Montalcino, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Nose has ripe plum, ripe blackberry, over-ripe strawberry, (light) anise, (light) sous-bois, dark chocolate bar, prune, year-old hay and moist leather.
Palate has chalky plum, dark chocolate, dried cherry, dried rose petals, autumn leaves, black tea, (light) cedar shavings and licorice on the very long finish. Outstanding.
Decanted ~2 hours. Purchased 30 December 2005, and carefully cellared until this day. Paired with a scratch made thick, rustic tomato sauce, sweet+hot sausage from a local, recent partial pig purchase and great campanelle pasta. Oh man, great paring, last bottle 😞.
Anyone holding this wine could until 2020+, based on the amount of tannins still present, this wine certainly has some years prior to decline.
Nose has ripe plum, ripe blackberry, over-ripe strawberry, (light) anise, (light) sous-bois, dark chocolate bar, prune, year-old hay and moist leather.
Palate has chalky plum, dark chocolate, dried cherry, dried rose petals, autumn leaves, black tea, (light) cedar shavings and licorice on the very long finish. Outstanding.
Decanted ~2 hours. Purchased 30 December 2005, and carefully cellared until this day. Paired with a scratch made thick, rustic tomato sauce, sweet+hot sausage from a local, recent partial pig purchase and great campanelle pasta. Oh man, great paring, last bottle 😞.
Anyone holding this wine could until 2020+, based on the amount of tannins still present, this wine certainly has some years prior to decline.
Meh. Tasted blind. Still don't like Brunello. I'm sure there's some good ones out there… Just haven't found one yet.
Meh. Tasted blind. Still don't like Brunello. I'm sure there's some good ones out there… Just haven't found one yet.
Dec 7th, 2014
Best wine ever. Drank w john and pam
Best wine ever. Drank w john and pam
Apr 20th, 2015
Great spot tonight. Raisin and cherry notes with smooth tannins. Really enjoyable!
Great spot tonight. Raisin and cherry notes with smooth tannins. Really enjoyable!
Sep 14th, 2014Cyrus had this 12 years ago
Cyrus had this 12 years ago
Mar 2nd, 2014Valbruzzoli had this 12 years ago
Valbruzzoli had this 12 years ago
Feb 19th, 2014
