2018 Il Carnasciale Caberlot 1.5L [V100][JG96]

Producer: Il Carnasciale 
Region: Tuscany, Italy
Varietal: Caberlot
Year: 2018 

Vinous, 100 Points 

"The 2018 Il Caberlot is a stunning wine.  It’s not the most immediate nor explosive Caberlot, but its such a tremendous example of this wine.  The bouquet alone is mesmerizing.  Crushed herbs, rose petal, mint, blood orange, incense and sweet pipe tobacco all build in the glass.  Imagine Cheval Blanc, but with good dose of Tuscan sun.  Readers who can fine the 2018 should not hesitate, as it is magical.  I imagine it will be even better in the commercial magnums than this 750ml tasting sample." 

John Gilman, 96 Points

"The 2018 is the thirtieth vintage of Il Caberlot ever produced by Podere Il Carnasciale, so the Rogosky family has naturally noted this on the label with the 'Trentesimo' moniker to mark the occasion ... The wine is an absolute classic in the making, offering up a pure and complex nose of cassis, dark berries, a touch of Tuscan herb tones, Cuban cigar wrapper, a beautiful base of soil tones and a deft framing of cedary new oak. On the palate the wine is pure, refined and full-bodied, with a fine core of black fruit, lovely soil inflection, ripe, buried tannins and a long, superbly balanced and seamless finish. I love the sense of grace here, as the wine comes in at 13.5 percent octane and shows a beautiful synthesis of perfectly ripe fruit and classical aesthetic sensibilities. What a wine to mark the thirtieth anniversary vintage of Il Caberlot! 2032-2080+."

13.5% 

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