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Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Vinous Monfortino Dinner with Roberto Conterno; 2/1/2024-2/2/2024 (Legacy Records, NYC): The '15 is a Monfortino of pure pleasure, with fruit to burn. I found the expression here different than the other recent vintages, darker and more fruit driven, but it's so beautiful. It also would not be a shame to open a bottle now. I found the '15 Monfortino more open than the '15 Cerretta/Arione/Francia (which I tasted the prior night), interestingly enough, continuing my experience that in vintages where both wines are made, the Monfortino is much more interesting.

The aromatics were vibrant and wide open, with dark red to black fruit, sweet spices, red floral tones, orange peel, and a bit of cedar / wood notes, a bit of an outlier, but very well balanced. On the palate, the wine is medium to full in body, with so much dense, very ripe '15 fruit, but balanced with high acidity that most wines lack in 2015. Compared to the other Conterno '15s, the Monfortino is more open, has more vibrancy / acidity, and has more finessed tannins in my opinion.

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