2014 Il Caberlot
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Podere Il Carnasciale's 2014 Il Caberlot is all class. Sophisticated and medium in body in this vintage, it possesses striking aromatic depth and nuance to match its decidedly midweight personality. Layers of bright, red-toned fruit, blood orange and cinnamon add to the wine's decidedly exotic personality. In some vintages, Caberlot is more overt and exuberant, but the 2014 is a cool, reserved wine that needs time in bottle for its inner sweetness to fully emerge. Even at this early stage, though, it is striking.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2014 Il Caberlot is a beautifully executed wine with an inky dark or otherwise impenetrable appearance. The bouquet shows decisive Cabernet-adjacent aromas of super dense blackberry with black olive and charred rosemary twig. The wine delivers immediate power and intensity with excellent focus and sharpness. Perhaps the mouthfeel is a touch thinner and shorter in this vintage (as is to be expected), but given its overall opulence, this is a welcome characteristic. This wine is usually only available in magnums.
Impenetrable, deep crimson. Similarly fine, perfumed nose as the 'second vin', Carnasciale, of the same vintage, but a little tighter and with more precision. Perfectly integrated, still slightly dusty oak. Elegant, juicy fruit on the palate that is mouth-filling. Super fine tannins. Kind of halfway between Burgundy and Tuscany. Very good for the vintage and ready now. (WS)