Community Tasting Note

• sfwinelover1 wrote: 87 points

  May 20, 2023 - Second of 4 from LB about 2 years ago brought to dinner at Barry & Beth’s to accompany striped bass tacos. No advanced aeration, but dumped into a decanter and consumed over the better part of 2 hours. This was a bit all over the place when I had it in 8/21, but still a worthwhile experience (91), but the fruit was never there tonight, and while it’s possible it could have come out with more time—and I’ll give the next bottle that next time, since I still have 2 left—it didn’t give any indications it was getting to that point. The structure is intact and there are some interesting secondary notes, so, like the first time, this was better with food than without, but it still disappointed, which I hate when I bring a wine, even if the recipients aren’t serious wine lovers (B&B aren’t, and Barry in particular liked the wine). I had 2 disappointing bottles of the ‘13 Fonterutoli GS, then the third, which I likewise brought over to Barry’s, shone, so my hopes were up for this, particularly since the Tuscan ‘13s seem to be generally performing so well. This didn’t, keeping my batting average with chiantis at a disappointing level, especially when compared to their BdM and non-classified sangio peers. The TNs for this are all over the place, so I’m hoping for better luck with the last 2 bottles.

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• Cyclist commented:

  5/20/23, 10:13 AM - Heading out to either Tuscany or Valpolicella for a couple days this Summer I think when I'm in Italy. Will have to catch up soon and pick your brain on if there's any must hits!

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