Community Tasting Note

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - Underwhelming

red fruit, licorice, medicinal, medium body, quite tannic, a little bitter on the finish. This tastes like a well made wine with something lacking. It's not opulent. If I were tasting this blind I might have guessed a Brunello di Montalcino, or even a Tempranillo, that was priced between $30 and $40. I was very happy to to jump from this to a $32 2016 Bodegas Volver Triga Monastrell.

It's day 2 and it's showing a little more fruit, moving the 89 up to 90. When I spend more than $80 for a bottle of wine I am hoping to be wowed. It didn't happen this time.

One tasting is just a moment in time. If I get the chance to taste a vertical of Tignanello then I will be more confident of what I think about this wine.

Right now I don't understand the 93 and 94 point scores - to me there's no QPR here. I hope that a future experience changes my mind.

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Comment posted by Mark1npt:

6/8/2021 8:46:00 PM - I hope more time will improve it! Not good qpr by your note.
Comment posted by alohashirt:

6/8/2021 9:01:00 PM - Enjoying wine can be a crazy, frustrating passion. I'm sipping tonight's final glass of this well-made, expensive wine thinking "I wish I had a $14 bottle of Juan Gil Monastrell, or a $28 Mollydooker Boxer right now."

That's a first world problem, if ever one was.
Comment posted by S_Gillett:

6/9/2021 6:51:00 PM - It has more to do with drinking a wine that was meant to be aged another 10+ years. You wouldn't bite into a clove of garlic 5 minutes into roasting, when the beautiful caramelization takes an hour.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

6/9/2021 7:20:00 PM - Gillett......good analogy.
Comment posted by alohashirt:

6/9/2021 7:32:00 PM - 6 people reviewed this between 93 and 95. To me, this suggests that they tasted something that I didn't. It's day 2 and it's showing a little more fruit.
When I spend more than $80 for a bottle of wine I am hoping to be wowed. It didn't happen this time.

One tasting is just a moment in time. If I get the chance to taste a vertical of Tignanello then I will be more confident of what I think about this wine.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

6/9/2021 7:52:00 PM - aloha.....it does help to have some experience with this one. It's primarily a food wine being Italian. They do need some aging to improve although I drank quite a few '15s back in '18 and they were very good. This is a pretty good producer that grows on you over time....just enjoy a nice steak with it next time and plenty of air!
Comment posted by Franken Berry:

7/3/2021 11:35:00 AM - Had a bottle the other night, completely agree with your observations. Was a big disappointment. Medicinal, heavy iron like minerality supported by weak, red fruits. More Brunello like than super Tuscan. I am usually a huge fan of super Tuscans, bright, full, richly fruited, smooth. This was none of those, although my palate may have been biased by the Venge Bone Ash I popped to satisfy dining companions
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

7/3/2021 3:32:00 PM - FB, Venge Bone Ash and this? Lol......no contest!