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92 Points

Friday, November 27, 2015 - Started off at opening with some sweaty sock, prominent acidity, and a bit thin. Double decanted back into the bottle and 1 hour later took to the restaurant. Started drinking it about 30 mins after and over the next couple of hours. This wine improved, night and day, after about the two hour mark of being initially decanted and stayed there until the bottle was finished.

At its peak tonight, this bottle had it all - leather, cherry/strawberry, damp earth, soft tannins on the back end, extremely fine sediment... a pretty classic Brunello profile without outrageously too much fruit and without too little. The finish, medium in length, is quite satisfying.

I don't know if it's bottle variation hitting some of the other bottles people have made notes on, but my only advice is this - DECANT for at least an hour and a half before drinking. This, to me, was excellent and classic.

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