Dalla Cia Teano 2014
By Christian Eedes, 18 April 2017
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A coming-together.
Teano is the renowned Giorgio Dalla Cia’s version of a Super Tuscan, the wine a blend of Bordeaux varieties plus Sangiovese. The 2014, matured for 24 months in 100% new 300-litre barrels, is luxuriously styled and has the price tag to match, selling for R869 a bottle on Port2Port.
The nose shows red and black fruit, earth, spice and a hint of cigar box while the palate is rich and smooth textured but also possess good freshness, the finish gently savoury. It will make a lot of well-heeled punters very happy.
Editor’s rating: 91/100.
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Sarah | 21 November 2021
Good day
I have a Teano Dalla CIA 2014 and I am not sure if this will be a valuable bottle to keep as a collection piece?
joe | 20 April 2017
Thanks, Tim! I’ll have to give the Nederburg a try some time. And somehow I had forgotten about Hannibal, which I had a bottle of a few years back!
Tim James | 19 April 2017
In fact, Joe, there are a few blends with Sangiovese. The Nederburg Ingenuity Red Italian Blend is one, and not dissimilar to Teano in ambition and orientation, I’d say: big, bold, ripe, etc. Bouchard Finlayson’s Hannibal is another (with sangiovese the largest component, along with Italian and French non-Bordeaux varieties), and a bit closer to my own tastes in these things!
joe | 19 April 2017
Which SA reds do you think have the most similar character to this wine? (I can’t think of any SA red blends that include sangiovese, so I imagine they’d probably have to be “Cape Blends”, or Bordeaux Blends.)