Community Tasting Notes 23

• tedcholl wrote: 89 points

  April 28, 2024 - 3rd of 6 bottles purchased and this one drank very different than the first 2 which had lots of fresh, bright, juicy red cherry flavors while this one had a strong sour cherry palate. Hard to understand the reason when this happens, is it this particular bottle, is this wine going through an awkward phase, is it my palate, or some combination. Anyone else have this kind of experience?

  3 people found this helpful Comments (3)

• MikeDB Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 9, 2024 - Nice Brunello. Needed 2+ hours in the decanter in my opinion, and would benefit from more time in the cellar.
  
  On the elegant side. Nose is quite sweet. Red and purple fruit (cherry, plum). Some vanilla and cinnamon spice. Mocha spiced espresso. Bitter Tuscan herbs.
  
  Good length and acid, tannins are relatively smooth, but are still medium to medium plus.

  Comment

• TheSagePalate Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 4, 2023 - Garnet red. Bone dry, acid is medium high, tannins ripe, fine and integrated, alcohol medium, finish is long.
  
  Aromas, bright red cherries, raspberries, tobacco, leather.
  On the palate, leather, oak, vanilla, cherries, currants.
  
  Subjective notes, beautiful wine.

  1 person found this helpful Comment

• GuanYu Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 20, 2023 - Medium ruby red with pink rim and light orange tint. Sour cherry, raspberry, strawberry, honeycomb, thyme, sage, rose petals and toasted barrel. Medium-high acidity, medium-high tannin. Classic, austere Tuscany red wine. Precise and layered. Long white peppery finish.
  
  I let it breathe in bottle for an hour without decanting, and it was ready to drink. Tannin was still on the high side, but complemented well with food.
  
  Plenty of aging potential.

  3 people found this helpful Comment

• HalaniMD Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 5, 2023 - Drank this over two nights; the first glass was via Coravin and was incredibly underwhelming and tight—glass decant over an hour or so. The second night, however, opened the bottle and bottle decanted over 3 hours. This was beautiful—hint of an orange rim with red cherries, a balanced spice, and rose water on the palate. Needs much more time but a beautiful wine that shows its potential. 92 points.

  2 people found this helpful Comment

Pro Reviews 7

Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Fattoria dei Barbi
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Codes 068883939312, 3253939400008, 722358006595, 8008003939572

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 46 (2%)
• In Cellars 1,981 (81%)
• Consumed 410 (17%)

Food Pairing

Who Likes This Wine

More About This Wine