of dusty tannins that will evolve nicely in years to come. Only 2,110 cases made.

A blend of 62% Sangiovese, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Syrah, the 2015 Saggi offers up attractive aromas of sweet cherries, balsamic reduction, dried herbs and burning embers. On the palate, it's full-bodied, rich and layered, with a lavish attack and a juicy core of fruit, concluding with a firm, quite assertively extracted and chewy finish. I suspect this may be carrying too much tannin for its own good, though it was clearly crafted from fine raw materials.