1980 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino

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  8/1/2004 - Pool Boy wrote:

  OK Stems
  Pasta Plus Restaurant in Laurel
  
  My first try at ordering off of their essentially 'hidden' reserve wine menu.
  
  This is my first experience with an aged Brunello and of course I had no idea about vintages. I recognized the producer's name and I figured what the hell.
  
  While I think this wine was over the hill, it was still clearly interesting from a palate calibration point of view. I think the term is 'bricking' -- this wine had much evidence of this. A funked up nose of charred meats and must blew off to reveal a more cognac-y vibe. Eventually this transmogrified in to a decent enough wine with an OK amount of fruit left. Tannins were still evident and it tasted of sour cherries and plum, with charred pork loin and mint making appearances. I even, near the end, got a sense of potato chips on the nose.
  
  All in all an interesting experience. It sure strikes the point home that you should know at least a general sense about vintages before you blindly order an aged wine off the list. I didn't think it was horrible, and I think Mrs. TJ and our friends we were dining with seemed to enjoy it well enough, but I think they all might have been just polite about the whole thing.
  
  I am guessing here, as this is my first aged Brunello, but I'll give it 82 points.

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