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• viniferatu Likes this wine:

  January 9, 2023 - From a bottle that was decanted yesterday and the rest (about 1/4 of the bottle) returned to the bottle, which was then brought to me tonight.
  
  Aromas of dark plum, red and black cherry, violets, licorice, cedar, spice drawer... velvety and smooth, tannins are fine despite their significant clout, dense and layered mid-palate, lots of dark fruit and spice through the finish. Long and intense, this has clearly suffered no deleterious effects after so much air. No doubt that its plateau is 10+ years away. With a great vintage like 2016, Sesta di Sopra's Brunello ages at a glacial pace; 2006 is not quite ready, and 2010 is probably still a decade away from full maturity.

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• SchlaepDog commented:

  1/9/23, 8:30 PM - FYI- my 2011 was over the hill when I drank it a year ago. So they don’t always age glacially

• viniferatu commented:

  1/9/23, 8:32 PM - 2011 is very far from a great vintage for Brunello, so I'm not really surprised by your experience. In general, I tend to avoid saving Brunello from hot vintages like 2011; best to have them young, and with red meat. That being said, I've had some very nice mature 1997 and 2007 Brunello over the years.

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