A strong element of Cab.franc on the nose - boiled carrots and vegetables as well as old champagne, vanilla, some coffee and oak (!). Nose was excellent. Very light bodied and even thin / or elegant and not in your face. On the palate it had a metallic element. WOTN for some, but I wasn't that big of a fan if not for the bouquet.
Aronia juice with sweet cherries on the nose. What a wine! Warm, ripe, powerful, there's coffee and minerals on the palate. Still very lively, even young, silky texture that becomes more open and seamless with air. A hedonistic wine indeed!
Juicy and rather fresh. Very dry tannins with some dried fruits on the nose. Could have been more lively though, the dried notes might have been too much.
Albeit young, it was very intelligent wine. Very round, polished, wow, gooood! So open and friendly. Was very surprised that at this age it is already that approachable.
1978 Antinori Tignanello 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
A strong element of Cab.franc on the nose - boiled carrots and vegetables as well as old champagne, vanilla, some coffee and oak (!). Nose was excellent. Very light bodied and even thin / or elegant and not in your face. On the palate it had a metallic element. WOTN for some, but I wasn't that big of a fan if not for the bouquet.
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1988 Antinori Solaia 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Aronia juice with sweet cherries on the nose. What a wine! Warm, ripe, powerful, there's coffee and minerals on the palate. Still very lively, even young, silky texture that becomes more open and seamless with air. A hedonistic wine indeed!
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1997 Isole e Olena Cepparello Toscana IGT 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Smoky and meaty nose. Excellent balance - it is medium light bodied but also very juicy and with an endless finish. Loved this wine.
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1997 Isole e Olena Cabernet Sauvignon Collezione de Marchi Toscana IGT 91 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Juicy and rather fresh. Very dry tannins with some dried fruits on the nose. Could have been more lively though, the dried notes might have been too much.
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1998 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Superiore
Very intense, big and powerful. Bloody juicy meat. Still young and a touch vulgar.
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1999 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT
Relatively light and elegant. Beautiful bouquet of herbs with a hint of barnyard. Balanced and caressing palate.
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2001 Castello Banfi Sant' Antimo Tavernelle 89 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Sant' Antimo
Structurally light, mild and rather elegant. Typical Cabernet blackcurrants, very good but nothing particularly memorable about it.
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2009 Tenuta di Biserno Biserno 89 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Ripe, soft and overripe. Lots of juicy plums. Napa style, not sure how to rate this, quality was evident, but not elegance.
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2011 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Sassicaia
Albeit young, it was very intelligent wine. Very round, polished, wow, gooood! So open and friendly. Was very surprised that at this age it is already that approachable.
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