Community Tasting Note
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Harrie Likes this wine: 94 points
March 4, 2023 - 2011 Tignanello against 2012 with a top-up on 2016 Donnafugata Mille e una notta in an - admittedly - alcoholic evening.
2011 Tignanello opens up well. Mature, at easy with its age. Open, but balanced. Great nose, ripe, ready, what you want from Tuscany. Alcohol is there but not very present. 93 with ease. Drink now, keep at your risk.
2012 Tignanello remains closed, even after an hour in the decanter. Same wine, same genetics, but shy, withdrawn, closed. A great wine stand-alone, but just not a great vintage. 91
2016 Mille e una notta puts things into perspective. Amazing to appreciate a 13+% alcohol wine from Sicily. This wine rocks. Structure, body, taste. It is all there in oodles. Too young ? Possibly. But already so much pleasure to drink. Good vintages a must-add for the cellar. 94 for the wine, probably more for the house behind it.1 person found this helpful 1,187 views