Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red and black fruits, spices, toast. Medium acidity and medium tannin. Tannin is velvety. Long finish. Drinking well now and will not improve. Drink up.
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Took a long time to open up. This is a great food wine, but I would not really go so far as to say it was a beautiful wine. It did not have the curves and smooth motion to be in that mood. Surprised to see a 20 year old that seemed like it still wasn't fully integrated, even though it seemed to have all the right fix'ins.
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A Brunello day (Singapore): Pnp with friends at home after dinner. After all those great Brunellos that day, I thought this was nice but not great. Good balance but the aromatics are gradually fading here, and instead of the bright fruit you are getting some black tea and other mature notes. Drink up.
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Great wine at what we thought was the peak of its maturity. The fruits have melded together for a dark rich flavor that still had enough acidic backbone to stand up to the grilled steak we had it with.
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Carpe Vino!; 11/9/2014-11/15/2014 (Tuscany (Florence, Montalcino, Siena)): Again a wine which on its own would have been stunning but suffered a bit from the amazing line-up (Solaia, Ornellaia, Masseto) we had on hand to compare against. I still very much enjoyed this wine - perhaps even more so on the second day when it had even more life. More of a barnyard first flavor, still some fruit, deep sour fruits and then with time kindof a sweet strawberry flavor poking through. Very nice tannins which have held up well. I thought it had a lot more years than CT drinking window (which ends in 2012) would suggest. Very nice wine.
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This is a very impressive wine which has not peaked yet. The nose is clean, with medium plus intensity. Black fruit, forest floor, spice and still developing. The palate is dry and consistent with the nose. Very balanced and showing smooth tannins with lots of structure. Full-bodied but with a long, elegant finish. This is a very complex and age-worthy wine, which should still continue to evolve for the next 3-5 years. This is the last of a case that we tried three and five years ago, and it keeps getting better and better. I believe the people that did not like it five years ago were just drinking it too young.
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dark petroleum at first suggests decanting. Earth spice and black fruit once it opens up. Still very big with lots of alcohol. Full-bodied but with smooth tannins and a very long elegant finish. Still has plenty of aging potential left. would rate it even
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Wine-Pages.com Italian Wines Offline (Harts Restaurant, Nottingham): There are black fruits on the nose with some spirit. Very deep nose, possibly almost a bit closed. Powerful sweet fruit on the palate, but it gives way quickly to pretty aggressive tannins. But this time, there is something in there to support the tannins and this is going to last and develop a while.
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Nice wine but not oustanding. A bit prunish on the palate - seems ripe - good structure but not typically what i would be looking for from a BdiM. Decnated about an hour.
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8/9/2023 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 95 Points
Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red and black fruits, spices, toast. Medium acidity and medium tannin. Tannin is velvety. Long finish. Drinking well now and will not improve. Drink up.
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4/9/2017 - up4wine wrote: 91 Points
Took a long time to open up. This is a great food wine, but I would not really go so far as to say it was a beautiful wine. It did not have the curves and smooth motion to be in that mood. Surprised to see a 20 year old that seemed like it still wasn't fully integrated, even though it seemed to have all the right fix'ins.
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10/22/2016 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 91 Points
A Brunello day (Singapore): Pnp with friends at home after dinner. After all those great Brunellos that day, I thought this was nice but not great. Good balance but the aromatics are gradually fading here, and instead of the bright fruit you are getting some black tea and other mature notes. Drink up.
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4/17/2016 - SteveVermeer Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great wine at what we thought was the peak of its maturity. The fruits have melded together for a dark rich flavor that still had enough acidic backbone to stand up to the grilled steak we had it with.
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3/4/2015 - Larry&Ron Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank w/Scrappy & Kate. A wine to remember!
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11/22/2014 - mclanew wrote: 91 Points
Fully mature, complex, medium bodied. Red fruits, herbs, oak and spices. Rounded and lacking a bit on the finish
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11/14/2014 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine: 94 Points
Carpe Vino!; 11/9/2014-11/15/2014 (Tuscany (Florence, Montalcino, Siena)): Again a wine which on its own would have been stunning but suffered a bit from the amazing line-up (Solaia, Ornellaia, Masseto) we had on hand to compare against. I still very much enjoyed this wine - perhaps even more so on the second day when it had even more life. More of a barnyard first flavor, still some fruit, deep sour fruits and then with time kindof a sweet strawberry flavor poking through. Very nice tannins which have held up well. I thought it had a lot more years than CT drinking window (which ends in 2012) would suggest. Very nice wine.
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11/15/2012 - PhDP wrote:
Italie, entre curiosités et bouteilles anciennes (groupe du mercredi, Bruxelles, Belgium, chez ThCh): note moyenne du groupe: 15,2
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9/9/2012 - TannicBeast wrote: 95 Points
This is a very impressive wine which has not peaked yet. The nose is clean, with medium plus intensity. Black fruit, forest floor, spice and still developing. The palate is dry and consistent with the nose. Very balanced and showing smooth tannins with lots of structure. Full-bodied but with a long, elegant finish. This is a very complex and age-worthy wine, which should still continue to evolve for the next 3-5 years. This is the last of a case that we tried three and five years ago, and it keeps getting better and better. I believe the people that did not like it five years ago were just drinking it too young.
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2/12/2012 - jmh st louis wrote: 92 Points
smooth and balanced. Was the Tenuta Nuova.
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8/19/2011 - TheFoodieTraveler wrote: 94 Points
soft, elegant, tasted a lot younger than its years
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2/17/2010 - shk5157 wrote: 93 Points
drank the same night as a Pride '97 Cab Franc which is one of my all time faves and this blew it away.Soft berry fruit, long finish with finesse
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5/11/2009 - TannicBeast wrote: 93 Points
dark a little funky at first but then becomes elegant and pinot-like elegant dry tannins, a little lean and tight
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5/11/2009 - TannicBeast wrote: 95 Points
dark petroleum at first suggests decanting. Earth spice and black fruit once it opens up. Still very big with lots of alcohol. Full-bodied but with smooth tannins and a very long elegant finish. Still has plenty of aging potential left. would rate it even
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6/13/2008 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 88 Points
Wine-Pages.com Italian Wines Offline (Harts Restaurant, Nottingham): There are black fruits on the nose with some spirit. Very deep nose, possibly almost a bit closed. Powerful sweet fruit on the palate, but it gives way quickly to pretty aggressive tannins. But this time, there is something in there to support the tannins and this is going to last and develop a while.
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5/10/2008 - astrauss wrote: 88 Points
Nice wine but not oustanding. A bit prunish on the palate - seems ripe - good structure but not typically what i would be looking for from a BdiM. Decnated about an hour.
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12/25/2007 - jmh st louis wrote: 92 Points
tobacco, mint, chocolate blended into a long but gentle finish
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1/28/2007 - MartyL wrote:
Peter Pratt's Offline: Notes from Burgundy Table #1 (plus notes on some other wines): Tons of brett on nose, tongue splintering oak tannins on palate. Yuck.
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