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2007 Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
3/3/2018 - pipetree wrote: 88 Points
Quintarelli: juniper and cooked honey, pronounced plum and dried honey and grape seed. Full body, high acidity, dry, medium+ ripe tannin. Violet. Candied violet. Good balance, almost good length, good intensity, almost good complexity. A very good wine, but Still young, comparing to what it can be with aging. need more time to smooth out and to flourish. 88 for now. A bottle to keep, Would like to revisit it 3years later.
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2012 Montenidoli Vernaccia di San Gimignano Carato
3/3/2018 - pipetree Likes this wine: 89 Points
Vernacia: medium spicy, green apple. Medium Olive oil, nutty. Medium+ acidity, dry, full body. A nutty finish. Very Good balance for the solid body, super length, good intensity, almost good complexity. A very good wine. The body has an persuasive weight, heavier than most reds, giving a full bodied satisfaction without over-Oakes headaches. Spicy, olive oil and nutty, very typical Italian. The oily nutty finish lasts to next morning at wake-up. 89+.
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2007 Dante Rivetti Barbaresco Bricco Di Neive Riserva
3/3/2018 - pipetree Likes this wine: 90 Points
Rivetti Riserva: medium candied violet, a hint of toffee. Good balance, good length, good intensity, almost good complexity. A very good wine. This 2007 riserva is a typical Barbaresco with intense flora notes like lavender but with a more ripe character from the hotter vintage. The oak flavor is little new world, but with years, well integrated with the flavor of the grapes. A Well kept bottle and a surprise of the night. For the dired flora, integrated toffee, good intensity and well kept status/potential to age and typicity, goes to 90.
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