I feel this is a good but not a great wine. I think maybe it should be priced around Tignanello level, and it isn't. I've tried four or five vintages of it now, and have enjoyed them, but feel its fame and status spring more from the incredible change it wrought, rather than the liquid in the bottle every year. Maybe I'm just grumpy. 2001 was a lovely year in Tuscany, the end of a great run of vintages that started in '95.
I've never had the '85, which is meant to be immortal.
Dark. Young. A bit bloody.
Crazy nose. Butterscotch, toffee followed by dark black currants and chocolate.
Sexy palate. Everything is there from the nose, with it starting quite sweet and generous. The fruit appears mid palate, quite juicy, but it softens a bit too quickly in the mouth. Good length.
****
Tasted 28 July 2012 at The Sampler
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