2017 Vini Viti Vinci Irancy Les Vieilles

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  3/24/2021 - Vas19 Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Lean, acidic, tastes underripe

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  6/4/2020 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  A naturalist Pinot Noir from Coulanges-la-Vineuse, fermented at least with partial carbonic maceration in fiberglass tanks. Aged in old, neutral oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with a small addition of sulfites. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Brooding and somewhat translucent blackish cherry color. Brooding, somewhat dull and quite understated nose with somewhat dusty aromas of crowberries, some iron, light autumnal notes of damp forest, a little bit of Play-Doh and a sweet hint of black cherry. The nose opens up very slowly and never becomes particularly open. The wine is dry, light-to-medium-bodied on the palate with a somewhat austere and a bit tightly-knit feel to it. Flavors of ripe black cherries, some blackberries, a little bit of tough stony minerality, light funky tones, a sweet hint of VA and a touch of herbal bitterness. The flavors don't seem that open, but instead show some restraint. With its high acidity and firm medium tannins the wine comes across as quite structured and a bit angular, but still not hollow or unpleasant. However, with some air the wine starts to exhibit some acetic roughness. The finish is long, dry and quite angular with moderate tannic grip and somewhat austere flavors of cranberries, some dark crowberries, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, a hint of crunchy redcurrant and a touch of funk.
  
  A nicely rough, rustic and somewhat angular old-school Irancy. Perhaps a bit closed and tightly-knit at the moment, making me think this wine could really use at least a few more years in a cellar, if not longer, before it hits its drinking window. Shows good promise for future potential.

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