This bottle was over the hill. Tawny-brown in colour and oxidised on the nose. Less so on the palate initially, but decanting showed typical oxidised notes. A real shame as it had some body and tannins left, but the wine was already far too advanced. This was our only bottle so cannot tell if this is a general trend or peculiar to our bottle.
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It’s all there, fruit (delicious cherries), spice and lovely mature tannins. A real joy. Four hours decancting brought out the goodness. Maybe even rounder the next day.
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5 hours decanting. Nice bret-type odours on nose. Lovely on the palate, very smooth with well integrated tannins (still some bite). Slightly smoky flavours in the background with fruit and spices dominating. A delicious drop.
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2005 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT
8/5/2021 - OliverC wrote: 87 Points
This bottle was over the hill. Tawny-brown in colour and oxidised on the nose. Less so on the palate initially, but decanting showed typical oxidised notes. A real shame as it had some body and tannins left, but the wine was already far too advanced. This was our only bottle so cannot tell if this is a general trend or peculiar to our bottle.
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2006 Marchesi Mazzei Castello di Fonterutoli Siepi Toscana IGT
3/7/2021 - OliverC Likes this wine: 94 Points
It’s all there, fruit (delicious cherries), spice and lovely mature tannins. A real joy. Four hours decancting brought out the goodness. Maybe even rounder the next day.
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2007 Brancaia Ilatraia
2/14/2021 - OliverC Likes this wine: 94 Points
5 hours decanting. Nice bret-type odours on nose. Lovely on the palate, very smooth with well integrated tannins (still some bite). Slightly smoky flavours in the background with fruit and spices dominating. A delicious drop.
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