PnP with slight evolution over 3 nights. Rusty, garnet. Nose features cherry-like fruit with some dried herbs and hint of tar. Palate has medium-light fruit weight with rustic tannins and fairly bracing acidity. Old school for sure and made for the table; of place. On subsequent nights this was more expressive and began leaning towards rounder, but remained fairly austere.
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Quite deep colour, decent nose. Good fruit on the palate but plenty of tannin, still. Quite austere at first without food - the wine was made for, and needs, food. It opened gradually in the glass and showed good length. I think it will age for longer than the 2014-2016 ''drink between' suggestion. With food, later, this was a different wine and much more impressive. Greatly improved, softer, sweeter fruit and much more complex. I have not put a rating number because wines like this are impossible for me to assess fairly 'cold' without food. Tasted at Grand Union Wine Society with Ben Robson of Bat & Bottle.
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zu tanninig. Er duftet herrlich nach Sauerkirschen, mit Thymian und Rosmarin. Am Gaumen wirkt er elegant, verspielt und zu kraftvoll. In der Struktur hat er die durchtrainierte, straffe Struktur eines Rufina - Umschreibung fuer zuviel Tannin. Es ist wieder ein puristischer Sangiovese aus relativ hoch gelegenen Weinbergen im Rufina.
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12/23/2022 - p.schw. Likes this wine: 82 Points
Found this bottle in my cellar and it was still very drinkable.
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10/2/2016 - thomaskeil wrote: 90 Points
PnP with slight evolution over 3 nights. Rusty, garnet. Nose features cherry-like fruit with some dried herbs and hint of tar. Palate has medium-light fruit weight with rustic tannins and fairly bracing acidity. Old school for sure and made for the table; of place. On subsequent nights this was more expressive and began leaning towards rounder, but remained fairly austere.
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5/8/2015 - johnrm Likes this wine:
Quite deep colour, decent nose. Good fruit on the palate but plenty of tannin, still.
Quite austere at first without food - the wine was made for, and needs, food.
It opened gradually in the glass and showed good length. I think it will age for longer than the 2014-2016 ''drink between' suggestion.
With food, later, this was a different wine and much more impressive. Greatly improved, softer, sweeter fruit and much more complex. I have not put a rating number because wines like this are impossible for me to assess fairly 'cold' without food.
Tasted at Grand Union Wine Society with Ben Robson of Bat & Bottle.
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10/8/2014 - Smartrock wrote: 90 Points
zu tanninig. Er duftet herrlich nach Sauerkirschen, mit Thymian und Rosmarin. Am Gaumen wirkt er elegant, verspielt und zu kraftvoll. In der Struktur hat er die durchtrainierte, straffe Struktur eines Rufina - Umschreibung fuer zuviel Tannin. Es ist wieder ein puristischer Sangiovese aus relativ hoch gelegenen Weinbergen im Rufina.
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