April 6, 2024 - very good. Great balance and mouthfeel. Slight eucalyptus at first. Smooth finish
January 15, 2024 - So here I go again….letting these brunello age too long. Believing I’m in a safe pocket of time. Putting them on the back and high shelves of my cellar. Thinking time will age them the same as it has me. Something more scarred, yet beautifully faded and beaming with polish, charm, life, and energy 🤣
This looks skinny, frail, wrinkled, it’s weak in flavor, personality and had little charm. I mercily reached for sip after sip, as I heard the same previously told stories recited again and again, without the previous passion during their delivery. The stories were told as if I had never heard them before, but sadly recited with incorrect timelines and missing characters. I knew that age had gotten the best of dear old friend. I became so bored that I said good night before the moon had risen, and very gently pushed the cork back into the full bottle and crawled off to bed with the hopes of visiting yesterday in my deep slumber of a cold winter night….TBC
October 13, 2023 - Schock! Erste Berührung zeigt mehr Altersspuren als gedacht. Kaum Frucht, dafür viel Erde, Tabak, Rauch. Tannine grippen noch ungewöhnlich stark für so eine alte Wahrnehmung. Nach 2 Stunden dann viel zugänglicher. Weiterhin ohne Frucht, aber nicht mehr mit dem austrocknendem Abgang der scharfen Tannine. Der unabhängig davon erstaunlich lang ist.
Unbedingt dekantieren! Gerne mehrere Stunden. Vielleicht gerade auch etwas off, daher nächste Flasche 2025.
October 4, 2023 - Silky, full body, cherries & tar, good acid, and long finish
January 1, 2023 - Concur with the note from August. Good catch identifying nutmeg on the palate. Very rich, ripe fruit and long silky finish. Tannins remain strong - even after an hour+ decant - so will likely continue to improve with further aging.
November 20, 2022 - Drinking well, benefitted from 90 mins in the decanter. Softened the tannins, but interestingly brought the oak to the front. Not entirely well integrated in the end. Despite this, lovely sour cherry and herbal/savoury components to this. Made for a lovely accompaniment to baked rigatoni.
August 4, 2022 - This is an excellent example of Brunello. The colour is rich Garnet with an orange hue at the rim. On the nose it is expressive with leather, tobacco, green stem, and Forest floor. The mouth feel is silky, with beautiful length, well matured tannin and beautiful mid palate acidity. Expresses cherry and dark berry with hints of nutmeg, Cassis. Luxurious and I cannot wait to try my other two bottles in the future.
August 4, 2022 - An excellent BdM and a Wine Spectator #20 awarded in 2017. Dusty red cherry, dark fruit, leather, balsamic, forest floor.
July 26, 2022 - Great brunello,red cherries,,tabacco,lightly floral. Great mouthfeel really long,in a great place now i wouldn,t wait any longer.
June 14, 2022 - Oxidized. Bad cork seal. Bummer.