1998 Barone Ricasoli Chianti Classico Castello di Brolio

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  7/19/2023 - wicozani wrote: 86 Points

  An odd bottle from a mixed auction lot. Is this still alive at 25 years? Decanted 45 minutes prior to pairing with spicy rigatoni marinara with marcenasco tomatoes. A muddled purple with brown highlights with bricked edges, the nose features plum, leather, tar, and mahogany. On the palate, unripe tart plum, along with aforementioned leather, tar, and mahogany. Very dry. Not nearly as good as the 3 20-year old CCRs we had two years ago (which were each scored in the mid-90s). A nice lesson in a Chianti Classico with multiple tertiary notes.

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  11/7/2019 - Lyubomir Lefterov Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Bought a year ago from Italy, it was a late release from Brolio, hence provenance was impeccable.
  This was the star from the moment I opened the bottle, decanted and enjoyed straight away. Full throttle matured sangiovese with all the benchmarks - earthy tones, tobacco, leather, vibrant while fully matured. Clearly WOTN. I was really surprised how good it is.

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  2/28/2015 - Paui wrote: 84 Points

  level at almost into neck. still had hoped for buying a well stored bottle but smell and taste of overriped fruit.

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  2/14/2013 - Jardin.Gorbeau.Etretat.France Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The last of my bottles of this wonderful, full, brown, plum coloured, creamy classic Chianti. Accompanied escargots bourguinons, rognon au Banyuls (me) and filet de boeuf aux morilles (Rik), at Le Galion, Etretat, for St Valentine's. What a nice meal, what a wonderful Italian wine to bring us some warmth in the long Normandy winter.
  
  Jon Cooper
  Jardin Gorbeau Etretat Guesthouse & Spa
  Etretat, Normandy, France
  www.gorbeau.com

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  11/15/2012 - PhDP wrote:

  Italie, entre curiosités et bouteilles anciennes (groupe du mercredi, Bruxelles, Belgium, chez ThCh): note moyenne du groupe: 15,6

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