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2016 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico
4/7/2024 - df1988 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for 3 hours and then an impromptu hospital trip (nothing serious) meant that I poured it back into the bottle and vacced it for the following day. The result was a wonderfully floral wine with fully resolved tannins that retained the Tuscan bitterness and leather flavours. Other half said ‘it’s too dry’ but she never liked Sangiovese anyway (this was one that I selfishly bought knowing I’d enjoy it and she wouldn’t). I wouldn’t necessarily ‘recommend’ that you decant and then leave it for a day, but it did this bottle no harm. I second Honest Bob’s note of ‘juicy’.
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2018 Château Capbern
4/4/2024 - df1988 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very small glass pnp to see where we’re starting from. Everything you’d want it to be on the nose; cedar, vanilla, dark fruit, obviously tannic but 3 hours in the decanter before dinner should sort that out…
4 hours in the decanter sorted it out. At least, that tasted like peak to me. But it didn’t get any worse for the next two hours either.
At its best, it was very drinkable, still perceptibly structured, quite floral on the nose but fierce on the palate; iron and red fruits. 6 hours in a decanter can’t do what 6 years in a bottle can, so I’m guessing that’s what would serve this wine well.
Nice now, better later.
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2019 Faiveley Mercurey La Framboisière
4/2/2024 - df1988 wrote: 91 Points
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