1999 Marramiero Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Dante Marramiero

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  6/18/2023 - Benoit Hardy wrote: 85 Points

  Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Dante Marramiero 1999
  
  If the 1998 seduced me on 3 successive bottles drunk a year apart each in recent years, and this, without showing any sign of fatigue, what about 1999?
  
  I have 3 bottles from 1999, I have one bottle left from 1998. Last time I drunk the 1999 it was in 2020.
  
  Opening of the 1st bottle of 1999: obligatory bimetallic strip, pegged and very dry cork. The wine is vinegary, acidic, undrinkable.
  
  Second bottle: same observation, horrible smell of vinegar
  
  3rd bottle: More engaging nose with discreet fruit and lots of spices. Dense mouth but which quickly becomes fluid, the structure withers and the vinegar arrives to dominate a juice which is thin 2 hours after opening.
  
  Not all wines are designed for aging for 24 years. If the 1998 from the same cuvée never disappointed me, I wouldn't hang around drinking it.
  
  A nice exercise in humility too because I had written in 2020: “a wine at the start of its life”. It is clear that in 2023 his life is behind him.

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  6/18/2023 - Benoit Hardy wrote: flawed

  Vinegar

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  1/24/2021 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Bloody nose. Through the aeration, we will arrive in the undergrowth, always with this dominant on game.
  
  The mouth wants to be virile. The juice is dense, still a bit full-bodied which suggests that the wine can still loosen as it ages, but the concentration is there. The touch of acidity will disappear to give way to a muscular wine that goes perfectly with fine Italian charcuterie and cheeses such as taleggio. Nice balance with a material that is present from start to finish and tannins that gradually polish. The finish is bloody, very beautiful, intense and concentrated and of superlative length.
  
  Excellent

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