Community Tasting Note
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Motz wrote: 94 points
April 17, 2018 - Hands down the prettiest Oreno bouquet I have encountered. Ripe blackberry and boysenberry 'sweetness', muddled flower petals, raspberry and hibiscus teas, live herbs, and assorted berry liqueurs. Utterly enthralling! Unsurprisingly ripe, a striking theme of the 2015 vintage throughout Europe to date, lush and layered textures, seamless mouthfeel, and an impression of weightless saturation. An oxymoronic term to be sure, but other descriptors fail me. The middle and back do not lack for power and the wine finishes long.
Along with the drop-dead gorgeous bouquet, this is also the most forward Oreno I have tasted, with no close second. Like so many 2015 vintage wines, the lingering question is: Does this merit anything beyond ten years in the cellar from today? My guess: probably not. Whatever the case, the pleasure factor is certainly worth the relatively modest tariff. 94-95.7 people found this helpful 5,602 views
2 Comments
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Champagneinhand commented:
5/29/19, 2:05 PM - It’s an Italian red. It will hold for 20-30 years. Sure it might not get better, but it will get different. The tannins will integrate, same with the wood. The sweet fruit should taper a bit in a decade. Hopefully those aromas and flavors will keep things together.
Of course knowing that we have just a handful of bad Tuscan vintages in the past 20 makes me not want to jam too many more $50 Tuscans into the wine cellar. While I have a lot of wines like these, I could easily drink these all the time with some PN and whites in between. -
Motz commented:
5/30/19, 8:02 AM - Preach!