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  March 2, 2020 - Oh, goodness - this is glorious. Just wonderful, wow -
  
  My first ever Brunello. I recall the big critical buzz for the 2010 vintage and as I wanted to expand my drinking beyond Bordeaux, I got some of this - Berry Bros sold it to me and of course their sales email was effusive - it’s a wine merchant’s job to be effusive - but dear me this is great and I want to give them a big sloppy hug for selling me some.
  
  What a drinking experience! I will tell you, I went into it somewhat moody, a ghost from the past rising to meet me, a path not taken, the gal I sought but did not seek me (we dated an’ all but she just wasn’t so into me, ah); and I had eaten some cheese that was perhaps not quite right, too. So my mind was not focused and my guts were not focused; I was not in a mode to listen to the wine. And the first mouthful of this - there was disappointment, it was vapoury and unyielding.
  
  Then it opened up and it cut through my tumultuous heart and gurgly guts and then the wine was the focus of it all; just perfect, just delicious - easily alongside my finest drinking experiences (which are lucky enough to include Pichon Lalande 1982, so - ).
  
  This is rosemary and lavender, it’s a heath on a sunny day, with butterflies and bees, and (sure, I am making a geographical solecism here) it’s garrigue - .
  
  Fabulous. I could not ask for more. Oof. I’ll not insult the wine by giving it a score; I don't quite like scores - and how can you score sublime? Aye sublime, aye sublime, aye sublime.

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• yinha commented:

  4/17/20, 8:50 PM - Gotta commend you on this review! Whether I agree with the conclusion or not, doesn’t matter - you win the award for best backstory for the tasting experience. Your BBR sales person’s pitch or brochure may have influenced you!

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