5th Annual Italian Offline (Six Steps Restaurant, Toronto, Canada): Ruddy orange/iced tea colour. Pretty nose of forest floor/wet leaves, leather, orange rind, mushroom, orange pekoe tea, and tobacco. Light-medium bodied, with replays from nose. Lovely texture and fully resolved tannins. Moderate-long finish, ~40s, with orange pekoe tea and mushroom notes. With several hours of air, it opened to show a distinct smokiness on the nose and hickory on the palate! Truly a special experience - thanks to WIML for bringing this wine.
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WIML94. No formal notes. I couldn't believe the nose on this wine at the four hour mark. Absolutely amazing. Palate was mostly a laser of red berries. I usually don't rate wines of this age but I'm making an exception this time.
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6/6/2009 - futronic wrote: 93 Points
5th Annual Italian Offline (Six Steps Restaurant, Toronto, Canada): Ruddy orange/iced tea colour. Pretty nose of forest floor/wet leaves, leather, orange rind, mushroom, orange pekoe tea, and tobacco. Light-medium bodied, with replays from nose. Lovely texture and fully resolved tannins. Moderate-long finish, ~40s, with orange pekoe tea and mushroom notes. With several hours of air, it opened to show a distinct smokiness on the nose and hickory on the palate! Truly a special experience - thanks to WIML for bringing this wine.
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6/6/2009 - wineismylife wrote: 94 Points
WIML94. No formal notes. I couldn't believe the nose on this wine at the four hour mark. Absolutely amazing. Palate was mostly a laser of red berries. I usually don't rate wines of this age but I'm making an exception this time.
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