Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Weird cheese, soap, pine, iron, dried blood nose. Dilute, surprisingly tannic, acidic palate with virtually no fruit left, revealing a metallic element reminiscent of sucking on pennies. Pretty tired.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Beautiful nose of dried flowers, resin, baking spice, burnt cherry skin. Sour cherry, cranberry, cedar on the palate paired with bright acidity makes this a classic old Sangiovese.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Sappy, pine resin, spicy cherry, autumn leaves, whiff of cigar smoke on the nose. Intense acidity, cedar, tobacco palate with nice development. Very nice.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Incense, medicinal cherry, burnt orange, and french oak on the nose. Rich, deep, leather, plum & chocolate palate. Lots of fruit and stuffing, if a bit simple.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Smoky plum, cocoa powder, powdered incense, montmorency cherry, grilled meat, spiky aromatics. Deeply spicy, pie cherry palate with a little stewy tomato element too. This was classic, restrained, and drinking really well. Very nice.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Plum, cooked cherries, cocoa, fresh marijuana. Tons of fruit held together by a fresh green streak. Concentrated and structured palate with nice acidity, resin, and incense. Maybe not the most classic Brunello but very fun to drink.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Chocolate, vanilla, nestle quik, cherry cordials, plum. This is plump, sweet, very internationally styled, and shows tons of raw French oak in an unappealing way. If you only like fat Cali Cabs and want to drink something Italian, try this. Yuck.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Stinky, vaguely sulfury, green, burnt chemical nose. Awkward, showing some stemminess and oak alongside fresh pine and very dense tannin. No idea what to make of this, but it isn't very enjoyable now.
1990 Il Poggiolo (Cosimi) Brunello di Montalcino Podere
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Weird cheese, soap, pine, iron, dried blood nose. Dilute, surprisingly tannic, acidic palate with virtually no fruit left, revealing a metallic element reminiscent of sucking on pennies. Pretty tired.
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1991 Tenuta Friggiali Brunello di Montalcino 91 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Beautiful nose of dried flowers, resin, baking spice, burnt cherry skin. Sour cherry, cranberry, cedar on the palate paired with bright acidity makes this a classic old Sangiovese.
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