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• Score: 94 Vintage 2015 Vinous Media Darkly floral and intense, the 2015 Taurasi Pago dei Fusi smolders up from the glass with a smoky blend of black currants, grilled herbs, crushed rocks and tobacco. Its textures are velvety-smooth, displaying admirable weight balanced by brisk acidity. A wave of tart wild berry fruits floods the palate, leaving a staining of saline minerals in its wake. Dramatically long and with a hulking structure, the 2015 leaves gripping tannins that resonate under an air of violets and lavender. This is a dark and radiant beauty with a perfect integration of oak. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2015 Wine Spectator Savory hints of tobacco and smoke meet notes of cocoa powder and dried fig in a fragrant thread accenting flavors of baked black cherry and damson plum preserves. Tightly meshed, with firm tannins providing taut structure, yet this is fragrant and appealing now, opening nicely in the glass. Long and minerally on the finish. Best from 2025 through 2034. 400 cases made, 50 cases imported. –AN Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2015 James Suckling Deep, brooding ripeness full of smoky, sweet blackberries, dried fruit, black mushrooms, black chocolate, ash and black sesame. Full-bodied and very structured on the palate with dusty, vertical tannins and a long, ashy finish. Drink or keep holding. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2013 Wine Advocate The Terredora di Paolo 2013 Taurasi Pago dei Fusi (with 6,500 bottles made) is a wide and sweeping wine with a broad set of aromas. There is cherry confit, vanilla cream, spice, dried blueberry, grilled rosemary and even a hint of aged Parmigiano. This full-bodied red is contemporary and relatively soft (for an Aglianico), thanks to 24 months in barrique. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2013 James Suckling A well-aged Taurasi with a savory nose full of decadence with dark mushrooms, bark, tar and Chinese herbal medicine on top of some preserved dark cherries and plums. Quite drying with a full-bodied palate showing lots of powerful, fine-grained tannins. Long, complex finish with a savory, earthy note lingering in the end. Beautiful now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2013 Wine Enthusiast On the nose this is sanguine and earthy, with notes of cured meat, balsamic vinegar and soy sauce but also rocks and soil with wild berries crushed under foot. The berries perk up on the palate, lifted by a little heat and plenty of acidity, and held in place by tannins that are still holding their integrity at this age. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 95 Vintage 2012 Vinous Media The 2012 Taurasi Pago dei Fusi captivates with a bouquet that blends animal musk and earth tones with sweet tobacco, plum sauce and dark chocolate. This is surprisingly racy and sleek. It's savory to the core, with bitter blackberry and exotic spices enhanced by sour citrus. It finishes with outstanding length and structure, as a bump of residual acidity adds a mouthwatering component that provides lovely balance. The depth, complexity and integration of wood are stunning. The 2012 Taurasi Pago dei Fusi is quite an achievement for Terredora di Paolo. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 94 Vintage 2012 James Suckling A genuine, aged Taurasi with berry, walnut, clove, mushroom and mahogany aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied and dense with lots of intensity and character. Real deal. Delicious now. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2012 Wine Advocate This is the top-shelf red from Terredora di Paolo and certainly its most late-term release. From a hot and dry vintage, the 2012 Taurasi Pago dei Fusi is beautifully aged and drinking very nicely at the moment. I see no need to wait further. The bouquet revolves around dried cherry and plum, and there are integrated notes of savory smoke and spice. The wine's advanced evolution shows with campfire ash and licorice root, and it would be a nice accompaniment to a Neapolitan "è braciol a’ raù" (meat braciole in a ragù). Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 94 Vintage 2011 Wine Advocate The top-shelf product from Terredora di Paolo, the 2011 Taurasi Pago dei Fusi, shows depth and an important level of sophistication that gives the wine an air of contemplation and care. The experience starts off slowly with dried berry fruit, crème de cassis, spice, smoke and delicate campfire ash. The wine is linear and polished with a steady, careful approach. The tertiary definition is there, but the wine is still going strong and should hold over the course of the next decade. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2011 Wine Enthusiast Pipe tobacco, star anise, baking spice, blue flower, menthol and blackberry aromas are front and center in this fragrant red. On the taut, medium-bodied palate, fine-grained tannins give structure to crushed raspberry, juicy Marasca cherry, licorice and a hint of incense. Drink 2021–2031. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 92 Vintage 2011 Vinous Media Dark red. Vibrant aromas of flowers, minerals and red cherry. Big, clean and dense, featuring very pretty, fresh red berry and savory herb flavors. Finishes long and mineral, with ripe tannins. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 91 Vintage 2011 Wine Spectator A fresh, elegant red, with a layer of ground spice underscoring the crushed cherry, cured tobacco, dried fig and fragrant smoke notes. The fine-grained tannins are well-integrated, providing a supple frame as floral and spice accents play on the finish. Drink now through 2027. 2,000 cases made, 50 cases imported. — AN Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2011 Vinous Media I’m finding masses of ripe raspberry and cherry fruit in the 2011 Terredora di Paolo Taurasi Pago dei Fusi, complemented by sweet exotic spices, with hints of white smoke and dusty florals, as the Pago dei Fusi morphs from sweet to savory in the glass. On the palate, velvety textures usher in wild berry fruits, with saturating minerals and enlivening acids, as fine tannins slowly mount toward the finale. The finish is long and structured, resonating on spicy dark fruits and saline accents with a savory, herbal twang. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 90 Vintage 2011 James Suckling Dried plums, walnuts, leather and tobacco take the nose by storm. Full-bodied, drying and earthy with chewy tannins and a cedary finish. Decadent style. Drink from 2021. Shelf Talker Full Page Review
• Score: 93 Vintage 2010 Wine Enthusiast Attractive aromas of pipe tobacco, plum and baking spice lead the nose. The tight, elegant palate delivers wild cherry, blackberry, licorice and a hint of mineral framed in austere fine-grained tannins that lend firm structure and polished texture. Fresh acidity provides balance. Give it time to unwind. Drink 2020–2030. Shelf Talker Full Page Review