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95 ST.
"Saturated ruby-red. Bright, pure aromas of cassis, licorice and bitter chocolate. Juicy and sweet, with an almost liqueur-like flavor of cassis pastille. Wonderfully dense and thick but with great clarity and harmony and already showing captivating inner-mouth perfume. Compelling building finish features melting tannins buried in fruit. A standout of the vintage. This seems even more youthful than my memory of the basic 1997 bottling. A relative Brunello bargain, if you can find it in the retail marketplace." Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com, Sep 2003 |