Community Tasting Note

• MyCellar01 wrote: 88 points

  May 18, 2014 - Light nose, medium fruit, nice mouthfeel, medium chalky tannins mid-palate overwhelm the fruit to finish earthy.

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• Ombibulous commented:

  11/2/14, 8:23 PM - Hi Mycellar01. Thanks for your helpful tasting note of this wine. I was wondering. What do you think is the end year of the drinking window, and the peak year or years, for a half bottle of this wine? Any thoughts you may have would be appreciated. Thanks. Cheers.

• MyCellar01 commented:

  11/2/14, 11:25 PM - Happy to hear my note was helpful mulligan452.
  Only a quick TN at the Emirates lounge in Rome, much rather a sit down with the bottle over a number of hours or days if required.
  Having no prior knowledge of the Producer I called it as I found it in the glass. That said, the current release ('09) is five years old which suggests the Producer knows this wine needs time, and CT users suggest a start on the drinking window of 7-9 years on differing vintages and I would agree, the '08 could use another two or three in the cellar.
  I do like to let my wines lie in the cellar and CT users suggest a drink by date of 12-17 years, vintage depending.
  However, '08 may be regarded as a lessor vintage in Tuscany, and make for earlier drinking than other fruit focused years, with a half bottle maturing in two-thirds of the drinking window of a 750ml.

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