Marcarini Brunate vertical (Chicago, IL): The best of the older wines tonight. This is still going strong, and feels very similar to the 1995 in terms of structure. There's still a surprising amount of fruit here, and it's bolstered by the acids that keep everything fresh. There's no signs of degradation here at all, and the wine is clean, without any earthiness muddling the pretty fruit. Still, this leans slightly darker than I prefer my fruit profile, but a very good showing of this nonetheless.
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light rose with orange edges. nice nose of mushrooms, leather, and lavender. good balance, with nice acidity and just enough fruit to hold up it's end. very harmonious. this is just entering the down slope of its plateau. very good- drink up if you got em.
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Nose of raspberries and earth. Tastes of plums and dark berries. Elegant. Multi-layered mid palate. Wonderful finish. This wine is at its peak and showing quite nice at the moment.
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5/23/2018 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Marcarini Brunate vertical (Chicago, IL): The best of the older wines tonight. This is still going strong, and feels very similar to the 1995 in terms of structure. There's still a surprising amount of fruit here, and it's bolstered by the acids that keep everything fresh. There's no signs of degradation here at all, and the wine is clean, without any earthiness muddling the pretty fruit. Still, this leans slightly darker than I prefer my fruit profile, but a very good showing of this nonetheless.
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2/6/2015 - bill00 wrote: flawed
While the volatile acidity here isn't offensive, it's enough to taint and mask the underlying wine.
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1/28/2015 - KeithAkers wrote: flawed
this was sadly a soy bomb from the get go
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12/28/2006 - goofy Yno wrote: 93 Points
light rose with orange edges. nice nose of mushrooms, leather, and lavender. good balance, with nice acidity and just enough fruit to hold up it's end. very harmonious. this is just entering the down slope of its plateau. very good- drink up if you got em.
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12/27/2006 - kstoddard wrote: 95 Points
Nose of raspberries and earth. Tastes of plums and dark berries. Elegant. Multi-layered mid palate. Wonderful finish. This wine is at its peak and showing quite nice at the moment.
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