SangioFest, Volume III "It's my favourite spot" (Chicago, IL): Yet another generous soul allowed me to check in on this without opening a bottle of my own (I write this every time I get to try this wine -- ha!). It's a wine of pure potential right now. Meaty and dense, with a Bordeaux-like stern structure that is quite unyielding at the moment. Leathery tannins, but firm enough that even a few hours couldn't soften the structure here. This will be much more interesting with at least a further decade.
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Really nice, but early. Feels like it needs more time to develop – sort of in between phases right now, so a bit confounding, but so so promising. Totally enjoyable at the moment...
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5/4/2024 - seea wrote: flawed
corked
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4/27/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
SangioFest, Volume III "It's my favourite spot" (Chicago, IL): Yet another generous soul allowed me to check in on this without opening a bottle of my own (I write this every time I get to try this wine -- ha!). It's a wine of pure potential right now. Meaty and dense, with a Bordeaux-like stern structure that is quite unyielding at the moment. Leathery tannins, but firm enough that even a few hours couldn't soften the structure here. This will be much more interesting with at least a further decade.
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4/14/2024 - 831900_ wrote: 93 Points
Couple hours after decanting. Still seems austere, wound up. Very pleasurable but not terribly giving.
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4/10/2024 - Simba-wine Likes this wine: 97 Points
This had the usual reserved start for Biondi, where I was at maximum 95p (I know complaining on very high levels🤣)
With 4-5h of air in the bottle got more and more gentle on the tannins.
Ripe forest strawberry, cherry, underbrush, plenty of quality tannins, long finish.
I would leave this alone for at least 5 more years, maybe 10. I expect it to shine then!
2029 - 2045
97p++
Thanks so much @Riaan for this great contribution!
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2/12/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine: 93 Points
Really nice, but early. Feels like it needs more time to develop – sort of in between phases right now, so a bit confounding, but so so promising. Totally enjoyable at the moment...
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