Good fill level. Cork in good condition. Excellent hue with minimal browning. After 30 years this wine is austere with sharp tannins, marked acidity, poor texture and a short finish mostly showing astringency. Drinkable but provides zero pleasure. Not exactly what you expect from Tuscany in a warm vintage... Disappointing
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Still deep purple with little sign of aging after 16 years. Nice boquet of crushed red fruit. Still fairly primary. The palate is a little disappointing. Fleshy but lacking of fruit. Can it still be closed. More austere than I had expected especially for the warm 1990 vintage. Tight and a bit tannic. No fault such as brett, TCA or VA. Nor does it seem under ripe, green or weedy. Opened up a little with time but I doubt this will gain further with time. Strange.
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11/27/2021 - vagrantone wrote: 86 Points
Good fill level.
Cork in good condition.
Excellent hue with minimal browning.
After 30 years this wine is austere with sharp tannins, marked acidity, poor texture and a short finish mostly showing astringency.
Drinkable but provides zero pleasure.
Not exactly what you expect from Tuscany in a warm vintage...
Disappointing
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2/25/2006 - weinbär wrote: 90 Points
Phantastischer Wein!
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2/1/2006 - Chateaunewf wrote: 87 Points
Still deep purple with little sign of aging after 16 years. Nice boquet of crushed red fruit. Still fairly primary. The palate is a little disappointing. Fleshy but lacking of fruit. Can it still be closed. More austere than I had expected especially for the warm 1990 vintage. Tight and a bit tannic. No fault such as brett, TCA or VA. Nor does it seem under ripe, green or weedy. Opened up a little with time but I doubt this will gain further with time. Strange.
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