Community Tasting Note
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swapdoc wrote:
May 3, 2016 - Wanted to like this wine more than I actually did. This wine stood out as intensely mineral and skewed toward plum and blueberry aromatics upon release, but now shows a touch of bitter Slavonian oak and a closed, non-expressive generic red fruit. Layered, sweet and perfumed dark cherry fruit is lurking deep in the background. Needs time for the wood to integrate fully.
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4 Comments
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TightLettuce commented:
5/3/16, 12:55 PM - I have to imagine that is what you expected? All indications point to most 2010 brunello's needing at least 10 years time, I am assuming that you just wanted to taste the vintage and figure that for yourself?
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swapdoc commented:
5/3/16, 1:17 PM - Brunello for me is also enjoyable quite young as well as mature -- the young nuanced fruit is unique, complex and often less tannic than other varieties. The wine often shuts down several years after the release, as may be the case here.
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TightLettuce commented:
5/3/16, 1:44 PM - Interesting, thanks for the reply. I intend to hold for some time, and even more so now that I've read this. Thanks again.
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BuzzzzOff commented:
5/4/16, 1:48 AM - Thanks for your note and rating. Your description is instructive. We tried ten 2010s, bought several of all and decided to hide in our cellar until circa 2020. We join TightLettuce on that front. Having said that, we also think it is great you tend to enjoy them young as well! The fun of wine!