Community Tasting Note

• f22nickell Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 11, 2013 - Seattle Wine Group - Sep 2013 Tasting - Theme: Aged WA Bordeaux Blends (Amaroso Room - Wine Storage Bellevue): Setting: This wine was popped and poured.
  
  Sight: This wine is bright, clear, with some evidence of gas, but no particles. Color is ruby at the core and fades to garnet 1/4”-1/2” from the meniscus. Light concentration of color. Legs are slender and move fairly quick down the glass.
  
  Nose: This wine does not smell flawed. Aromas are rose petals, licorice, dried flowers/herbs, fig, and slight sour cherries in the background I do pick up some mineral hints. Very light smell of oak, mostly in a hint of wood spice. I do not pick up any heat on the nose. This wine smells of old world; Fruit is in the background, secondary aromas drive this wine suggesting it is fairly old.
  
  Palate: This wine is light bodied. This wine has strong flavors of sweet plum, tobacco, cedar, dark cherry, and clay. Very little oak coming through.
  
  Structure: This wine is dry. Acid is medium-plus. Alcohol is medium-minus. Tannins are medium and well integrated. Finish is medium to long. Complexity is medium.
  
  Conclusion: This wine is from the old world; wine appears unfiltered, fruit is in the background, lots of secondary flavors, and tastes of clay. From the alcohol indicators, this appears to be from a slightly cool vintage. Quality producer.
  
  Final Conclusion: This is an excellent bottle of wine. This is my 3rd bottle and I am very impressed with how well it is holding up given it’s a 20 year old Chianti. This wine is still very fresh and alive, yet still has the complexity of an older wine. Tannins are fully integrated, but the acid will keep this bottle going for several more years.

  1 person found this helpful 3,819 views

1 Comment

• Tim Heaton commented:

  9/12/13, 10:06 AM - Great note, Scott. I've had cases of this (and even sold it for the importer, a decade ago) since release and it's always been quite good; I think the last one was in 09 or '10, very much alive, and tasty. However, if offered the '94, be sure to pass, the best days are well gone.

Add a Comment