One-hour decant with some sediment appearing during decant. Woodsy aromas during decant. After resting, wine was clear; very dark garnet in bowl lightening slightly to garnet and a thin amber rim and equally thin clear halo. Initial nose in the glass: freshly ground dark Kona coffee. After about 20 more minutes, the wine opened: raw honey, caramel, dark fruits, forest floor and a little spice. Coffee remained on the long finish. Over the next hour or so, the coffee reasserted itself in the palate but pleasantly so. This wine went well with prime steaks. Sad it was my only one.
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1988 and 1990 Brunello di Montalcino night (Lafiandra, Singapore): This was very, very good indeed, if just a touch on the modern side. The nose was really expressive, with fragrant notes of woody incense swirling around aromas of plums and blueberries, some dried violets, earth, a hint of bloody meat, and then little touches of herb and spice. Quite captivating. The palate though was where it really lifted off. Wow. There was a lovely liveliness, even transparency to this, with a really bright expression of dark cherries, red plums and fresh berries - all showing a good bit of power, yet always remaining lithe and sinewy, with a lovely sense of structure throughout. A real delight. It was lovely on the midpalate and into the finish too, with lots of those juicy dark berry fruit flavours, this time infused with wafts of spice and dried herb, and again a blush of powdery incense trailing away into a beautifully long, detailed finish. This was a tremendous wine - complex, delicious, and showing beautifully now. My only down point was perhaps the rather noticeable amount of wood on this, but otherwise, really, really nice.
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HK Wine Society Tasting & Dinner: Mature Brunello, 1975-1998 (Langham Palace Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong): Transparent, jeweled, purple-hued crimson watery at the meniscus. Phenolic nose of nail varnish remover, black cherry,cocoa 100% black chocolate, still quite prominent oak. Palate is lovely acidic freshness, elegant and harmonious higher-toned black and red cherry. Very fresh and vivrant. Nicely elegant length and resonance on the finish. Excellent with food - beautiful with the Iberico park chop.
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6/30/2022 - OenophilistMN Likes this wine: 91 Points
One-hour decant with some sediment appearing during decant. Woodsy aromas during decant. After resting, wine was clear; very dark garnet in bowl lightening slightly to garnet and a thin amber rim and equally thin clear halo. Initial nose in the glass: freshly ground dark Kona coffee. After about 20 more minutes, the wine opened: raw honey, caramel, dark fruits, forest floor and a little spice. Coffee remained on the long finish. Over the next hour or so, the coffee reasserted itself in the palate but pleasantly so. This wine went well with prime steaks. Sad it was my only one.
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3/24/2021 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
1988 and 1990 Brunello di Montalcino night (Lafiandra, Singapore): This was very, very good indeed, if just a touch on the modern side. The nose was really expressive, with fragrant notes of woody incense swirling around aromas of plums and blueberries, some dried violets, earth, a hint of bloody meat, and then little touches of herb and spice. Quite captivating. The palate though was where it really lifted off. Wow. There was a lovely liveliness, even transparency to this, with a really bright expression of dark cherries, red plums and fresh berries - all showing a good bit of power, yet always remaining lithe and sinewy, with a lovely sense of structure throughout. A real delight. It was lovely on the midpalate and into the finish too, with lots of those juicy dark berry fruit flavours, this time infused with wafts of spice and dried herb, and again a blush of powdery incense trailing away into a beautifully long, detailed finish. This was a tremendous wine - complex, delicious, and showing beautifully now. My only down point was perhaps the rather noticeable amount of wood on this, but otherwise, really, really nice.
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10/11/2015 - AWBryce Likes this wine:
Blood/iron on the nose, cedar and red fruit. A bit dusty, tannin almost resolved, good acidity. Excellent.
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4/29/2015 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 90 Points
HK Wine Society Tasting & Dinner: Mature Brunello, 1975-1998 (Langham Palace Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong): Tasted blind in a line-up of 12. Transparent and very young-looking red cherry colour. Nose of black cherry and oak, quite tight. Palate seemed very slightly corked, very dry, lots of fruit, powerful, muscular and quite heady. The bottle drank over dinner was better, perhaps because of a longer decant.
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4/29/2015 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 91 Points
HK Wine Society Tasting & Dinner: Mature Brunello, 1975-1998 (Langham Palace Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong): Transparent, jeweled, purple-hued crimson watery at the meniscus. Phenolic nose of nail varnish remover, black cherry,cocoa 100% black chocolate, still quite prominent oak. Palate is lovely acidic freshness, elegant and harmonious higher-toned black and red cherry. Very fresh and vivrant. Nicely elegant length and resonance on the finish. Excellent with food - beautiful with the Iberico park chop.
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