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2001
Altesino - Brunello di Montalcino
We drinked this Brunello on New Year's Eve. We opened a couple of hours before dinner and decanted. Initially it was a little too cold and lacked oxygen. Over night at the right temperature and when it started breathing it became an excellent wine to accompany our meat dishes. Mild tannins, intense aroma and flavour and long finish.
2003
Casale Triocco - Sagrantino di Montefalco
Sagrantino is a unique grape grown in Umbria (Italy). This wine is POWERFUL, complex, elegant but muscular at the same time. Not fruit forward at all, the tannins become mild after proper decanting.
If you like Brunello, you will love Sagrantino!
1995
Lisini - Brunello di Montalcino
Crimson in color. Red Currant and Fig in the nose with moderate tannins and acidity. pleasant in the mouth with a decent finish. Some oaky flavour but not the typical complexity of a good Brunello in my opinion. Maybe it was past his time?
1997
Marc Bredif - Vouvray Nectar Moelleux
We bought this dessert wine at the winery in the Loire Valley in 2004. They told us it could age up to 30 years. I could not resist anymore and opened one bottle at the end of a wine tasting with some friends. It was certainly pleasant and elegant although not as complex and structured as I was expecting. Very delicate aroma and a sweet taste of melon with a beautiful amber color. I think I will let the other bottle alone for another 10 years!
2003
Gerla - Brunello di Montalcino
I wasn't sure whether this '03 Brunello would be ready. Boy if it was! Lovely ruby/crimson, long legs, very pleasant in the nose, not too spicy and with delicate berries and violet undertone. Mild tannins, a beautiful complexity and a long finish completed the experience. Luscious and elegant as a good Brunello!
