Community Tasting Notes 121

• Paul D wrote: 90 points

  March 18, 2024 - 3/6, decanted and immediately served.
  Medium/deep garnet core, pale garnet rim. Nose is vibrant and still quite youthful showing spicy red cherry fruit, touch of black tea. Medium/full bodied, spicy red cherry again, tea, fine but still noticeable tannins, vibrant acidity, decent length slightly grippy finish. Very enjoyable, drinking well but no hurry on evidence of this bottle.

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• ChristP wrote: 87 points

  February 14, 2024 - I last tried this BdM about 5 years ago and wrote that I'd finish the remaining bottles over 24 months. Somehow, I found one bottle remaining in my wine cooler so decided to see how it was holding up.
  
  The cork was in good condition and the aromas were intact. Color was a dark pleasing red, and the palate showed red fruits and faded tannins. There was virtually no mid-palate and the finish wasn't quite satisfying. I would suspect this won't have much life left ahead of it.

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• Vinnut Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 4, 2024 - Subsequent notes on this wine from 5 years ago. Dark garnet in color with slight clearing at the edges. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, blackberries & dark plums with overtones of earthy/dusty & floral notes of violets, some cocoa, spices, anise, herbs, leather, tobacco, minerals & cedar notes in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs, cocoa, earthy, minerals & toasty oak. Long lingering smooth finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & airing but at 18 years of age, it is at or close to its peak of development although it should hold here for a few more additional years. I suspect any further development may be nominal. Fill was in lower neck, below capsule; cork was clean & intact. A wonderful, aged Brunello.

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• WineGuyFL Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 19, 2023 - This wine is drinking very well right now. It was open for about an hour and a half before dinner. No decant. However, after being very good, it began to fade somewhat later in the evening. I have 2024 down as the last year in the drink window for this wine.......the fact that it faded into the evening makes me want to drink up my last two bottles by next year.

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• gtonn Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 17, 2022 - Musty leaves, Tobacco, last night's cigar!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Argiano
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Codes 716898950012, 8022931175062, 8022931502110, 8022931502134

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• Pending Delivery 6 (0%)
• In Cellars 910 (45%)
• Consumed 1,094 (54%)

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