In perfect shape this opened with a deep yet clear dark cherry colour and a nose of mulberry, dark cherries, blueberry, thyme and touches of tar and roses. The palate is deeply flavoured with plenty of dark cherry and mulberry balanced by autumn herbs and a firm line of fine tannins that persist nicely in the mouth. Excellent.
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Thought this might have been flawed upon opening, even after 90 minute decant, so took to my local wineshop where awesome palates prevail. They said, perhaps imbalanced but nothing really wrong, so took home and double, triple, quadruple decanted for 3 more hours. Took to my blind tasting wine club, where it finished in the top 3 out of 12 super Tuscans!! Folks these have to be heavily decanted.......even at 11 year old, and will obviously prevail years from now! Enjoy!!
Jakob Westphal de Fries: spot on. But, after a tasting of good, but not top, St. Emilion (yes, I know the differences) , the inevitable question pops up: is it worth it? Say, 5 times the price of decent Bordeaux? I do not know.
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Wauw. I really enjoyed this Tignanello, 2013. After some hours of breathing, I smelled dark cherries, leather, butter, chocolate and a bit of plum. These notes showed themselves in a rich and bold way when I drank the wine. Great length, and also very intense, but in balance and in a way that was pure pleasure. I want more!
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3/22/2024 - drjb Likes this wine: 94 Points
In perfect shape this opened with a deep yet clear dark cherry colour and a nose of mulberry, dark cherries, blueberry, thyme and touches of tar and roses. The palate is deeply flavoured with plenty of dark cherry and mulberry balanced by autumn herbs and a firm line of fine tannins that persist nicely in the mouth. Excellent.
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3/18/2024 - Plabella Likes this wine: 95 Points
I always enjoy Tignanello.
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3/12/2024 - papabluez wrote: 94 Points
Thought this might have been flawed upon opening, even after 90 minute decant, so took to my local wineshop where awesome palates prevail. They said, perhaps imbalanced but nothing really wrong, so took home and double, triple, quadruple decanted for 3 more hours. Took to my blind tasting wine club, where it finished in the top 3 out of 12 super Tuscans!!
Folks these have to be heavily decanted.......even at 11 year old, and will obviously prevail years from now! Enjoy!!
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3/3/2024 - pemazel Likes this wine:
Jakob Westphal de Fries: spot on. But, after a tasting of good, but not top, St. Emilion (yes, I know the differences) , the inevitable question pops up: is it worth it? Say, 5 times the price of decent Bordeaux? I do not know.
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2/24/2024 - Jakob Westphal de Fries Likes this wine: 97 Points
Wauw. I really enjoyed this Tignanello, 2013. After some hours of breathing, I smelled dark cherries, leather, butter, chocolate and a bit of plum. These notes showed themselves in a rich and bold way when I drank the wine. Great length, and also very intense, but in balance and in a way that was pure pleasure. I want more!
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