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Blind Tasting 1985-1990 Super Tuscans
Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA
Tasted Thursday, December 20, 2012 by zscheiner with 548 views
Flight 1 - 2011 Spanish Reds + Ringer (4 Notes)
Flight 2 - Main Flight - Super Tuscans + two Langhe blends (Barbera/Bonarda) (8 Notes)
1990 Altesino Alte d'Altesi Toscana IGT 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Nice, spicy, forest floor nose. Medium bodied and dark fruited with savory notes and damp earth. Balanced and complex with lots of life left. (my 1st, group's overwhelming 1st)
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1990 Terrabianca Campaccio Toscana IGT 88 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Reticent nose, touch of v.a. and furniture wax. Light to medium bodied with sweet cherry fruit. Nice but not much density or complexity. (my 7th, group's overwhelming last)
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1989 Tenuta Carretta Langhe Bric Quercia 90 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
My pour had a lot of sediment. Aged, smoked meat nose. Round, sweet cherry fruit with a silky texture. Fully mature and delicious. (my 4th, group's 2nd)
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1990 Isole e Olena Cepparello Toscana IGT 89 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Reticent nose, some spicy cinnamon. Medium to full bodied with black cherry, baking spice and leather. Fair amount of tannin still, this will easily go another 10 years. (my 6th, group's 5th)
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1990 Tenuta Carretta Langhe Bric Quercia 88 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Lots of sediment in my pour. Grape liqueur nose. Sweet black raspberry, dense fruit along with some graphite. My last but still quite nice. (my last, group's 7th)
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1985 Castello di Querceto / Querceto Il Querciolaia Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT 89 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT
Aged, furniture wax nose. Light to medium bodied with nice raspberry fruit and leather. Some fine-grained tannins. (my 5th, group's 6th)
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1990 Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Castello di Nipozzano Mormoreto Toscana IGT 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Pretty ripe strawberry nose. Medium bodied with raspberry fruit and great balance. (my 3rd, group's 3rd)
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1985 Antinori Tignanello 91 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Complex nose that kept changing, with grilled meat and furniture wax predominant. Youthful palate with sweet raspberry fruit, graphite, some oak influence and nice acidity. A few thought this was showing too much oak but it didn't bother me. (my 2nd, group's 4th)
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Flight 3 - Dessert (1 Note)
1979 Dow Porto Late Bottled Vintage 90 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
Raisins and caramel. Light to medium bodied with a bit of heat but not too much. Assumed this was a vintage port and it performed like one. By far the oldest LBV I've tried.
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Ripe berry nose but not much fruit in the mouth. Graphite and moderate+ tannins.
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2011 Bodegas La Cartuja Priorat 90 Points
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Nice, Grenache-y nose of baked raspberry, violets with a bit of oak. Medium to full bodied with medium acidity. Blackberry and plum with moderate tannins. Lots here but well-balanced. Standout of the pre flight.
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2010 Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur 80 Points
France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur
Green pepper and violets on the nose. Tart raspberry, green pepper, moderate tannins.
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2011 Torremoron Ribera del Duero 83 Points
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