1999 Tenimenti d'Alessandro Syrah Cortona Il Bosco

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  3/11/2023 - Ernestas Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Well matured Syrah, aged for 12 months in used FR oak. Deep garnet colour. Medium intensity aroma of tobacco, smoked meat, leather, dried red fruits, black pepper, hint of soy sauce. Full body, delicately sweetish entry, with fully developed tertiary flavours of black pepper, dried plums, smoked meat, barnyard. Concludes with sandy fine grained tannins and funky long finish with touch of wood smoke and meatiness.

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  7/20/2022 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points

  A blend Syrah of (90%; planted in 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997) and Sangiovese (10%, planted in 1994), macerated for 30 days with the skins, then aged for 12 months in small barriques. 13% alcohol. Total production 5,500 cases. Tasted blind.
  
  Almost fully opaque, dense and somewhat evolved blackish-red color. There are also some very fine particles - careful decanting recommended. The nose feels very smoky and somewhat pungent with aromas of struck match and dry campfire smoke, some tertiary notes of soy sauce, a little bit of charred sausage, light gamey tones, a hint of ripe dark plums, a touch of fresh blackcurrants and a faint whiff of alcohol. The wine is evolved, somewhat smoky and quite tertiary on the palate with a rather full body and developed, moderately umami-driven flavors of meat stew and tar, some notes of old furniture and leather, a little bit of savory wood spice, light fruity notes of ripe blackcurrant, a hint of wizened red plums and a sweeter touch of dried dates. The texture feels silky yet firm and moderately structured, thanks to the rather high acidity and medium tannins that still pack some grip. The finish is long, evolved and savory with complex flavors of game and meaty umami, some beef consommé, a little bit of wizened red plums and dried dates, light raspberry tones, a hint of old leather and a woody touch of savory oak spice.
  
  A nice and tasty old wine where the fruit sector has started to give up and veer towards that tertiary anonymity, but the wine still retains great intensity, complexity and sense of structure. Due to its rather generic "old wine" feel, it was quite impossible to pinpoint it anywhere accurately, but it still is a thoroughly enjoyable wine all the same. I heartily recommend drinking any remaining bottles sooner than later; I get a feeling that time is now working against the wine.

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  1/22/2022 - RHONEISBETTERTHANBDX Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cork disintegrated upon removal, but managed to avoid cork pieces from falling into the wine. This really doesn't show that it is 23 years of age. This is my third bottle of this and it surprises me every time.
  
  Fresh, peppery notes on the nose. Fruit is still present to a large degree. Slight alcohol on the palate, spices and lots of red fruits. Again, this doesn't taste like its age. Held up very nicely against a well-marbled Striploin.

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  1/22/2022 - Bluespolo wrote: 92 Points

  Da una serie di bottiglie provenienti direttamente dalle cantine del produttore (almeno così mi hanno detto). Aperto e servito dopo neanche mezz'ora. inizialmente molto timido, arriva al top solo dopo varie ore. Naso che esprime freschezza matura: mirtillo, cassis, mora e prugna, spezia, incenso e pepe nero. Giovanile anche al palato, vibrante e dinamico, con tannini levigati e una bella struttura. anche per come è invecchiato bene ricorda alcune belle espressioni del Rodano settentrionale. Maturità perfetta. Peccato non averne qualcuna in più.

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  5/16/2021 - RHONEISBETTERTHANBDX Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Drinks like a Côte Rotie; vibrant, spicy, a balanced palate of red fruits, tannins, leather and smoke. Holds up well to prime ribeye. It doesn't drink like it is 22 years old, far from it. If I had this blind I would have said seven-eight year old Northern Rhone.

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