Community Tasting Notes 119

• poste244 Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 15, 2023 - Les deux bouteilles ouvertes hier soir étaient dans une forme splendide. Beau rouge grenat à peine tuilé. Dépôt important au fond des bouteilles. Le nez est très invitant avec des notes boisées et fumées. La bouche est tout en fruit, sur la griotte, très expressive et complexifiée par le bois qui ajoute des nuances de café, de noix de coco. Les tanins ont fondus, mais il reste suffisamment d'acidité pour donner du relief à tout ce fruit exubérant et presque sucré. Superbe!

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• Doanebob Likes this wine: 91 points

  October 20, 2022 - Goodbye dear friend. My last bottle. When I drank my first bottle ten years ago it was a fiery youngster full of sharp tannins. Over the years it has slowly mellowed into a softer wine, perhaps a little thin in the mid-palate, but gone are the tough tannins. Amazingly no sediment and color that makes it look much younger. Enjoyed it with a Bolognaise.

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• PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 1, 2022 - This (LR8012) is consistent with previous bottles. It opens up after a short decant with a lot of aromatic and flavor complexity. It is smooth and balanced, with a medium+ body, a hint of sweetness on the mid-palate, and a nice mineral finish. Lovely. Great QPR.

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• ericindc Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 13, 2022 - This bottle is drinking very young. Just a hint of mature earth, leather. A touch hot, with some moderate bitter notes. Overall this was drinking well. Tannins were sticking out a bit much and were pretty drying. This was best after about 3 hours open. No rush to open this.

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• DaveBoyd wrote:

  December 17, 2021 - I left this bottle too long it should have been drank 5 years ago😪

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Castello di Monsanto
• Varietal Sangiovese Blend
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Chianti
• Appellation Chianti Classico DOCG
• UPC Codes 083960540946, 083960540953, 8033237490384, 8033237490483

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• Pending Delivery 7 (0%)
• In Cellars 540 (32%)
• Consumed 1,141 (68%)

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