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Saturday, September 30, 2017 - Two 2013 Francesco Rinaldis: From a 2 ha vineyard with a south-east exposure. Vines planted on the largely clay soil between 1979 and 1981. A noticeably darker, black-red colour. On the bouquet, more dark fruit, earth and a little menthol. Also, dark berries on entry. More serious, firm and brooding. As well as the dark fruit there's Brunate dark soil tones and an austerity and iron minerality at its core. Seeming the more backward expression of the two wines, with more structure, concentration and tight grip on the longer finish. Both the tannic and acid structure contributed to the Brunate being more closed here. This wine demands 5-7 and ideally 10+ years in the cellar to begin to blossom.

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