Scott Taddeo
Feeling old
Feeling old
8.7brando cox
Redcherries, cedar, strong fruit and balanced undergrowth. Full body and great mouth feel.
Redcherries, cedar, strong fruit and balanced undergrowth. Full body and great mouth feel.
8.8Anna Sangiacomo
Magnum. Could tell it was an old world Tuscan style.
Magnum. Could tell it was an old world Tuscan style.
8.6Sonya Riolo
Very good
Very good
10Eric Crane
Deep plum color. Charcoal on the nose. Medium /full body, velvety at the finish. Tasting sweet wild blueberries & ripe strawberries. Dry peppery finish.
Deep plum color. Charcoal on the nose. Medium /full body, velvety at the finish. Tasting sweet wild blueberries & ripe strawberries. Dry peppery finish.
9.0Jay Kline
Pulled from my cellar, popped and poured and presented double-blind to the group. In the glass, the wine appears a deep garnet with a translucent core, a slightly orange rim and some signs of fine sediment on the glass. On the nose, the wine is mature with initial notes of Tootsie Roll and old leather bound books. However after about 40min in the glass, the nose brightens up and begins to show more varietal characteristics: cherries, desiccated flowers, fennel, damp earth, leather and espresso. On the palate, the wine is bone dry and the tannin’s are still quite firm. Acid is medium+ and the finish is long. Alcohol is medium. A very lovely mature wine! Guesses were all in Italy but further north in Piemonte (Barbaresco mostly) and much, much younger with most settling on late 90’s. I don’t drink a lot of modern wines from Antinori but this was quite the charmer with 41 years of age on it. If anyone has any well stored examples, drink now with about 40min of air. That being said, there is enough life for these to soldier on for another 5-10 but this is very clearly in the twilight of its life. Something else of note: the cork was extracted completely intact. It was one of those cute little stubby ones more typical of the time.
Pulled from my cellar, popped and poured and presented double-blind to the group. In the glass, the wine appears a deep garnet with a translucent core, a slightly orange rim and some signs of fine sediment on the glass. On the nose, the wine is mature with initial notes of Tootsie Roll and old leather bound books. However after about 40min in the glass, the nose brightens up and begins to show more varietal characteristics: cherries, desiccated flowers, fennel, damp earth, leather and espresso. On the palate, the wine is bone dry and the tannin’s are still quite firm. Acid is medium+ and the finish is long. Alcohol is medium. A very lovely mature wine! Guesses were all in Italy but further north in Piemonte (Barbaresco mostly) and much, much younger with most settling on late 90’s. I don’t drink a lot of modern wines from Antinori but this was quite the charmer with 41 years of age on it. If anyone has any well stored examples, drink now with about 40min of air. That being said, there is enough life for these to soldier on for another 5-10 but this is very clearly in the twilight of its life. Something else of note: the cork was extracted completely intact. It was one of those cute little stubby ones more typical of the time.
9.1Jeff Collins
Owner Peabody's Wine & Beer Merchants and Benchmark Provisions
If anybody has any, I’ll pay double release price!
If anybody has any, I’ll pay double release price!
9.1Marcia Robinson
Had in Lucca
Had in Lucca
8.4Amy Doyle
Love this producer! And such a good value for this particular wine.
Love this producer! And such a good value for this particular wine.
8.9Eric Crane
Deep plum color. Charcoal on the nose. Medium /full body, velvety at the finish. Tasting sweet wild blueberries & ripe strawberries. Dry peppery finish.
Deep plum color. Charcoal on the nose. Medium /full body, velvety at the finish. Tasting sweet wild blueberries & ripe strawberries. Dry peppery finish.
9.0Info
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