2006 San Giusto a Rentennano Percarlo Toscana IGT

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  11/11/2023 - Caruso Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Ruby to garnet with slight orange brightenings to the rim. Purchased at release and stored in a warmer than textbook cellar since then reaching 18° C in summer. Open and ready from the start with red fruits, several herbs, flowers, dusty minerals and oaky notes, later oranges, dark fruits, tobacco. Everything on the palate in great balance, with still quite tannic finish. I don't believe that this becomes smooth and shed its tannic cloud within its optimal drinking window. But hey, this bottle is far better that the last ones, maybe due to different purchases from different suppliers I see significant bottle variations. With some air over 30 minutes or so from the partly emptied bottle it adds intensity in a breathtaking way. This is a extraordinary bottle again. With extended airing over hours without decant it looses its nuances partly and on the palate it gets even more tannic. Then I would rate it at least 2 points lower. I don't believe that further cellaring, is a benefit. 5/14/19/9, -2030 if stored perfectly since release.

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  9/18/2023 - marco_graz Likes this wine: 95 Points

  San Giusto a Rentennano tasting in Wine Taste Gdansk (Wine Taste Gdansk): Here we go with the king of the night. Unfortunately not as perfect as the bottle tasted at the winery in May 2022, but still a great wine.
  👀 Garnet red color
  👃 The nose is super complex with herbs, orange, black pepper, a bit of coffee and tobacco, a bit of ashes? Unfortunately even here there are mature red fruits that give the feel of an early aged bottle.
  👅 On the palate it's a powerful full bodied Percarlo, tannins are together smooth and aggressive, young still, with very lively acidity and great intensity of taste.
  🏁 Very long finish, almost neverending. The mix between mature fruits and tannins left us with the question mark if this bottle could handle more aging. This probably not but a better one definitely could!

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  2/28/2023 - vilepotabissabinum wrote:

  Remarkably fresh for a Sangiovese of this age, with plenty of primary Chianti flavours but with amazing depth, concentration, length and intensity, sappy acidity, plus some cherry liqueur, oak and a few tertiary notes creeping in. But still quite tannic with plenty of life left. To me it's more of a high-powered Chianti Classico than a Brunello proxy.

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  2/15/2023 - Mr T wrote:

  Highest CT score of any Sangiovese I own
  Brought it to accompany wild boar stew made by our host.
  I loved the stew but the wine less so, even after 3 hour decant in the cellar before dinner
  For me the wine remains more earthy and acidic than I cared for. Fortunately our hosts really enjoyed the wine and especially the hard-working cook.
  I’m probably hopeless with this grape

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  2/4/2023 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Based on my notes, quite a bit better than the bottle we opened six years ago. Deep color. Black and blue fruits, plums, blackberries, licorice and hints of nuttiness and minerals in the nose. Black cherries, blueberries, blackberries and spice in the flavor. A big, rich wine with great structure and complexity yet elegant and well balanced with a deep fruity lingering finish. Very enjoyable now, but I will wait at least five more years to open another bottle.

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