1990 Fattoria Selvapiana Chianti Rùfina Riserva Bucerchiale

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  1/9/2024 - Neecies Likes this wine:

  Bill's bottle. Garnet edges but not much fade, overall impressive appearance that does not suggest a wine nearly 30 years old. Aromatic and classic nose of dark cherries notes with a hint of raisin and sandalwood. Long finish. An outstanding showing.

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  12/20/2022 - chambolle wrote:

  Seems I last opened and noted a bottle of this a few years ago. That bottle was at peak maturity. This one, with good fill and very sound cork, perhaps a bit past peak. Some browning; a plummy, sweetish nose, perhaps VA. Soft on the palate, tannins nowhere in the picture and acidity just enough to keep it lively. Still pleasant enough, in an earthy sort of way, and perfectly alright with a woodsy porcini risotto. Fruit is not a strong element here, however. It’s an old soldier.
  
  But as my prior note said, expect some bottle variation at this age! Drink up; some may surprise on the upside, some in the other direction.

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  11/16/2020 - Mascarello59 wrote:

  Coravin sample tasted immediately after pour. Mature tertiary notes with figgy sweetness. Smooth resolved tannin with good fruit levels left. Good until the mid palate but then it tips over the edge into a metallic finish.
  Gets better with an hour of air...?

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  8/4/2020 - PSPatrick wrote: 92 Points

  A courtesy of a good friend. Bottle #16057. The wine still has good fruit. Medium- to full-bodied cherry, chocolate, tobacco, spice and earthy notes, with fresh acidity and very good length of the dry finish. The tannin is still present, and even seems a little rustic at first, but becomes round and well-behaved after only a few minutes of aeration. Medium complex, with great concentration. Bottles stored in perfect conditions should be good for at least another ten years. A great Chianti!

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  5/10/2020 - kingkanu wrote:

  Good level. Medium Full body. There’s bricking well into the wine, but it still has a bright and vibrant look about it with plenty of red and orange glints. We gently decanted it for about an hour which helped the nose open up and it improved over the following couple of hours, there’s plenty of life here yet. There’s balsamic and soy notes, bovril and plenty of dark cherry fruit, there’s some medium fine tannin left, it’s all cut through with lovely cleansing acidity, just a rasp of tannin on the end of the finish shows any coarseness, but that’s being really picky. The kind of wine you want to share over a dinner table with friends over a few hours.

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