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Friday, April 5, 2024 - Seems to be in prime drinking window. I find Casanova Di Neri to drink well when young (10 or so years) and overall it’s probably my favorite Brunello producer for this very reason. So I was intrigued to see how 2006 was at 18 years (the 2004 vintage seems over-the-hill to me).

There is a kind of line-straddling I like between traditional and “new” and I find this wine passes that test with flying colors; the fruit is still there but moderated, really nice saline nose with cherry, mild sandalwood and black licorice, refined mid palate, elegant in the way that only Brunello can be. Minimal bricking with not a lot of tannins. Perfumed but understated. Wish I had a few more bottles as it was worth the price of admission. Hard to imagine this getting better after following it’s trajectory since release. This vintage of this wine never disappointed and I’m impressed with the sustained quality - last time I tasted was probably 8 years ago. Advice: decant through Vinturi, wait an hour and then drink up. It did not evolve much after 2 hours.

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