Amsterdam Hilton Tasted Thursday, September 16, 1993 by Xavier Auerbach with 783 views
Very deep, rich and ripe nose, fruit and barrique; a wonderful marriage of power and elegance, hint of tannin; rich and aromatic finish, long.
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100% CS, french barrique. Emphasis on freshness and elegance, good fruit, well-judged oak, good length.
Powerful, harmonious, classic, fruit and spices; rounded, good balance and weight, lovely Sangiovese flavours, drinking well already.
Elegant and polished, good fruit, drinking well already, open, a bit easy, seems to lack real class.
Relatively light colour, garnet with a brown tinge; deep and racy nose, spicy, tar, harmonious, warm, complete; elegant, rounded, quite light but classic and classy.
Perfumed, deep and rich, coffee, minerals; fleshy, good weight, delicious already, drinking well; excellent length, fruit and oak, hint of toffee.
Warm garnet; light very characteristic aroma; full, powerful, lively, juicy, velvety; excellent length, aromatic.
Rich fruit, ripe, relatively soft, elegant and fresh, very clean, excellent length.
Vanilla, modern, toffee; light, lacks some depth; good length but rather dry and light.
Rich and ripe fruit, intense, deep, barrique/coffee; complete, styish, intense, velvety; harmonious, beautiful, long.
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Light, dry, tannic, seems fully mature already?
Aromatic, warm, not much definition; elegant, rounded, lightish; aromatic, good length, good balance of fruit and oak.
Good depth, powerful, harmonious, delicious aroma; soft, rounded and southerly, lively acidity; good length, good wine.
Spicy, soft, light, decent length, not very convincing.
Autumnal, roses, tar, deep, soft, mature; good constitution, firm, classic, tannic; good length.
Light, modern, gentle, unconvincing.
Smoky, rich, powerful, fruit and oak; on the palate still compact, tannic and tight; good length, will age well.
Rich, warm, aromatic, complex, good depth; juicy, soft, not very concentrated, elegant, good acidity and tannins; good length.
Elegant, light Brunello, good quality, for drinking young.
Juicy and modern, light, on the dry side.
Clear ripasso character on the nose; supple, elegant and easy; nice length, aromatic.
Rich, liquorous fruit, cherry wood; rich and full, soft and ripe, slightly sweet; long, rich and aromatic.
A relatively light, dry and tannic wine.
Warm, rich, good fruit and oak, hint of toffee; fleshy yet elegant, harmonious already; good length, aromatic, delicious.
Perfumed, good depth, fruit and oak, harmonious, meridional; firm yet soft and supple; aromatic, dark, oaky.
Rich and deep, very Sicilian, power and fruit; elegant acidity, good weight, smooth, good fruit; good length.
Aromatic, juicy, supple, nice weight, good acidity, hint of sweetness, good length.
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1989 Antinori Tignanello 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Very deep, rich and ripe nose, fruit and barrique; a wonderful marriage of power and elegance, hint of tannin; rich and aromatic finish, long.
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1989 Castello Banfi Sant' Antimo Tavernelle 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Sant' Antimo
100% CS, french barrique. Emphasis on freshness and elegance, good fruit, well-judged oak, good length.
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1988 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Powerful, harmonious, classic, fruit and spices; rounded, good balance and weight, lovely Sangiovese flavours, drinking well already.
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1988 Fattoria dei Barbi Brunello di Montalcino 89 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Elegant and polished, good fruit, drinking well already, open, a bit easy, seems to lack real class.
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1987 Tenuta Greppo (Biondi-Santi) Brunello di Montalcino 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Relatively light colour, garnet with a brown tinge; deep and racy nose, spicy, tar, harmonious, warm, complete; elegant, rounded, quite light but classic and classy.
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1988 Fratelli Bolla Cabernet Sauvignon Delle Venezie Creso 94 Points
Italy, Delle Venezie
Perfumed, deep and rich, coffee, minerals; fleshy, good weight, delicious already, drinking well; excellent length, fruit and oak, hint of toffee.
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1985 Bolla Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 92 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Warm garnet; light very characteristic aroma; full, powerful, lively, juicy, velvety; excellent length, aromatic.
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NV Ca' del Bosco Franciacorta 92 Points
Italy, Lombardia, Franciacorta DOCG
Rich fruit, ripe, relatively soft, elegant and fresh, very clean, excellent length.
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1990 Ca' del Bosco Terre di Franciacorta 88 Points
Italy, Lombardia, Terre di Franciacorta
Vanilla, modern, toffee; light, lacks some depth; good length but rather dry and light.
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1990 Ca' del Bosco Maurizio Zanella 94 Points
Italy, Lombardia, Sebino IGT
Rich and ripe fruit, intense, deep, barrique/coffee; complete, styish, intense, velvety; harmonious, beautiful, long.
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1985 Giuseppe Contratto Barolo Cerequio 87 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Light, dry, tannic, seems fully mature already?
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1990 Duca di Salaparuta Sicilia Terre D'Agala 88 Points
Italy, Sicily, Sicilia
Aromatic, warm, not much definition; elegant, rounded, lightish; aromatic, good length, good balance of fruit and oak.
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1987 Duca di Salaparuta Sicilia Duca Enrico 90 Points
Italy, Sicily, Sicilia
Good depth, powerful, harmonious, delicious aroma; soft, rounded and southerly, lively acidity; good length, good wine.
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1988 Fassati Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 87 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montepulciano, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Spicy, soft, light, decent length, not very convincing.
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1985 Fontanafredda Barolo Vigna La Rosa 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Autumnal, roses, tar, deep, soft, mature; good constitution, firm, classic, tannic; good length.
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1989 Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Pomino Castello di Pomino Rosso 86 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Pomino
Light, modern, gentle, unconvincing.
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1988 Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Castello di Nipozzano Mormoreto Toscana IGT 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Smoky, rich, powerful, fruit and oak; on the palate still compact, tannic and tight; good length, will age well.
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1988 Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Chianti Rùfina Castello di Nipozzano Montesodi 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Rùfina
Rich, warm, aromatic, complex, good depth; juicy, soft, not very concentrated, elegant, good acidity and tannins; good length.
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1988 Castelgiocondo (Marchesi de' Frescobaldi) Brunello di Montalcino 89 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Elegant, light Brunello, good quality, for drinking young.
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1990 J. Hofstätter Merlot 85 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Juicy and modern, light, on the dry side.
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1988 Masi Campofiorin 89 Points
Italy, Veneto, Veronese IGT
Clear ripasso character on the nose; supple, elegant and easy; nice length, aromatic.
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1988 Masi Recioto della Valpolicella Amarone Classico 92 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Recioto della Valpolicella
Rich, liquorous fruit, cherry wood; rich and full, soft and ripe, slightly sweet; long, rich and aromatic.
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1988 Pio Cesare Barolo 88 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
A relatively light, dry and tannic wine.
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1988 Tenute del Cabreo Il Borgo Toscana IGT 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Warm, rich, good fruit and oak, hint of toffee; fleshy yet elegant, harmonious already; good length, aromatic, delicious.
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1989 Tasca D'Almerita Cabernet Sauvignon Tenuta Regaleali 90 Points
Italy, Sicily, Sicilia
Perfumed, good depth, fruit and oak, harmonious, meridional; firm yet soft and supple; aromatic, dark, oaky.
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1988 Tasca D'Almerita Rosso del Conte 90 Points
Italy, Sicily, Contea di Sclafani
Rich and deep, very Sicilian, power and fruit; elegant acidity, good weight, smooth, good fruit; good length.
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1990 Umani Ronchi Rosso Conero San Lorenzo 88 Points
Italy, Marche, Rosso Conero
Aromatic, juicy, supple, nice weight, good acidity, hint of sweetness, good length.
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