2001 Lisini Brunello di Montalcino Ugolaia

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  6/29/2023 - Phenol73 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Tawny core with copper and burnt orange. An opulent, ethereal beauty showing high-toned complexity of black cherry, tea leaves, minty top notes, old saddle leather, balsam and clove. Beguiling and mesmerising and with such confident expression. The mouthfeel is sublime; fleshy and graceful, it dances across the palate yet is still solidly framed by sweet and supple tannins. This has energy and vitality at 22 years; right at the top of its glorious innings and feels like it can go for a good while longer. This is near perfection and I'm not sure Sangiovese gets a whole lot better than this.

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  12/25/2021 - D_RICH wrote: 93 Points

  A gift, from years ago, from a friend and fellow CT member. On several previous occasions, this bottle had been selected but passed over for consumption. Not this time. Opened and decanted after about one hour. Consumed over the following four hours. Black/purple. Nose of plums. Concentrated, rich, balanced, with mature old world Italian aromas, secondary nuances. Fully mature. With some airing the tannins became harsher and with extended airing the fruit became noticeably sweeter, not to my taste. Still, a wonderful, balanced, mature Brunello. Drink up. (92-93).

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  5/8/2021 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  The Gang Drinks Blind (Mesa Verde Country Club in the OC): Served blind as part of a 2001 Italian flight. My notes are kind of sparse on this wine, as I probably was more focused on the Giacosa Falletto. For this Lisini, I jotted down the words 'ripish yet fresh' with some raisin', and 'least balanced of the three wines'. Not a great note here but figured I would log what I had written down.

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  12/13/2020 - BrunelloBob wrote: 94 Points

  Excellent. Strong Red Cherry, grilled meat, eucalyptus? or similar. A touch of tomato, maybe tomato paste. One of the better bottles this year. No reason not to drink now. 93-94.
  Huge shmutz

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  8/17/2020 - Phenol73 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Tawny crimson in colour. A beautiful bouquet of aged Sangiovese, showing sour cherry, balsam, orange peel, leather and dried spices. Gorgeous complexity and unmistakably Brunello. The palate is still vibrant and fresh, with fleshy dark cherry and lavender notes; a lovely ripe fruit core even at this age, with firm and structured tannins and bright acidity. Feels like many years still ahead of this. In its prime - what a treat!

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