1980 Antinori Tignanello
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Eric Becker Likes this wine:
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 1980 is my year of birth and this Tignanello, which was a gift from my friends, my first wine ever from this vintage. Why did it take me so long? Well, 1980 has a rather paltry reputation for most european wine-regions.
However, even without rose-coloured glasses this old nobleman from Tuscany was still lovely. Almost a black hue with only a tiny brown rim. On the nose this was completely tertiary with no fruit but a very distinctive smell of coffee and sweet caramel. In the mouth the wine started a bit flat but within short time clinged back to life, gaining in substance, lift and sweetness. Light- to medium-bodied and with a very soft texture, it was drinking highly elegant and did not deteriorate while we finished the bottle.
Subjectively this was a perfect wine-experience, objectively it could not be, hence no rating this time.
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