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2019 Castello di Bossi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
3/19/2024 - jon.siracusa Likes this wine: 93 Points
2 hour decant. Any earlier and you’ll be premature- I tasted every 30 minutes.
This is a really beautiful Chianti.
Has that mild, balsamic-mint nose that quality Sangiovese acquires. Earthy, not floral.
Medium bodied with moderate tannins offset by some syrupy balsamic glazey flavor.
Wish I bought more than 2 bottles. Will drink my final bottle on a special occasion.
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2016 Château Léoville Barton
3/1/2024 - jon.siracusa Likes this wine: 95 Points
3 hour decant.
Nose is slate and mineral and pencil shavings with the ether of the alcohol making itself known as well.
This is phenomenal wine. Reminds me of the 2005 Clos du Marquis Saint Julien that we had in Paris in 2014 in our friends’ apartment on Ile Saint Louis. At 9 years old that wine was so delicious, it imprinted on me.
This one is now only ~7.5 years old, and it is definitely in the beginnings of its drinking window.
Plum jam… if I had to name one dominant flavor. But it is essentially a very sexy cabernet that is drawing me in every sip, testing my mediocre ability to describe in detail that which I simply want to declare as “delicious.”
Worthy of a special occasion, if you patiently decant.
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2016 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio All'Oro
2/10/2024 - jon.siracusa Likes this wine: 94 Points
4 hour decant
This is delicious right now. After a fairly patient decant, this wine is starting to open and show itself. I would go 6 hours on the next bottle if trying in the next 12 months.
Nose is balsamic and herbaceous, not floral.
Texture is very silky. Feels lighter in body than most other Brunellos of this exceptional vintage. This has more translucence around the edges than other ‘16 Brunellos and even as you look to the center of the glass there is less dark brooding red than I expected.
Fruit is super premium, you can tell. The tannins are chewy at this stage, but they make for a delightful sip.
Making homemade pasta with the Torchio extruder this evening and looking forward to sipping this wine as the night unfolds.
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