Community Tasting Note

• Motz wrote: 96 points

  March 30, 2014 - Drank over two days; dark purple in color. Opened mid afternoon, poured off a couple of ounces, lingered over the glass, and let the bottle sit for a few hours. Reticent nose and incredibly tight from the outset, the 2005 Pavie was open by comparison. By late evening, the nose began to reveal bay leaf, savory elements, Mediterranean herbs, Tuscan terroir, and red meats. The palate showed exceptional richness and depth. Loads of fine dusty tannins dance gracefully across the tongue, clamp down at the back, and hold on through a generous finish. The wine was equally tight on the second day, though it showed more sanguinity and put on more weight.
  
  I sampled the 2007 vintage last year, compliments of Bam_Man, and that wine was sleek, elegant, and sexy by comparison. This vintage is built for the long haul; it is massively concentrated and made in weighty, almost muddy style. If rating for right now, 94-95 points all day...but I expect this will score 96-97 points in several years. 94-97.

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• Bam_Man commented:

  3/31/14, 8:50 AM - Hey Motz, looks like you drank a little wine yesterday! lol.
  That 2010 Oreno is still an infant, but apparently drinking well already. Won't be touching any of mine for quite a while yet, though maybe I'll open a 2008 next time we get together. When are you planning on being in my area next?

• Motz commented:

  3/31/14, 9:14 AM - It does look like I drank some wine! :-) Amazing quality for the price with the Oreno.

• Champagneinhand commented:

  3/31/14, 11:48 PM - Sounds so good. I have a 2005 Oreno waiting for a day to get opened. I have enjoyed the 2001. I think, from others notes that the 2005 has a load of sediment. I bought a serious horizontal of Super-Tuscan Bdx blends from 2010.

• farinas commented:

  4/1/14, 4:31 AM - I like your idea of letting the wine open for hours, I drank my '10 after a quick decant and was less than impressed.

• Motz commented:

  4/1/14, 7:51 PM - Hello Champagneinhand and Farinas - This really is a wonderful Bordeaux style blend, made in that unique Tuscan style. Tuscan tannins and terroir, as compared to grainy to chunky tannins and terroir common in great vintage Bordeaux, features loess-like, fine silt tannins, and this particular vintage of Oreno is loaded with them. It does not surprise me that the 2005 vintage has thrown a lot of sediment, and I would not be surprised if this vintage does either. The QPR here is stunning. I mean why spend three times as much for second growth Bordeaux or a spendy Right-Bank Grand Cru Classe over this?
  
  I also think it smart to stock up on the 2010 Bordeaux style Tuscans. This wine, the San Guido Guidalberto, and Ornellaia's third wine 'Le Volte', along with several 2010 Sangioveses, have all been amazing. I think they are so densely packed and tightly wound that they have not received as good a press as they deserve; they are remarkably underrated in my opinion. All that I have tried have been better on the second and best on the third day, although the Oreno was so good it did not last until the third day, couldn't help it.

• Champagneinhand commented:

  4/2/14, 7:22 AM - I just grabbed some of the 2011 Le Serre Nuove today. The wine is very RB in its make yup with over 50% Merlot, the 14% CS, 14%PV and about the same CF. I also really like Orma too. They can last for a good decade, and I do air them out. I will pour an initial glass and then pour in the decanter. As I swirl and aerate glass number one the decanter starts doing its job over the next few hours. I seem to favor the decanter for Tuscan Bordeaux blends, and of course Piedimonte reds for sure.

• Motz commented:

  4/2/14, 7:40 AM - Any thoughts on the 2011 vintage in Tuscany? I had heard it was a tough year.

• Champagneinhand commented:

  4/2/14, 7:47 AM - I have heard quite different, as far as the Bordeaux varietals and towards the Maremma. I guess water is the great balancing power. I don't know how it looks for the higher elevation areas, but seeing that Ornellaia used more Merlot than the other varietals combined in LSN, it must have been decent as Merlot is a quirky grape to grow. As far as sangiovese wines, I will have to look at Gallioni's notes, on Montalcino, Chianti's areas and VNdM. Suckling too if I can find them.

• Bam_Man commented:

  4/2/14, 10:15 AM - IMHO from the ones I have tasted, the 2011 Tuscans are noticeably over-ripe, bordering on jammy. It was a very hot, dry year, so that is really not too surprising. Very much like 2003, maybe even a little more so.

• Motz commented:

  4/2/14, 6:15 PM - Thank you, Gents.

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