2015 Leonetti Aglianico Serra Pedace Vineyard
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The 2015 Aglianico Serra Pedace Vineyard has a deep magenta core that's almost opaque in the glass and offers up hints of volatility with plum reduction, black cherry and a firm element of turned earth and roasted lavender. Full-bodied and with 15% alcohol, the wine shows the rich tannic structure of the variety and will remain food-friendly for more than a decade as the wine dries out my gumline with an iron essence. Concluding with a long-lingering finish, you'll want to have this with food and open after a few more years of cellar aging. The wine rested for 44 months in terracotta amphorae and neutral French oak barrels. Just under 4,700 bottles were produced.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2015 Aglianico Serra Pedace Vineyard is also outstanding, although it needs at least 5-7 years of bottle age to integrate its masses of tannins. A complex nose of red and black fruits, sandalwood, and incense define the nose, and it’s medium to full-bodied on the palate, with mouth-searing amounts of tannins. It’s somehow still balanced, though, and I do think it will come together, but patience will be a virtue.