Beautiful and a bit reductive bouquet. Soft mousse, some grapefruits, good minerals and bitterness. Still locked. In potential a beautiful wine, but give it some more years of ageing. 93+ for tonight.
Not so many notes. Beautiful and clean bouquet with pineapples and other yellow tropical fruits. Same on the palate. Beautifully soft fruits and a great balance between acidity and sweetness. Still very youthful. 94+
Beautiful bouquet with minerals and smoke. On the palate complex and elegant with beautiful minerals, good yellow fruits and acidity. Concentrated and tasty wine with a great length. Very special!
Flowers, honey and some polishing wax in the bouquet. On the palate a bit fat with concentrated yellow tropical fruits and minerals. Aromatic and a mouth full. Nicely dry and a good length.
In the bouquet ripe yellow and white fruits and a firm dose of toast. On the palate a very tasty wine, good concentration, yellow fruits and a firm dose of oak. Great length.
In the bouquet rust. On the palate chocolate, mushrooms, coffee, mocha and some celery. Everything well integrated and still drinkable, but for me personally past its peak. Off bottle? No score.
Beautiful bouquet with autumn forest, earth, minerals and pleasant barnyard. On the palate coffee, chocolate and mocha, good acidity, bitters and tannin which still has a good bite.
Beautiful and rustic bouquet with earthy impressions. On the palate tart cherries, autumn impressions again, high acidity and bitterness. Lacking flesh on the mid palate. The acidity and tannin structure suggests the wine can still last a while, but at this stage the wine is not overly impressive and makes me wonder if it will improve for the better with more ageing. Only one way to find out. 89-90+? For tonight.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Enormously concentrated bouquet with dark berries. On the palate juicy dark berries, licorice, good acidity and soft, but also sticky tannin. Great length. Overall a beautiful and complex wine with a future until well into the 2020's. 95+
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, stable smells, autumn forest, earth, mushrooms and broth. On the palate still a bit locked, dark chocolate, red and dark berries, a touch of sweetness and also good acidity and sticky tannin. Will be better 10+ years from now.
Concentrated and rustic bouquet with dark berries and licorice. Same on the palate, beautiful acidity and round, still slightly sticky tannin. Very tasty and complex wine with a good length.
Reductive and oxidized. Sherry and nuts in the bouquet. Not pleasant anymore. On the palate butterscotch and much too old as well. Drinkable, but no pleasure at all. No score.
Mature bouquet with rust and iron, earth, autumn and still a hit of red berries. The same on the palate, juicy acidity and fully integrated and melted soft tannin.
Very mature bouquet with organic stable smells. On the palate tea, coffee, autumn forest and mushrooms. Firm acidity and drying tannin. Most of the group did not like this wine.
Beautiful bouquet with sour cherries, dark berries, black olives, autumn impressions and sweet spices. On the palate a firm and rustic wine with dark berries and autumn impressions, graphite, good acidity and sticky tannin. Great length.
Beautiful bouquet with cigar box, cherries, chocolate, autumn impressions, beautiful acidity and tannin. Complex, luxurious and elegant. A great and beautiful wine.
Special and mature bouquet with chocolate, sweet soy and celery. On the palate autumn impressions, juicy red berries, good acidity and slightly drying tannin. Although in the bouquet quite tertiary, on the palate the wine was still a great pleasure.
In the bouquet cherries and autumn impressions. On the palate a juicy and elegant wine with good acidity, some minerals and sticky tannin. Not really great, but certainly a very ok wine
Complex and quite mature bouquet with earth, chocolate, mocha and celery. Same on the palate. A lot of earthy impressions, celery again, but also good and juicy acidity as well as soft and slightly drying tannin. Not really sure what to think. Seems to be quite ready now. Could be the bottle… I scored the wine 91 for tonight.
Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, pleasant barnyard and earth. On the palate a full bodied and juicy wine, with dark berries, Autumn impressions, some sweetness, good acidity and tannin. Very beautiful and complex wine.
In the bouquet beautiful barnyard. On the palate juicy red berries, beautifully fresh acidity and tannin with a lovely bite. No more detailed noted, but this is a delicious wine.
Beautiful and complex bouquet. On the palate juicy dark berries, beautiful acidity, tannin and bitterness. No more detailed notes, but for me personally this was one of the most appealing wines of the evening.
In the bouquet animals and some metal. On the palate a mature wine with some rust, good acidity and slightly drying tannin. There is quite much development, but the wine is still beautiful.
Barnyard, dark berries and rustic flavors in the bouquet. Same on the palate, chocolate and mocha, good acidity and soft tannin. Beautiful and mature wine.
Beautiful bouquet with pleasant barnyard. On the palate dark and red berries, bell pepper, chocolate, herbs, firm acidity and some metal. Beautiful wine.
Beautiful bouquet with rustic and barnyard impressions as well as ripe fruits. On the palate the same; jammy fruits, good acidity and round tannin. Good length. Ready now and the next few+ years.
Mature but complex bouquet with earth and beautiful fruits. On the palate juicy red berries, earth, sweet spices, good acidity and soft tannin. A bit heat in the finish, but overall a beautiful wine.
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Beautiful bouquet with a lot of sweet impressions and beautiful ripe fruits. On the palette the same impressions, almost overripe dark and red berries, good acidity beside the sweet impressions.
Ripe dark berries and good herbs and spices. On the palate beautiful dark and red berries, good acidity, herbs, earth, good acidity and firm tannin. A beautiful wine which will probably improve over the next decade.
1997 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
Beautiful and a bit reductive bouquet. Soft mousse, some grapefruits, good minerals and bitterness. Still locked. In potential a beautiful wine, but give it some more years of ageing. 93+ for tonight.
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2006 Weingut Keller Abts E®.de Riesling Großes Gewächs 94 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
Not so many notes. Beautiful and clean bouquet with pineapples and other yellow tropical fruits. Same on the palate. Beautifully soft fruits and a great balance between acidity and sweetness. Still very youthful. 94+
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2005 Azienda Agricola Valentini Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 93 Points
Italy, Abruzzi, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
Beautiful bouquet with minerals and smoke. On the palate complex and elegant with beautiful minerals, good yellow fruits and acidity. Concentrated and tasty wine with a great length. Very special!
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2007 Miani Friulano Buri 92 Points
Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Venezia Giulia IGT
Flowers, honey and some polishing wax in the bouquet. On the palate a bit fat with concentrated yellow tropical fruits and minerals. Aromatic and a mouth full. Nicely dry and a good length.
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2006 Gaja Langhe Chardonnay Gaia & Rey 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
In the bouquet ripe yellow and white fruits and a firm dose of toast. On the palate a very tasty wine, good concentration, yellow fruits and a firm dose of oak. Great length.
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1977 Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
In the bouquet rust. On the palate chocolate, mushrooms, coffee, mocha and some celery. Everything well integrated and still drinkable, but for me personally past its peak. Off bottle? No score.
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1988 San Giusto a Rentennano Percarlo Toscana IGT 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Beautiful bouquet with autumn forest, earth, minerals and pleasant barnyard. On the palate coffee, chocolate and mocha, good acidity, bitters and tannin which still has a good bite.
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2001 Montevertine Le Pergole Torte Toscana IGT 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Beautiful and rustic bouquet with earthy impressions. On the palate tart cherries, autumn impressions again, high acidity and bitterness. Lacking flesh on the mid palate. The acidity and tannin structure suggests the wine can still last a while, but at this stage the wine is not overly impressive and makes me wonder if it will improve for the better with more ageing. Only one way to find out. 89-90+? For tonight.
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2005 Cerbaiola (Salvioni) Brunello di Montalcino Flawed
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Corked
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2005 Fattoria Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 95 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Enormously concentrated bouquet with dark berries. On the palate juicy dark berries, licorice, good acidity and soft, but also sticky tannin. Great length. Overall a beautiful and complex wine with a future until well into the 2020's. 95+
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2005 Soldera (Az. Agr. Case Basse) Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 95 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, stable smells, autumn forest, earth, mushrooms and broth. On the palate still a bit locked, dark chocolate, red and dark berries, a touch of sweetness and also good acidity and sticky tannin. Will be better 10+ years from now.
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1999 Roberto Voerzio Barbera d'Alba Riserva Vigneto Pozzo dell'Annunziata 93 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d'Alba
Concentrated and rustic bouquet with dark berries and licorice. Same on the palate, beautiful acidity and round, still slightly sticky tannin. Very tasty and complex wine with a good length.
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2012 Köfererhof Sylvaner Valle Isarco / Eisacktaler R 90 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Valle Isarco / Eisacktaler
Floral bouquet with white fruits. On the palate a clean wine with grasses, green herbs, lemon and lime. Refreshing acidity.
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1945 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino Stravecchio
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Reductive and oxidized. Sherry and nuts in the bouquet. Not pleasant anymore. On the palate butterscotch and much too old as well. Drinkable, but no pleasure at all. No score.
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1982 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric dël Fiasc 82 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Mature bouquet with rust and iron, earth, autumn and still a hit of red berries. The same on the palate, juicy acidity and fully integrated and melted soft tannin.
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1986 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Very mature bouquet with organic stable smells. On the palate tea, coffee, autumn forest and mushrooms. Firm acidity and drying tannin. Most of the group did not like this wine.
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1996 Gaja Langhe Nebbiolo Sperss 95 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Beautiful bouquet with sour cherries, dark berries, black olives, autumn impressions and sweet spices. On the palate a firm and rustic wine with dark berries and autumn impressions, graphite, good acidity and sticky tannin. Great length.
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1998 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano 94 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Beautiful bouquet with cigar box, cherries, chocolate, autumn impressions, beautiful acidity and tannin. Complex, luxurious and elegant. A great and beautiful wine.
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1998 Roagna Barbaresco Riserva Pajè 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Special and mature bouquet with chocolate, sweet soy and celery. On the palate autumn impressions, juicy red berries, good acidity and slightly drying tannin. Although in the bouquet quite tertiary, on the palate the wine was still a great pleasure.
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1999 Nervi Gattinara Vigna Molsino 89 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Northern Piedmont, Gattinara
In the bouquet cherries and autumn impressions. On the palate a juicy and elegant wine with good acidity, some minerals and sticky tannin. Not really great, but certainly a very ok wine
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1999 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Complex and quite mature bouquet with earth, chocolate, mocha and celery. Same on the palate. A lot of earthy impressions, celery again, but also good and juicy acidity as well as soft and slightly drying tannin. Not really sure what to think. Seems to be quite ready now. Could be the bottle… I scored the wine 91 for tonight.
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1999 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 94 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Beautiful bouquet with dark berries, pleasant barnyard and earth. On the palate a full bodied and juicy wine, with dark berries, Autumn impressions, some sweetness, good acidity and tannin. Very beautiful and complex wine.
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2000 Gaja Barbaresco 95 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
In the bouquet beautiful barnyard. On the palate juicy red berries, beautifully fresh acidity and tannin with a lovely bite. No more detailed noted, but this is a delicious wine.
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2005 Roberto Voerzio Barolo Brunate 96 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Beautiful and complex bouquet. On the palate juicy dark berries, beautiful acidity, tannin and bitterness. No more detailed notes, but for me personally this was one of the most appealing wines of the evening.
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1989 Antinori Tignanello 91 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
In the bouquet animals and some metal. On the palate a mature wine with some rust, good acidity and slightly drying tannin. There is quite much development, but the wine is still beautiful.
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1998 Gaja Langhe Darmagi 93 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Barnyard, dark berries and rustic flavors in the bouquet. Same on the palate, chocolate and mocha, good acidity and soft tannin. Beautiful and mature wine.
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1999 Podere Il Carnasciale Il Caberlot 93 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Beautiful bouquet with pleasant barnyard. On the palate dark and red berries, bell pepper, chocolate, herbs, firm acidity and some metal. Beautiful wine.
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2001 Le Macchiole Messorio Toscana IGT 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Beautiful bouquet with chocolate and smoke. Same on the palate, plums, good acidity, tannin and bitterness. Beautiful wine.
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2004 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Superiore
Beautiful bouquet with rustic and barnyard impressions as well as ripe fruits. On the palate the same; jammy fruits, good acidity and round tannin. Good length. Ready now and the next few+ years.
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2009 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Mature but complex bouquet with earth and beautiful fruits. On the palate juicy red berries, earth, sweet spices, good acidity and soft tannin. A bit heat in the finish, but overall a beautiful wine.
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2011 Georges Noellat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
In the bouquet some barnyard and smoke. Same on the palate, cigar box, minerals, juicy red fruits, good acidity and tannin. 90 - 91
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2003 Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 93 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Beautiful bouquet with a lot of sweet impressions and beautiful ripe fruits. On the palette the same impressions, almost overripe dark and red berries, good acidity beside the sweet impressions.
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2004 Romano Dal Forno Amarone della Valpolicella Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta 92 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella
In the bouquet very ripe fruits. On the palate also green impressions, juicy acidity, metal, bitterness and all in a great concentration.
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2010 San Giusto a Rentennano Percarlo Toscana IGT 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Ripe dark berries and good herbs and spices. On the palate beautiful dark and red berries, good acidity, herbs, earth, good acidity and firm tannin. A beautiful wine which will probably improve over the next decade.
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