2010 Cerbaiona (Molinari) Brunello di Montalcino
Sangiovese
- Italy
- Tuscany
- Montalcino
- Brunello di Montalcino
Community Tasting Note
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KPB Likes this wine: 96 points
October 26, 2015 - A very nice bottle. Really dark with a mahogany hue. Nose has black cherries, licorice, loam, toffee. Maybe a hint of tobacco. Very flavorful, with a clean ripe palate but firm acidity that frames the wine and a long finish: chewy tannins, interesting minerality. Lingers in the mouth for easily two or three minutes....
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3 Comments
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BuzzzzOff commented:
10/27/15, 6:06 PM - Thanks for your note and rating. We have yet to try the bottle we bought the other day during a 2010 Brunello tasting (this was not poured). You seem to think she is sipping well now. Do you think several more years in the cellar will allow her to be even better?
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KPB commented:
10/28/15, 5:32 AM - Interesting question! I have to be honest here: I don't have a huge amount of experience with the aging profile you typically see from Sangiovese, so while I'm sure it will be interesting as it ages, what I can't easily guess is whether the rather rich fruit profile would be likely to fade (bringing the tannins more into evidence), or whether for a wine like this they would typically both back down a notch while new aromatics emerge. In this current state it definitely drinks extremely well right after opening (a day latter it seemed drier and the tannins more dominant). For me, if I had a case, it would be a wine I might open a few bottles of this year and next, then hold in the cellar until age 8 or 10, then revisit. But because I only purchased 3 bottles, I think I might just drink them young rather than miss them at this very sexy, flamboyant stage.
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BuzzzzOff commented:
10/28/15, 5:18 PM - Thanks for your well-considered message. Yes, it is difficult to determine when best to sip. We only bough one bottle, are fairly confident it will lay down for 20 years, are intrigued by your description of "...very sexy, flamboyant stage" and find patience to be a tempting virtue. Ah....let's see. Yet again, thanks for the thoughts. Well-appreciated.