Bought this 11 years ago for $25. This was showing the most age of the 1996, 1997 and 1999 that I opened. Still drinking well but past it's peak. My least favorite of the 3 vintages. Creamy texture with earthy notes. Some vanilla on the finish. Lighter body than the other wines. 88 points.
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Wine-Pages.com Italian Wines Offline (Harts Restaurant, Nottingham): An attractive voluptuous nose with a bit of black fruit and a souky spice market feel. Attractive attack. There's forward fruit initially, but it falls away very quickly. A touch hot on the finish. But works rather nicely.
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This bottle was a bit of a leaker with a solid line of dried wine running up one edge of the cork where there was a thin, natural seam. There was a little bit of crusted wine pooled on top of the cork. Hmm, not much fruit on the palate, a hint of wet cardoard.. Not only was this sucker a leaker, but it was also corked!
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12/15/2011 - Vino Me wrote: 88 Points
Bought this 11 years ago for $25. This was showing the most age of the 1996, 1997 and 1999 that I opened. Still drinking well but past it's peak. My least favorite of the 3 vintages. Creamy texture with earthy notes. Some vanilla on the finish. Lighter body than the other wines. 88 points.
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6/13/2008 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 89 Points
Wine-Pages.com Italian Wines Offline (Harts Restaurant, Nottingham): An attractive voluptuous nose with a bit of black fruit and a souky spice market feel. Attractive attack. There's forward fruit initially, but it falls away very quickly. A touch hot on the finish. But works rather nicely.
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11/8/2006 - sol wrote: 87 Points
Nice nose, but a bit dry in the mouth, with a weak attack and mid-palate, decent finish. Pretty high acidity.
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8/30/2004 - Eric wrote: flawed
This bottle was a bit of a leaker with a solid line of dried wine running up one edge of the cork where there was a thin, natural seam. There was a little bit of crusted wine pooled on top of the cork. Hmm, not much fruit on the palate, a hint of wet cardoard.. Not only was this sucker a leaker, but it was also corked!
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