Wine was corked. Cork was intact but had a distinct musty smell. Seemed like it could have been nice. Fruit still evident. Binny's guy hesitated selling it to me like he suspected this was corked. Probably just an issue with their batch.
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PnP into a decanter. Consumed with homemade pesto over the next 3.5 hours. Cherry, truffles, leather, a hint of dark fruit. Lush, silky, fine tannins. Love the mouth feel on this. Perhaps a bit short but still a treat. Nice mix of old world (flavors) meets new (mouth feel).
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Deep red with a copper tinge. Nice aromatic nose of tobacco, leather and cherry. Nice acidity for a 99, with dark cherry and a hint of blackberry. A touch of earth or tea on the very end. Still has some sweet tannin left. Nice long finish. Delicious wine.
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For a '99, this has a deep, dense translucent red color. The nose is full of pure red cherry, with a hint of truffle and fresh mushrooms. It is lush and soft on the palate with barely any hint of tannins at the end. But the fruit! This is a pure, modern styled big fruit Brunello that's drinking very well now, but without any tannins to give it length I don't know how this will end up in a few years.
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9/14/2012 - ChicagoBas wrote:
Wine was corked. Cork was intact but had a distinct musty smell. Seemed like it could have been nice. Fruit still evident. Binny's guy hesitated selling it to me like he suspected this was corked. Probably just an issue with their batch.
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7/27/2012 - Bellissimo wrote:
PnP into a decanter. Consumed with homemade pesto over the next 3.5 hours. Cherry, truffles, leather, a hint of dark fruit. Lush, silky, fine tannins. Love the mouth feel on this. Perhaps a bit short but still a treat. Nice mix of old world (flavors) meets new (mouth feel).
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12/30/2011 - OmiyaDrinker Likes this wine: 90 Points
Didn't take notes at party but was impressed by this. Quite simple, fruit-forward brunello but drinking very well now.
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11/6/2011 - JohnBlueLabel wrote: 92 Points
Deep red with a copper tinge. Nice aromatic nose of tobacco, leather and cherry. Nice acidity for a 99, with dark cherry and a hint of blackberry. A touch of earth or tea on the very end. Still has some sweet tannin left. Nice long finish. Delicious wine.
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4/16/2011 - oakland.cory wrote: 91 Points
For a '99, this has a deep, dense translucent red color. The nose is full of pure red cherry, with a hint of truffle and fresh mushrooms. It is lush and soft on the palate with barely any hint of tannins at the end. But the fruit! This is a pure, modern styled big fruit Brunello that's drinking very well now, but without any tannins to give it length I don't know how this will end up in a few years.
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