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• Vasily Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 5, 2024 - Rich fruit balanced with moderate tannins. Still plenty of life left in this vintage.

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• Morten Andersen Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 29, 2024 - Outstanding. a bit old on the nose at first. Opened and decanted 6 hours before guest. Cooled. then it opened. Cigar box, leather, forest floor, spice, vanilla. but still red fruit. full bodied. wonderfully rounded and mature. Long long aftertaste. Class.

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• chatters wrote:

  March 27, 2024 - Angelica Wine Club - Italian (Noi Restaurant, Petersham): Dried flowers, a little cherry, slightly spiritous, touch of earth. Medium plus intensity acidity and tannin, a little lean though it opens with time and shows a little oxidised caramel note. Hmm

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• Renevin Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 8, 2024 - Nez sur le bois et Noisette au départ, mais développe des notes florales et confiture. En bouche, il y a encore du beau fruit. Belle ampleur, c est rond, tanins agréables. Belle longueur. Belle bouteille

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• Hi.its.Don.4.Wine Likes this wine: 95 points

  March 5, 2024 - Too Many Offers, or Mind Control?
  
  Not sure I’m the only one, but recently I’ve seen several offers for wine from a particular region of the world. Italy.
  
  That shouldn’t come as a big reveal, they’ve had some excellent vintages in recent years, so the wines produced have shown exceptional results. That’s good for those who favor Italian wines; much as I do.
  
  What has me stymied is that other regions around the world have had similar vintages, yet fewer offers than that for the Italian counterparts. Maybe I’m just hallucinating or focusing on those offers more than others, but it doesn’t feel that way. So I thought I’d return to an old favorite to revive my fascination with Italian wines.
  
  Casanova di Neri "White Label" Brunello di Montalcino 2010
  
  My interest in wine seems to vacillate from country to country and it’s been a while since I’ve focused on Italian wine. I’ve dabbled with a few here and there, but all the marketing hype seems to have kept me from them. I don’t like being inundated with offers; it makes me ask “Why?”
  
  Overproduction, lackluster sales, or wines, that while good, don’t reach the heights that they could, even given the great vintages. That’s the part of my brain that kicks in to ask those questions and likely pushes me away from rather good wine.
  
  That’s why I decided to opt for a wine that I knew was excellent to jog my brain from its conspiracy theories and get back on track.
  
  2010 was a superb vintage and produced a wealth of wines, this one was right up there. From the first sip, I was tasting a wine with no rough edges and a certain brightness. The wonderful slightly darker red fruit made the wine shine. There was a whisper of acidity that was nestled with the soft tannins. Even after 14 years, the wine was flawless.
  
  I could almost feel my mind awaken from its subversion against Italian wines. However, that could have been due to the fact that I may have over-imbibed.
  
  Either way, I vowed not to readily dismiss offers for Italian wines and to keep my mind open to possibilities. My biggest regret is that I’ve likely missed the best of the 2016 vintage. Although, as most of us know, there’s always the chance of great vintages.
  
  Cheers

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Casanova di Neri
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Codes 091882440633, 748789100060, 7487899000664, 8025862040003, 8025862100004, 8025862101506, 8025862110003, 8029192200045

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• Pending Delivery 151 (2%)
• In Cellars 4,088 (61%)
• Consumed 2,422 (36%)

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