Community Tasting Notes 66

• Gregmonroe Likes this wine:

  January 28, 2022 - Decanted. First bottle. Beautiful slight bricking in the glass; leather and stewed cherries and raspberries on the nose; still fairly strong tannins-enough to dry your mouth when drank next to Napa cabs; very good wine and universally enjoyed in our group. Still has time though.

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• Tranquility Base Likes this wine: 90 points

  October 14, 2019 - I probably waited a tad too long with this one or did not store it at the proper temperature because it had a some "over-the-hill" tastes to it upon opening. However, fortunately we decanted it and let it breathe for a good three hours and it came around nicely. Some delicious aged fruit flavors and strong, leathery tannins crowded out the off flavors. So, in the end it was a delicious Brunello. I kind of wish I'd opened it a couple of years ago though.
  
  It did not have a ton of length, but the texture and taste were still grand. I would look for this wine again in a more recent vintage, for sure.

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• viking92067 wrote: 94 points

  August 4, 2019 - This bottle was acquired new and stored in my cellar since. I said to wait 5 years in my last note in 1997. I lied. Opened it tonight. Beautiful wine. Stunning richness of fruit.

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• gzim Likes this wine: 91 points

  October 24, 2018 - Decanted 3 hours, served blind. Very round ripe (but not overly) fruit. No Roasted 97 notes at all. A bit hard to tell it was a Brunello blind as it is more sweet fruit, and less Leather or Orange zest...
  Soooo easy to drink, Very nice finish with some oak

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• retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

  April 25, 2018 - Tasted side by side with the 1999 vintage - the group consensus seemed to give the nod to the '99. That being said I still think this wine was drinking very nicely, but the fruit was not quite as vibrant in a direct comparison. Dark red and black fruit, bing cherries, a touch of tar, a bit of that Italian earthiness. Very nice! Don't think these will get much better - so time to think about popping in the next 3-5 years if these are in your cellar. Resampled on Day 3 - and a bit of heat was showing through on the finish - with the fruit having quite a bit since day 1.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Castelgiocondo (Marchesi de' Frescobaldi)
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Ripe al Convento
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Codes 8002366009279, 839183000046

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• Pending Delivery 13 (1%)
• In Cellars 603 (49%)
• Consumed 622 (50%)

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