2015 Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 92.0 points

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  4/2/2024 - brasstab Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Even better than last time. Similar notes, but I think the pairing is what made it work. It was a pork done Parmesan style — off the chain!

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  10/8/2023 - WEB,III Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted a few hours. This is a big wine. Extremely concentrated. Shows more elegance at 4 hours in decanter. Drinkable now with decanting, but hold until end of decade for optimal expression. I tasted the wine in barrel during May ‘18. Having tasted wines back to the mid ‘90s(Lorenzo Magnelli’s first vintage was 2006…his Father made wines prior), this is certainly the most decadent vintage I have tasted chez Lorenzo(not having tasted ‘10 & ‘13 recently…I will in the future). I will wait until ‘30 to open again. Ultimately, and from memory from same barrel tasting, the ‘16 should prove to be the more dynamic vintage with more acidity and cut. At the time, May ‘18, Lorenzo cited ‘13 and ‘16 as favorite vintages.

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  9/17/2023 - Architect817 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Checking in on the 15s and 16s. Le Chiuse and Lisini. The 15 Le Chiuse was well structured and balanced, but not very expressive, even after a 4 hour decant. No sediment whatsoever. I will revisit this in 4ish years. I expect it to be extraordinary by then. Also, given some of the other notes, we found no trace of cork taint or other flaws. Not sure exactly how some wines get cork taint and others don’t, but these bottles were purchased and shipped direct from the winery, so perhaps a distributor issue?

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  9/15/2023 - chb_1984 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  just flat, disappointing at the beginning, slightly flawed (cork)? after decanting and waiting some time the wine opened up. Leather, vanilla, red fruits, well balanced.

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  6/11/2023 - Decanting Queen wrote: flawed

  Ever so slightly corked. I see another review saying the same, so wonder if it is an issue for this producer? Dark color, good things underneath but muted and short thanks to the TCA

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