Community Tasting Note

Tim Heaton wrote:

Saturday, April 8, 2017 - Opera Wine 2017 - 100 Great Producers (Verona, Italy): { OperaWine2017, Verona } Reminds me in some ways of the 1997 and the 1999 (when they were first released, wines I bought based on 'points'/'reviews') in regards to its being a wine that's easily hyped, easily understood. For me, there's little interest here anymore, which is a way of saying this is a wine that relies more on textural appeal than anything intellectual. This comes across as made more than grown. And sometimes that can be just fine, but having spent a month this past May living in Tuscany/Montalcino, tasting every day, I can think of a dozen+ other wines that offer exciting freshness and deep purity that I want to define the wine as opposed to dark fruits, chocolate and too frequent moments of uncomfortable silence. Not a bad introduction to the region for those that have not experienced it before, though I'm not sure about the value proposition; you'll need to decide, and I recommend tasting this one before buying it. HOLD.

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