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ORIGINAL: smaragd I don't think the Capitelli is offensive in the least, just a way to learn more about what I like. What was your general opinion of it? I think it's pretty okay (I'm drinking some of the bottle I opened on Friday as I write this), but not outstanding. To me, it lacks the vivacity of the great PX (also made with raisined grapes), or schiaccetra (a reciotto of white grapes from cinque terre), or sauternes (not raisined grapes per se, but with botrytis, the grapes do still shrivel up) I've had. That could be a function of age. Accordingly, it tastes like the '90 Capitelli might have been better a decade ago, but it still isn't dead. At the same time, I've never tried a young version of this particular wine, so it's hard to be certain about that assessment. So overall, I'm enjoying it. And for the $, it's fine. But it's not life-changing by any stretch.
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