2016 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (40) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  5/7/2024 - burgund Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Must be in a closed phase. Took more than 30 min to revial more complexity. Color a bit tired red/brown, quite lean and dry taste and medium long. Expected more nose, taste and aftertaste. Blind tasted. Helped with food.

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  4/12/2024 - jocelyng Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Great battle between 2015 and 2016 vintages (RP: 2015:94, 2016:94; WS 2015:92, 2016:95). Those are two extremely different wines. The 2015 is dominated by dry wood at this stage. There is a lot of fruits underneath but the overall balance is not there right now, even after more than 3 hours of carafe. I will give it a rating of 92 now with a probable rating of 94+ in a few years. Not close to be ready to drink.
  The 2016 is a wonderful wine right now. Very rich but with smooth tannins and lovely fruits. Great balance already, it has a little more acidity and much less dry wood tannins. It is still a young wine but I like it very much right now. I rate it 94 now with a potential of 95 in a few years.
  The overall experience was great as I thought those two vintages would be very similar but boy I was wrong.

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  3/23/2024 - johnhz wrote:

  Not sure if special mouthwash caused it but the flavours were very muted. Disappointing

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  2/24/2024 - JWM03 Likes this wine:

  1 hr decant. Nice balance of flavors and youthfulness with depth. In a perfect place for my palate.

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  1/20/2024 - vino777 wrote: 94 Points

  Exceptional bottle. Venturi aerator into decanter for about 90 min. Was singing, balanced and smooth with a 30 second finish. Much better than the previous two bottles I opened last year. Giovanni is onto something.....

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