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Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 7:25:20 AM   
Smaragd

 

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Status: offline 		Trying to decide if it's a good idea for me to buy a single bottle of 2014 Tignanello Toscana at a decent price...

I'm not a collector who is putting lots of bottles away for many years of aging. More of a now drinker really, but I have successfully sat on a couple of bottles for a year or two and was glad I did. Is this one going to be drinking and showing well anytime before 2020?

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 7:35:05 AM   
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Status: online 		If you can buy it for an acceptable price and you're reasonably sure the provenance is good you could buy it and pop it later this year. Give it a little air and get after it. I find Tigs approachable young and occasionally special with age. My two cents worth.

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 7:37:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you Joe! I meant to say it's the Toscana, not the Chianti or Reserva.

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 7:40:16 AM   
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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 7:53:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		What wiml said. I prefer mine with about 8-10 years on them but they drink very well in their youth too.

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 8:58:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		They're quite drinkable with some breathing and food hearty enough, but I really don't see where's the idea in drinking them young. You pay premium for those kinds of wines because they're capable of surviving long in a cellar, realizing the potential that's in them. For more immediate drinking pleasures I find many less expensive Tuscan reds tasting much better and offering much more drinking pleasure right now. All too often when I've tasted a Tignanello too young, I've just thought "where's the point?"

So although it might be good and impressive now, I really don't think it really offers much value for the price before its 10th birthday.

But, of course, your mileage may vary.

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 10:39:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		Forceberry, this is very much what I was thinking - i appreciate you sharing your opinion.

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 2:51:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		I attended a Tignanello tasting event last year and we tasted through 79, 85, 90, 97, 99, 04, 07 and 13. The 90's vintages stole the show, while the 79 was on the way out (from a 5L) and the 13 and 07 were just way too young. Not saying they were not enjoyable young, but as others above have said, the complexity that develops with cellar time is what really makes them special. Lots of less expensive wines available for current drinking pleasure. If you ever get your hands on '97, that was the WOTN for most of the people attending the dinner - just gorgeous!

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 6:15:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice line-up Maire. '97 and '04 are two of our favorite vintages from Italy, and we're just starting to drink some '07s while cellaring '10 and '13.

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/15/2018 7:36:52 PM   
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ORIGINAL: GalvezGuy

What wiml said. I prefer mine with about 8-10 years on them but they drink very well in their youth too.


having had pretty much all of them back to 1980 ^ this.

Aerate the young ones for 2-5 hours, or better, let them rest for 8-10, as above. Tignanello is also a wine that I find has outwitted many critics - the lesser vintages (points wise) can be better than higher rated ones, if you let them rest. That said, as you're not really prone to letting anything age past a few years, try this in 2 years, with a 2 hour aeration in decanter.

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RE: Tignanello question - 1/16/2018 12:08:10 AM   
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From my experience, Tignanellos at 7-10 years old were delicious. I agree with Tim regarding vintage wise, Tignanello is very consistently well made from vintage to vintage. I just bought some 2013, hiding them in some corner so Tim can't access them.



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RE: Tignanello question - 1/16/2018 11:57:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		I’ve had the wine a few times, very young, and honestly, it can be so tightly wound that if you don’t give it a few years (I’m thinking 6-8) to loosen up, they aren’t easy to appreciate. I would love to try an older bottle some day, age 15 or 20...

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