Deep garnet color. Aromas of plums, prunes, raspberries, tobacco, leather. Wine is dry, intense with medium acidity. Softened tannins. Full bodied, big, very good and very long.
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90 minute decant. Garnet color, with a touch of bricking at the edges. Earthy nose with notes of mint and anise. A delicious melange of savory flavors undergirded by dark fruit. Firm tannins are still present. This one still has several years of life ahead, although I suspect it has already peaked.
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1 hour decant. Brick red color; Lovely earthy flavors: mushroom; loam and leather. All set off by deeply flavored black cherry fruit. Softened tannins. Quite delicious. Deep, dark and integrated. Impressive effort for what was an extremely hot summer. I spent two weeks in Tuscany that summer. It’s fun to taste this bottle From that lovely summer.
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Pergole Torte lunch (Chicago, IL): My favourite of the PTs today; this has got to be one of the best European 2003s I've tasted. Black fruited, sweet, and leathery, with plenty of structure and a good number of years left in the tank, I love catching this wine as it seems like its potential is just starting to crest. No signs of overripeness or roastedness; just full-blooded, damn good sangiovese.
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5/4/2023 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted for one hour prior to tasting.
Medium garnet color; raspberry nose.
Lots of red fruit, and lovely savory notes of leather, roast meat and a touch of mint. Remarkably lithe for a 20 year-old Sangiovese.
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3/25/2023 - Livonietisr Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep garnet color. Aromas of plums, prunes, raspberries, tobacco, leather. Wine is dry, intense with medium acidity. Softened tannins. Full bodied, big, very good and very long.
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12/18/2022 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 93 Points
90 minute decant.
Garnet color, with a touch of bricking at the edges. Earthy nose with notes of mint and anise.
A delicious melange of savory flavors undergirded by dark fruit. Firm tannins are still present. This one still has several years of life ahead, although I suspect it has already peaked.
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9/16/2022 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 94 Points
1 hour decant.
Brick red color;
Lovely earthy flavors: mushroom; loam and leather. All set off by deeply flavored black cherry fruit. Softened tannins. Quite delicious. Deep, dark and integrated. Impressive effort for what was an extremely hot summer. I spent two weeks in Tuscany that summer. It’s fun to taste this bottle From that lovely summer.
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11/8/2021 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Pergole Torte lunch (Chicago, IL): My favourite of the PTs today; this has got to be one of the best European 2003s I've tasted. Black fruited, sweet, and leathery, with plenty of structure and a good number of years left in the tank, I love catching this wine as it seems like its potential is just starting to crest. No signs of overripeness or roastedness; just full-blooded, damn good sangiovese.
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