December 14, 2021 - Amazing after 3 hours. Decant carefully and drink immediately.
November 5, 2021 - At first sip I thought the wine was too old, almost undrinkable. Over 30-45 minutes it started to lose the "old wine" taste. ended up fabulous.
August 3, 2021 - surprising. Hoping for bottle variation, have 3 more. Light orange and oxidized.
April 16, 2021 - Auction purchase. 50% bleed on a long cork. Nicely aged with good balance of tertiary flavors and dark fruit. Coffee, black tea, blackberry. Medium plus length. In a good place and may hold, but I see no upside.
August 23, 2019 - Purchased upon release and cellared in pristine fashion, this deep garnet/amber wine, now 22 years of age, is absolutely delicious. Double-decanted off of its substantial coarse sediment, it was allowed approximately one hour in decanter before funneling back into the cleaned bottle. The wine was then presented in double-blind fashion to our tasting group, with my taste being unblinded. Fully mature yet retaining a core of gorgeous red fruit, it adds complex notes of cinnamon, leather, gingerbread, iron, anise and bramble leaf. Medium-bodied, freshly acidic, softly oaked and with melted tannins, it has impressive mid-palate density and finishes very long. This is everything that a mature Brunello should be! Well-cellared bottles will provide pleasure for another four years or more. Drink now-2023.
April 19, 2019 - At its peak and really has depth of Sangiovese flavor with tremendous length. I really like this wine and may drink another bottle tomorrow.
March 20, 2019 - My last bottle. Rich, delicious and mature. So much nicer than previously corked bottle ;).
August 19, 2017 - This wine is simply stunning especially given how affordable this is. Nose has spice, black fruit, iron, charcoal, tobacco and blood. Palate is very expressive with layers. Its not the most complex wine yet it is so vibrant and interesting throughout the night. Drinking really well now. 92-93
December 22, 2016 - Brought to dinner along with a 2005 Chimney Rock cab franc. Dinner with friends at a local Italian place. The Spuntali is still in great form; nice notes of cherry; extremely smooth and round- excellent depth and length to the finish- great interplay between the two wines at dinner. Both were excellent with dinner- the Spuntali blended into the dinner flavors; the Chimney Rock stood up in contrast to the tomato sauces in the dinner. The Spuntali seems to still have a few years left.
November 26, 2016 - The wine has medium acidity. The body is full. The wine finishes long. It tastes like black currant (cassis), tobacco, black pepper, chocolate, violet, red currant and alcohol/hot. The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. The wine has round texture.