2010 Mocali Brunello di Montalcino
Community Tasting Note
bevetroppo wrote:
Monday, May 18, 2015 - How much hype can a vintage get before nothing you try is going to live up to it? Let's be generous and claim that was the mental construct with which I approached this bottle. Besides, it was very well-priced at just above $30, so seemed worth a fling.
Alas, it will turn out to be a one-night stand. Light, uninspired, surprisingly soft, and absolutely shot-through with an unappealing vein of something straddling celery salt and hay. In fact, this impression was so prominent that I couldn't push it aside to get at the rest. Nor could I explain what fluke of vintage or vinification could have mysteriously inserted it in a brunello. With continued air (minimum two hours) it started to integrate a little and perhaps could be described as tobacco and leather, if I really were in a generous mood.
Not an auspicious intro to the vintage of the century.
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Comment posted by Phoenix Rising:
1/12/2016 6:15:00 AM - I totally agree with your comment about this wine being a "one night stand" and I don't bother with one night stands.
Did you find that it became almost weak over decant?
Comment posted by bevetroppo:
1/12/2016 9:25:00 AM - W&L-Thanks for the comment. I generally don't decant anything unless I know going in it's robbing the cradle. Based on my impressions, decanting would have only have further diluted a wine that was weak-ass to begin with. There's always the possibility that I had an off bottle, but your comment suggests otherwise. Cheers, B
Comment posted by bevetroppo:
1/12/2016 9:28:00 AM - W&L-Thanks for the comment. I generally don't decant anything unless I know going in it's robbing the cradle. Based on my impressions, decanting would have only have further diluted a wine that was weak-ass to begin with. There's always the possibility that I had an off bottle, but your comment suggests otherwise. Cheers, B
Comment posted by Phoenix Rising:
1/12/2016 9:32:00 AM - I appreciate your input, thank-you (: