Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 12,5% alcohol.

Very developed and moderately translucent cherry red with very tertiary mahogany hue and a thin, colorless rim. The nose feels very old and tertiary with quite powerful, savory aromas of coffee chocolate, some roasted spices, a little bit of beef jerky, light wizened cherry tones, a little bit of smoke, a hint of savory oak spice and a touch of minty herbal character. The wine feels very evolved, but not still dead or oxidized. The wine is moderately full-bodied and obviously very ripe on the palate with quite bold flavors of sour cherries, some earthy spices, a little bit of pruney sweetness and raisiny tones, light minty herbal character, a hint of coffee chocolate and a touch of beef jerky. The wine still retains rather impressive structure with its quite high acidity and still pretty ample and grippy tannins. The overall feel is somewhat tough, but still pretty resolved and silky. The finish is complex, somewhat sweet-toned and pretty tertiary with complex flavors of ripe dark-toned fruits, meaty umami, some pruney dried fruits, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, a hint of savory wood and a aged touch of salt-cured beef.

A very aged and tertiary but also pretty attractive and thoroughly enjoyable Tignanello that feels very developed but not yet old enough to be marked as defective or oxidized. The wine might be somewhat past its peak in the sense that it must've felt more complete and balanced some years ago, but the wine is still full of pleasure and offers a great example of Tignanello at the end of its life. Better to drink up since it won't take much longer before the wine ventures into that anonymous "old wine" territory. Although not the greatest vintage of Tig I've tasted, this is a fine wine all the same.

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