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2004 Donnafugata Tancredi

Proprietary Blend: 750ml

$29.99

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points awarded:
WA 92

Dean Alexander, JJ Buckley, August 2010

Opaque, very dark and quite dense, the color is still quite youthful. On the nose, this lovely blend of Nero d'Avola and Cabernet is showing some secondary evolution, with dark fruits, saddle leather, cinnamon and fennel. In the mouth, the wine is round, supple and full with the black fruits and secondary flavors knitting together nicely, adding notes of leather and a touch of forest floor. Finishes long, with tar, bittersweet chocolate, dark cherry and moderate tannins. The Nero d'Avola's often boisterous fruit has subsided somewhat, allowing the Cabernet to come to fore. Today, this beautiful wine drinks like a third or fourth growth Bordeaux, a testament to Donnafugata's supreme dedication to quality.


92 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2004

The 2004 Tancredi is a blend of 70% Nero d'Avola and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in French oak is endowed with notable warmth and richness in its fruit. Herb, chocolate and toasted oak nuances also come to the forefront, adding further complexity. The Cabernet is very much felt in the structure and density of the wine. All of the wine's elements come together in an engaging and utterly satisfying glass of wine. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2016.


Dean Alexander, JJ Buckley, August 2010

Opaque, very dark and quite dense, the color is still quite youthful. On the nose, this lovely blend of Nero d'Avola and Cabernet is showing some secondary evolution, with dark fruits, saddle leather, cinnamon and fennel. In the mouth, the wine is round, supple and full with the black fruits and secondary flavors knitting together nicely, adding notes of leather and a touch of forest floor. Finishes long, with tar, bittersweet chocolate, dark cherry and moderate tannins. The Nero d'Avola's often boisterous fruit has subsided somewhat, allowing the Cabernet to come to fore. Today, this beautiful wine drinks like a third or fourth growth Bordeaux, a testament to Donnafugata's supreme dedication to quality.


92 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2004

The 2004 Tancredi is a blend of 70% Nero d'Avola and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in French oak is endowed with notable warmth and richness in its fruit. Herb, chocolate and toasted oak nuances also come to the forefront, adding further complexity. The Cabernet is very much felt in the structure and density of the wine. All of the wine's elements come together in an engaging and utterly satisfying glass of wine. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2016.


About Winery

Donnafugata grew out of the Rallo family's commitment to Sicily, always believinig in the extraordinary enological potential of the land. With 150 years of tradition in producing premium wines, wine producers Giacomo Rallo and his wife, Gabriella, launched a new production project in 1983 and called it Donnafugata.

The name Donnafugata, literally "woman in flight," refers to the history of the Habsburg queen Maria Carolina who was the consort of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon.  In the initial years of the 19th century,she fled Naplesand found refuge a few miles from the estate's vineyards.  The history inspired the effigy of the head of a woman with her hair tossed by the wind that dominates the label of every bottle of Donnafugata.

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