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• 2006 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia

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  8/20/2021 - greenblanket Likes this wine:

  Fresh color and fresh on the palate. All of the oak treatment seems to be resolving and this wine is delivering all of the chianti goods. Red and black fruits, earth so clean that Greenblanket would like to take a nap on it and finely expressed acidity and tannin. Lovely right now and should continue to improve.

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• 2012 Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Santa Caterina D'Oro Vigna di Pianrosso

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  8/20/2021 - greenblanket Likes this wine:

  Greenblanket has always said that he doesn't like Brunellos and his first taste of this wine seemed to confirm his opinion - it was California big with some serious gum sucking tannin. But that big fruit was all about lovely complexity and spice inflection. Greenblanket may still note care for Brunello but this is a seriously delicious and interesting wine.

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• 2019 Collestefano Verdicchio di Matelica

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  8/20/2021 - greenblanket wrote:

  What a great example of the relatively unknown joys and diversity of Italian white wines. This featured a fresh and assertive attack of acidity, mineral and crazy green herbs. Greenblanket knows that all of that sounds extreme but somehow it isn’t and the energy and brightness and bitterness just kept inviting him back for another sip. Things get even better with food. The wine loved the fresh tomatoes, arugula and especially the salsa verde served with our tagliata but not so much the ribeye.

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