Community Tasting Notes 49

• portman63 Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 14, 2023 - Gave this a couple of hours to open up. No decant. Really came around as we started the meal focused around a Porterhouse steak and getting as close to Steak Fiorentina as possible here. Had tobacco, red and black berries, with some dustiness on the finish. Great body and a clean finish. Excellent wine and in it's moment now.

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• schway wrote: 95 points

  August 14, 2022 - Wonderful

• JDubyaMtl wrote: 94 points

  November 12, 2021 - (tasted blind) Gorgeous nose, classic tobacco, leather and cherries, hints of vanilla. Full bodies with perfect balance, lengthy tannins. I was worried based on other notes here that it was past its prime, but this bottle was not. May not got better, but wonderful tonight and for the near term

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• joshabramson Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 5, 2021 - Big, dark and chewy. Not a subtle wine, but tasty.

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• pavel_p Likes this wine:

  May 19, 2021 - 9th bottle over the last seven years, and this wine is continuing on its gradual downward slope. The first few bottles in 2014/2015 were simply superb, after that half of the bottles oxidative, and the rest moving from the outstanding 95 point range towards 90 as the beautifully deep fruit is shed while a fairly robust and drying tannin structure remains. While the wine gains weight with more air, and reaches eventually nice balance, its overall just a litte too lean now.
  If there was not this oxidative note lurking around the corner as is so often the case for Brunello beyond the 20 year mark, I would say hold for a few more years for the tannins to soften, but given Sangiovese's inclination to oxidize, can only recommend to drink up with a little bit of time in the decanter. Still an excellent Brunello and around 92-93 today.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation Riserva Santa Caterina D'Oro
• Vineyard Vigna di Pianrosso
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Codes 8032605841216, 8032605845047

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• Pending Delivery 17 (2%)
• In Cellars 457 (51%)
• Consumed 415 (47%)

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