Community Tasting Note
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Jyri Tynkkynen Likes this wine: 91 points
October 15, 2018 - In a horizontal tasting of 2004 we had four great wines:
2004 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri (95 p): Nose: Truly fine and aromatic with olive oil, flower field, lavender, bell pepper jam (!), gravel and a bit of dark currants. Palate: Full-bodied and pleasantly tannic with jam-ripe luscious dark fruits.
2004 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova (93 p): Nose: A bit dry and fine with a dry-flower-y bouquet, lavender, gravel, sedar tree, white pepper, overripe cranberry and a bit of smoke and autumn earth. Palate: Semi-fullbodied, ripe, slightly dry and long with round tannins and lively acidity.
2004 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Le Vigne (93 p): Nose: Fine and aromatic with jam-like fruit, cherry and a bit of leather and liquorice. Palate: Semi-fullbodied and semi-tannic with ripe and luscious dark fruit.
2004 Château Mouton Rothschild (91 p): A disappointment for a 1er cru. Nose: Fine with notes of luscious fruit, mocha and chocolate and a little bit of farm stable. Palate (did not reach the levels of the truly fine nose): mid-fullbodied, pleasantly round tannins, drier (fruit) than Ornellaia, with mature Bordeaux-style leather.4,932 views