1999 Soldera (Az. Agr. Case Basse) Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 95.3 points

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  2/27/2024 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 96 Points

  A Diverse Set of Wines in Honor of a Visiting Friend (Los Olivos, CA): Slow-ox'ed for about 6 hours. This bottle showed how well the wine continues to evolve in my experience, with a powerful and fresh nose showing red fruit and spice. Concentrated and energetic, with fine tannins and loads of dark cherry, some sweet mint and a dizzying array of exotic spice notes. Just fabulous.

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  12/21/2023 - lalalalala wrote:

  First opened: Dried floral and ripe plum / blueberry jam. Very approachable. On palate, the structure is quite bold.
  
  3 hours bottle decant, the body gets more linear. Some aged Pu’er, smokiness, some eucalyptus, dried rose petal, dried sage, aged citrus peel marmalade. Suede texture.

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  3/1/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Pre-Paulee Warm-up Dinner (House of Nanda - Chicago IL): 99/04 paired. I was not thrilled with either. Lots here, but the structure of this 1999 overshadowed the fruit, and I found this less pristine than I'd prefer, too.

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  3/1/2023 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points

  Pre La Paulée Dinner with friends (Home): 99/04 side-by-side. More purity and clarity of fruit here vs. the 04. Incredible elegance. A soulful wine.

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  5/1/2022 - RayOB Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Drank in London
  Still holding well

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