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Saturday, April 20, 2019 - Winebar [4 Whites, 8 Reds, & 3 *shared* bottles] from 04/19/19 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): From 15-50 yr old vines from Monfalletto Estate vyds @ 250 and 300 m elev in the town of La Morra, all with S/E & S/W exposures & clayey/calcareous soils with magnesium oxide & manganese, typically yielding 44 Hl/Ha; Typically, "Ea vyd is vinified separately with 4-5 day maceration, & another 10-12 to complete fermentation in s/s tanks, then into different sizes & types of wood barrels for malolactic fermentation. All the various lots are aged in different types of FR & Slovenian wood for 18-24 mos. Final assemblage of the chosen lots, bottled and released on the market after 1 yr."

N: Vanilla with RIPE berries, poss flowers; Intensity lurking?

P: Med body; Rndish entry with NICE, almost swtish frt fairly quickly met by an astringent pucker which transitions into a LONG, puckerish, VERY slightly bitterish finish with a burgeoning swtness to the very, VERY fine tannins. NEEDS through '22, poss longer, then a candidate for its 15th. My EXC-/EXC, the higher (or more?)... eventually. 94 pts Suckling & 92 Vinous (Galloni). [This vendor's $38.95 is $1 < the least of wine-searcher's currently limited entries.]

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