Intense nose with soy and raisins, quite portlike. Really powerful rich and big but tasty, very savoury but also sweet fruit. A pretty long finish with fine tannins. Modern and not much sangiovese here, so dont expect a lot of elegance, but anyway fun to taste again.
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So so good. Christmas Eve dinner just paired nicely with the entire meal. Really really different Bonello. Enjoyed it immensely tannins smoothed out but still there providing a bit of body to the wine fruit and terroir nicely blended. Just enjoyed it.
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Decanted for an hour then poured back into the bottle to serve.
This is just how you want a mature Brunello to be. Powerful, concentrated, but also silky smooth.
Deep garnet with some bricking at the edges. Mainly tertiary notes on the nose - smoke, tobacco, soy sauce, balsamic, a hint of manure. On the palate it’s meaty with dark cherry fruit as well as some saltiness. Finish lasted about a minute. Exceptional.
Based on some of the other reviews, it seems like I got a good bottle.
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@ Eulalie. Decanted a couple of hours before enjoying. Almost the entire group blinded this as Bordeaux. In retrospect, the weight should have been a give away. A really lovely and intriguing wine, especially with food.
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The nose on this wine deserves a perfect score, everything you could hope for in fine BdM perfume. Seriously impressive and for the current retail market ($200), worth every penny IMO.
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(Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova) Very dark red violet color; ripe berry, dried berry, berry liqueur, licorice nose; rich, dried berry, licorice palate; good now and will go 20+ years; long finish
(CASANOVA NERI BRUNELLO TENUTA NUOVA) #3; COLOR-tremendous, dark for a Brunello; NOSE-great, strawberries & huge Vanilla extract, hints of: strawberry, cranberry, cedar box, menthol; TASTE-if you're a big fan of Syrah and CA cult Cabs, you like this wine; very good, very structured, ton of fruit, very extracted, crushed blackberries & raspberries w/ hints of cinnamon & vanilla extract, very luscious & fruity, super silky finish, but not like a traditional Brunello, more like a New World fruit bomb, ; WS's 2006 Wine of the YEAR; WS-97; GV-93
(CASANOVA NERI BRUNELLO TENUTA NUOVA) #2; COLOR-dark; NOSE-dark chocolate, classic Brunello, little cherry, hint of cedar box, sour raspberry; TASTE-great complexity, cherry flavors are really profound, very well made Brunello, a little hollow on the mid-palate, a lot of potential; WS's 2006 Wine of the YEAR; WS-97; GV-93+
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1/27/2024 - Whitman wrote: 93 Points
Intense nose with soy and raisins, quite portlike. Really powerful rich and big but tasty, very savoury but also sweet fruit. A pretty long finish with fine tannins. Modern and not much sangiovese here, so dont expect a lot of elegance, but anyway fun to taste again.
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12/24/2023 - jsander Likes this wine: 95 Points
So so good. Christmas Eve dinner just paired nicely with the entire meal. Really really different Bonello. Enjoyed it immensely tannins smoothed out but still there providing a bit of body to the wine fruit and terroir nicely blended. Just enjoyed it.
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12/1/2023 - mikelikewine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted for an hour then poured back into the bottle to serve.
This is just how you want a mature Brunello to be. Powerful, concentrated, but also silky smooth.
Deep garnet with some bricking at the edges. Mainly tertiary notes on the nose - smoke, tobacco, soy sauce, balsamic, a hint of manure. On the palate it’s meaty with dark cherry fruit as well as some saltiness. Finish lasted about a minute. Exceptional.
Based on some of the other reviews, it seems like I got a good bottle.
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10/28/2023 - Eric Wright Likes this wine: 93 Points
@ Eulalie. Decanted a couple of hours before enjoying. Almost the entire group blinded this as Bordeaux. In retrospect, the weight should have been a give away. A really lovely and intriguing wine, especially with food.
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9/24/2023 - JEP007 Likes this wine: 97 Points
The nose on this wine deserves a perfect score, everything you could hope for in fine BdM perfume. Seriously impressive and for the current retail market ($200), worth every penny IMO.
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