Community Tasting Note

• SiR wrote: 89 points

  June 4, 2014 - 14.5% - Clear, med ruby / clean, med+ intensity - cherry, strawberry, licorice, spice box accent, baked pie and marzipan / dry, med acidity, med+ rich body, med+ round tannin, med to high intensity, med to long length, nice ripe fruit, harmonious, but still young.

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• Ombibulous commented:

  11/2/14, 8:22 PM - Hi Sir. Thanks for your helpful tasting note of this wine. I was wondering. What do you think is the end year of the drinking window, and the peak year or years, for a half bottle of this wine? Any thoughts you may have would be appreciated. Thanks. Cheers.

• SiR commented:

  11/3/14, 10:02 AM - Hi Mulligan,
  Despite the fact that drinking windows are always hard to predict and that discovering the evolution of the wine as the years go by much more interesting (but that doesn't hold on when you don't have many bottles...), I would assume this one would reach peak somewhere 8-12 years after vintage (2016-2020). Also, have in mind this was the first Brunello I tried from this producer, so I have no point of comparison with other vintages over time.
  
  However, I remember I was on the Pacific coast in Mexico when I had this. Drank 1/2 bottle one night, only re-corked unfinished bottle that stayed at the suite temperature (with A/C at least), and finished the other half 3 days later. Just the fact that the wine was as good if not better on the 3rd day, normally is good indicator for its ageing potential.

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