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La Fiorita Lamborghini Campoleone 2001
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Deep purple in color with intense aromas of wild berries. Explodes on the palate with loads of fruit and big structure. Lots of fine tannins insure aging potential yet the wine exhibits the signature soft touch of Riccardo Cotarella. Recommended with hearty dishes like roasted meats and game.
Wine Advocate
It’s hard to avoid slipping into automotive metaphors when talking about the 2001 Campoleone, made at the Lamborghini family estate near Lake Trasimeno – sleek lines, power to spare, super acceleration from start to finish, a shift into overdrive on the finish. Suffice it to say that this is Umbria’s prototypical Sangiovese/Merlot blend, an intense dark ruby with a potent, spicy, red currant, raspberry, and plum nose, a sumptuous texture with superior volume, velvet, and sweetness, and exceptional length, grip, and sensuality on the close. Better this 2001 or the equally formidable 1999? Let’s just say that it’s likely to be a photo-finish, and either could take the checkered flag. Drink: 2005-2020.
Score: 93.
—Daniel Thomases,
April
2004.
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