This wine sang from the moment the cork was pulled. Slow ox, no decant necessary. Paired with portobello and porcini penne in tomato sauce. The perfect pairing I must say.
The cork looked like a young wine with barely a stain, and the label was in perfect condition. No way to see from the outside this was an aged Brunello but you could see, smell and taste it. Lucky auction buy.
In the glass it was an intense garnet, and cloudy, although no sediment evident until the bottom of the bottle. The nose was fully developed with notes of sour cherry, balsamic vinegar, leather and meat. The alcohol at 14% was visible on the legs and in the nose.
Palate followed the nose with med+ acidity, totally integrate tannins, med+ body and long finish. This wine has aged beautifully and is quite clearly can’t get any better (whether or not is was better I don’t know).
The only knock against it at this point is that it followed a rather linear arc over the night with little evolution in the glass. That’s just fine by us as it tastes brilliantly and luckily have one more and also a few 99’s to compare. Drink now and enjoy!
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Auction purchase - cork was soaked about halfway up but had done its job well. Vanilla, coffee, tobacco, leather. Good acid & tannic structure still. A gorgeous wine - intense, complex & long. Note to self - buy more Brunello!
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11/13/2023 - Obia wrote: flawed
Corked
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2/18/2023 - El_Dougo Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine sang from the moment the cork was pulled. Slow ox, no decant necessary. Paired with portobello and porcini penne in tomato sauce. The perfect pairing I must say.
The cork looked like a young wine with barely a stain, and the label was in perfect condition. No way to see from the outside this was an aged Brunello but you could see, smell and taste it. Lucky auction buy.
In the glass it was an intense garnet, and cloudy, although no sediment evident until the bottom of the bottle. The nose was fully developed with notes of sour cherry, balsamic vinegar, leather and meat. The alcohol at 14% was visible on the legs and in the nose.
Palate followed the nose with med+ acidity, totally integrate tannins, med+ body and long finish. This wine has aged beautifully and is quite clearly can’t get any better (whether or not is was better I don’t know).
The only knock against it at this point is that it followed a rather linear arc over the night with little evolution in the glass. That’s just fine by us as it tastes brilliantly and luckily have one more and also a few 99’s to compare. Drink now and enjoy!
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11/6/2021 - Slade wrote: 94 Points
Unbelievable underlying layers
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3/30/2019 - Mchiarot Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking beautifully now.
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3/10/2018 - michael_cooke Likes this wine: 91 Points
Auction purchase - cork was soaked about halfway up but had done its job well.
Vanilla, coffee, tobacco, leather.
Good acid & tannic structure still.
A gorgeous wine - intense, complex & long.
Note to self - buy more Brunello!
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