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An interesting artisinal project from this benchmark Tuscan producer: 100% sangiovese that's spent 12 months on the skins in local "orci" clay vessels. Yields a cherry, spicy sangiovese expression with the mealy, chalky tannins that are sometimes the product of amphora aged wines like this. Definitely worth a try if you can find it. (2083 views)

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Took about 30 minutes to start opening, but drinking well with bright red fruit, herb and spice. A little unstructured as the tannins have diminished significantly. (7371 views)

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Dried flowers and tar, mushroom, earth, iron. Faded fruit and soft tannins. Drinking nicely. (4076 views)

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Loosened up and mellowed out after about an hour. Dried cheery fruit, italian leather, stern tannins still in place. Pleasant mature Brunello. (2588 views)

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Honey, melon, botrytis-like floral funkiness, beeswax, buttercup. Lush and full-bodied, significant sweetness (80-100g/l?), backbone of acidity. Excellent quality and complexity. Paired with kung pao chicken. (2322 views)

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Dark ruby color, opaque center, M+ viscosity. Blue and black fruit on the nose, purple flowers, organic earth and vanilla. Very round and lush on the palate, a full bodied Barbera. M+ acid, M tannin, M alc. Big but delicious. (2107 views)

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Competent, but restrained on the nose and tight on the palate. Tart fruit. Good acidity for food pairing, however, and a nice companion to beef carpaccio. (2449 views)

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Bruised apple and cashew nut, oxydized, waxy and chalky on the palate. A great, funky Jura wine -- but still crisper, leaner, and less dirty than others I've tried in this style. A winner if you like Jura whites with some oxy and grip. (1209 views)

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Golden apple, baked bread, and a delicious, light-handed, quaffable quality. No oak, full malo. One of my favorite small producer Champagnes this year. (2071 views)

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Not sure if this bottle was faulty or damaged, I expected more from this wine: Tight, spicy, and overly hot. Unpleasant cooked fruit character, and prickly acidity on the palate. A big wine, but not pleasant. It's possible this bottle was temperature damaged. I have one more of these and will let it rest for another year or two before trying again. Disappointed. (3301 views)

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Bottle was flawed or well past its drinking window. Closet must, mold, earth. Barely any fruit left, just dead and departed fruit leather. Undrinkable, barely made it through a glass. A shame. (2999 views)

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Light lemon yellow color, M visc. Generous and delicious nose of lemon custard, apricot, yellow flowers, fresh green herbs. Palate is just as generous: fruit, flowers, and herbs all wrapped in stony minerality, M+ acid, and a rounded, slightly oxy/developed texture. Very subtle pyrazines here, I could confuse this with riesling in blind tasting. Delicious, balanced, just world-class wine from such an excellent producer. (1946 views)

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Translucent garnet with magenta highlights, very clear. M visc. Red fruit, cranberry, orange pith, tree bark. On the palate: Bright red fruit on the attack, significant stemmy bitterness. Sour fruit character, with a greenness or underripe quality. M+ acid, low tannins, M alc/body, M finish and complexity. Needs some air to unwind. Pair with ham with cranberry chutney. (1738 views)

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Approached with a bit of caution, having heard the 1971s are, as a category, past their prime. But the bottle was sound and the wine was drinking fine. Leather, dried black fruit, pencil shavings, and a carpet of fine remaining tannin made for a nice pairing with simple grilled meat with mushrooms. Gave it an hour or so of air, but probably could have used a little more -- as so often happens, it seemed to really unfurl after another hour in the last glass or so. Excellent drinking experience -- but if you have these, I'd plan to consume soon. (5508 views)

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Evolved, with some significant age expression. Dried black fruits, saddle leather, black olive, moss, smoke. Holding its own, but structure is starting to fall apart -- time to drink these up. :: Chez Fernand, Paris 11/2013 (1946 views)

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