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• diffwine Likes this wine: 89 points

  October 29, 2023 - Revisiting this with some homemade pasta. More brunello like than CC. Fruit is more black and blue vs red. I'm not really sure it'll get much better from here, the oak is now integrated, tannins have mellowed and the fruit is more in balance. It felt sort of one-dimensional tonight.

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• tominasia wrote: 89 points

  October 9, 2023 - Another year in the cellar has been good for this wine. It’s opened up and smoothed out the rough edges. Softer, better integrated, earthy and pleasantly dry. Very enjoyable.

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• sfwinelover1 Likes this wine:

  August 20, 2023 - Better bottle, more in keeping with the 8/21 TN than that from 5/23. Again, brought to a friend’s house for dinner. PnP’d, then consumed over 90 minutes or so. Ready to go off the pour, with a better performance by the fruit. A glass on its own was good, but even better paired with Tim’s filet. I don’t know this producer other than this vintage of this bottling, but I’ve had more unevenness from this particular online seller than most if not all other places I buy from. At what I paid for this, not a big deal, but at higher prices, something I’ll keep in mind. 91-92 if scoring.

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• Wild Boar Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 24, 2023 - Still expressive and full spectrum. No bricking, deep violet/ruby. Nose of dark fruit, mushrooms, allspice, and cedar. Mouth is rich and balanced between dark fruit and wood with nice acidity. Drank with a pasta Bolognaise, didn’t miss a stroke

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• sfwinelover1 wrote: 87 points

  May 20, 2023 - Second of 4 from LB about 2 years ago brought to dinner at Barry & Beth’s to accompany striped bass tacos. No advanced aeration, but dumped into a decanter and consumed over the better part of 2 hours. This was a bit all over the place when I had it in 8/21, but still a worthwhile experience (91), but the fruit was never there tonight, and while it’s possible it could have come out with more time—and I’ll give the next bottle that next time, since I still have 2 left—it didn’t give any indications it was getting to that point. The structure is intact and there are some interesting secondary notes, so, like the first time, this was better with food than without, but it still disappointed, which I hate when I bring a wine, even if the recipients aren’t serious wine lovers (B&B aren’t, and Barry in particular liked the wine). I had 2 disappointing bottles of the ‘13 Fonterutoli GS, then the third, which I likewise brought over to Barry’s, shone, so my hopes were up for this, particularly since the Tuscan ‘13s seem to be generally performing so well. This didn’t, keeping my batting average with chiantis at a disappointing level, especially when compared to their BdM and non-classified sangio peers. The TNs for this are all over the place, so I’m hoping for better luck with the last 2 bottles.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Il Molino di Grace
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation Gran Selezione
• Vineyard Il Margone
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Chianti
• Appellation Chianti Classico DOCG
• UPC Codes 8032542242091, 8032542242305

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• Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
• In Cellars 439 (41%)
• Consumed 622 (59%)

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