24012023 - Chor Sam drink over a rainy & cooling CNY. Definitely not ready on the palate. Pour: dirty deep ruby core with moderate legs. Nose: deeply seductive - dark fruit, ripe sweet cherry, layered with sundried tomatoes, rolled tobacco and ragged leather. >1hr: vanilla, sweet clove & fig. Palate: honestly rather disjointed. Grippy and rather linear throughout. Gonna revisit tomorrow
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Some short notes, didn't have time to score it. First sour cherry and grippy tannins but then it opened up with 3-4h of decant. Red cherry, blueberry, little earthiness with a great acidity making this wine very balanced. Tannins softened, it became very elegant and fine. Great wine for a reasonable price, needs 3 to 5 more years in my opinion. Looking forward to trying the 2015 as well.
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Very fresh, bright, and full of juice. Cherry tabacco, fine grained tannin, long sweet finish. The wine lacks intensity but makes up for it with elegance and a feminine beauty. Overpowered by our tomato sauce, but oh so good on its own.
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Solid but that is about it. Didnt really have that Brunello typicity. The wine wasn't flabby by any means but it lacked that sangiovese acidic tang that I often enjoy in Brunello.
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young. uncomplicated yet. really needs several more years right now. Just back from trip to Italy, and the nose really made me remember my trip. deep red, decanted for 2 hours prior, but started really liking it more about an hour later. Classic sangio, but not quite enough layers which taste of promise. Keeping the other bottles for at least another 3 years before I open
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Pretty young and acidic with light red fruit notes. Not very complex at the moment and hopefully will get much better with age. Easy drinking "sipper" at this moment.
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Benvenuto Brunello 2018, Montalcino centro; 2/16/2018-2/19/2018 (Montalcino): (Benvenuto Brunello, 2018, Montalcino) Quite good, though it really needs time in my opinion. Medium-bodied, red-fruited, with an excellent sense of place and grape. Traditionally styled, with high acids/tannins just now. Give this 2, 4, 10 or 20 years, you'll be paid handsomely (and proportionately) for your patience. 14,0% abv. Great value. recommended+
A Season of Change: 2013 Brunello di Montalcino: The nose was remarkably pretty and understated, showing cranberry, perfumed floral tones and a sweet dusting of spice. It was wonderfully textural and dense on the palate, yet balanced through brisk acidity with a mix of rosy cherry, inner florals, dusty spices and hints of cedar. The finish was long with sour cherry and cheek-puckering dry tannin.
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1/24/2023 - Romz wrote: 89 Points
24012023 - Chor Sam drink over a rainy & cooling CNY. Definitely not ready on the palate. Pour: dirty deep ruby core with moderate legs. Nose: deeply seductive - dark fruit, ripe sweet cherry, layered with sundried tomatoes, rolled tobacco and ragged leather. >1hr: vanilla, sweet clove & fig. Palate: honestly rather disjointed. Grippy and rather linear throughout. Gonna revisit tomorrow
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1/25/2022 - LeVin66 wrote: 91 Points
A pleasure to drink. A bit this but with nice acidity and a very refreshing quality.
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2/26/2021 - Château de Farmer wrote: flawed
Huge disappointment, totally stewed. Think there was heat damage. Leaving it open (half drunk) for 2-3 days to see if it levels out.
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12/12/2020 - VinceRime Likes this wine:
Some short notes, didn't have time to score it. First sour cherry and grippy tannins but then it opened up with 3-4h of decant. Red cherry, blueberry, little earthiness with a great acidity making this wine very balanced. Tannins softened, it became very elegant and fine. Great wine for a reasonable price, needs 3 to 5 more years in my opinion. Looking forward to trying the 2015 as well.
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10/28/2019 - brinko99 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very fresh, bright, and full of juice. Cherry tabacco, fine grained tannin, long sweet finish. The wine lacks intensity but makes up for it with elegance and a feminine beauty. Overpowered by our tomato sauce, but oh so good on its own.
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4/6/2019 - jonanator wrote: 90 Points
Solid but that is about it. Didnt really have that Brunello typicity. The wine wasn't flabby by any means but it lacked that sangiovese acidic tang that I often enjoy in Brunello.
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11/18/2018 - cynicaloptimist Likes this wine: 88 Points
young. uncomplicated yet. really needs several more years right now. Just back from trip to Italy, and the nose really made me remember my trip. deep red, decanted for 2 hours prior, but started really liking it more about an hour later. Classic sangio, but not quite enough layers which taste of promise. Keeping the other bottles for at least another 3 years before I open
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11/10/2018 - Markus IWC wrote: 90 Points
Brunello 13 lunch tasting #2:
Modern style but not excessive on the oak. Ecologic farming, fermented mostly in steel tanks but parts in wood, aged 36 months in 500l Tonneau.
Seductive creamy nose with black currant, blueberry, chocolate, creme caramel, licorice, nougat, hints of vanilla and a roasted touch.
Cherries and earthy notes on the palate, some bitterness, tough tannins, needs another year or two in bottle. Drink in 2-5 years. 90p.
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10/26/2018 - downpantera wrote: 88 Points
Pretty young and acidic with light red fruit notes. Not very complex at the moment and hopefully will get much better with age. Easy drinking "sipper" at this moment.
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9/9/2018 - DDS wine lover wrote: 89 Points
This wine needs to age more for its full potential. Flavors are tightly bound.
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6/9/2018 - clubs Likes this wine: 90 Points
Flavors best 2nd night.
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2/19/2018 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Benvenuto Brunello 2018, Montalcino centro; 2/16/2018-2/19/2018 (Montalcino): (Benvenuto Brunello, 2018, Montalcino) Quite good, though it really needs time in my opinion. Medium-bodied, red-fruited, with an excellent sense of place and grape. Traditionally styled, with high acids/tannins just now. Give this 2, 4, 10 or 20 years, you'll be paid handsomely (and proportionately) for your patience. 14,0% abv. Great value. recommended+
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1/29/2018 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 92 Points
A Season of Change: 2013 Brunello di Montalcino: The nose was remarkably pretty and understated, showing cranberry, perfumed floral tones and a sweet dusting of spice. It was wonderfully textural and dense on the palate, yet balanced through brisk acidity with a mix of rosy cherry, inner florals, dusty spices and hints of cedar. The finish was long with sour cherry and cheek-puckering dry tannin.
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