Community Tasting Notes 22

• JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 9, 2024 - 5hrs slow o. Very expressive nose of cherry, cinnamon and graphite. Surprisingly silky texture on the palate for its age; the tannins catch up to you later when your head feels like it’s been hit hard. A few more years in the cellar would likely improve it.
  
  Score:93. Relative to expectations: ++

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• Paschap Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 3, 2024 - Светлый рубиновый цвет, прозрачное. В аромате сочная вишня, черноплодка, горькие ягоды, ваниль, специи, чуть животинка, железо, чуть дымок, минеральное. Во вкусе плотное, высокая кислотность, интенсивные шершавые танины, насыщенное. 91/100

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• IJC Likes this wine:

  January 12, 2024 - Lots of meat on the nose, which strangely does not transfer to the taste, in the manner of a Cote Rotie, but which is more fruit than earth, and surprisingly clear and light.
  
  It was paired with a tomato based sweet sausage spaghetti concoction, which I suspect was far too spicy for the delicacy this wine seems to favor. I've reserved half the bottle for a second tasting.
  
  I'm still pondering a rating, though at minimum at +1 on a scale of -1 to +3.

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• Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 15, 2023 - The '18 Montevertine is one of the prettiest wines made from Sangiovese I've tasted. On the nose and palate, I found a rather simple, at least for now, but very beautiful expression of red berry fruit and red floral tones. The fruit here is super sweet, while the texture of the wine is pure silk, medium to light in body with almost no perception of tannin. This was very easy to drink now given the beauty of the fruit and the textural finesse, immediately after popping the bottle without a decant, but if you enjoy a bit of tertiary complexity in the wine I could see this being best in 5-10 years.

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• englishman's claret wrote: 90 points

  November 3, 2023 - Pleasant red cherry with a fine silhouette, transitioning from red to black cherry. There's a touch of warm earth and red spice suggesting the complexity that is likely to develop over the coming years. Certainly a Burgundian expression of Sangiovese. Shows well from the start, but better after 12 hours and better yet after 24. That said, the depth on the palate and length of the finish don’t suggest a profound future.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Montevertine
• Varietal Sangiovese Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Toscana IGT

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• Pending Delivery 57 (4%)
• In Cellars 1,290 (85%)
• Consumed 172 (11%)

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