Community Tasting Notes 21

• anderegg wrote: flawed

  December 14, 2021 - Vegetal and sour...

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• Adventr.us Likes this wine: 89 points

  February 7, 2021 - So the real reason I opened this is because our youngest was born in 2008, and he's having a little Super Bowl birthday party, and I'm feeding the boys homemade brick oven pizzas, and it just felt like I should be in for something from 2008 whilst cooking. So in that regard, this bottle is a success.
  
  But if it weren't for the sentimentality, I'd probably be mixed. I was expecting to decant this for awhile based on previous reviews, but of course, I snuck a small pour while firing up the brick oven. That initial dose was excellent. At that point, I'd have given points out in the low-to-mid-90s. I got the dark racy fruit, a solid finish - it was all working, and it was delicious. But over the course of the next few hours the fruit seemed to fade, the alcohol seemed to emerge, and the deliciousness tapered off. By the end of the evening, it was still solid, but as a previous reviewer noted (I'm paraphrasing), just not remarkable. I'm fine with solid, every wine doesn't have to be remarkable. For the price, I'm feeling this was a fine purchase. To my taste, it's not less than solid. But I just seem to have a different palate than the professionals who gave this scores in the mid-90s.

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• Nerdy Earth Boy Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 28, 2020 - Was much better with a long decant. Not spectacular but certainly a solid showing that had a wonderful floral upon opening. Improved with time in the decanter.

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• Nerdy Earth Boy Likes this wine: 90 points

  June 13, 2020 - Dark? Racy? yeah this vino does not wow me in any way whatsoever. Rather unfortunate. 2008 was not a great year for Brunello. Has some floral upon opening and decant but does not hold for long. I found it to still be a bit tannic with acidic tar leather tones. I absolutely love Brunello but never got the chalky Earth taste toward which I am biased. Maybe time will help here, but I'm not optimistic.

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• bin905 Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 28, 2019 - Racy, dark fruit, tar, coffee and mint flavor with zippy tannins and a long finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Piancornello
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Code 8033576580159

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• In Cellars 135 (40%)
• Consumed 202 (60%)

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