This held up really well. Red fruit, berries, rose petal, and dark cherries on the nose. Tannins are very integrated at this point, with flavors of leather, dark berries, and forest floor on the palate. Nice finish. I don’t think this will improve anymore, but it’s drinking very well right now!
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Somewhat dveloped and quite translucent dark cherry red color with a mature mahogany hue and a moderately wide, pale brick orange rim. Very sweet and oddly lactic, buttery nose with quite concentrated aromas of ghee, Liquorice Allsorts, some butterscotch, a little bit of ripe blackcurrant and a hint of marmaladey dark fruits. Overall the nose feels quite over-the-top and very distinct in a vertical lineup of +10 Tignanellos. The wine is full-bodied, ripe and concentrated yet not particularly weighty or muscular on the palate - on the contrary, the wine feels qelatively lean and linear in style. There are developed flavors of licorice, ripe blackcurrants, some melted butter, a little bit of sweet dark plums and a hint of savory oak spice. The wine is moderately high in acidity, but the tannins are fully resolved and almost nonexistent, contributing very little to the texture and really nothing to the structure. The finish is quite long and juicy with flavors of sweet dark plums, some crunchy blackcurrant tones, a little bit of melted butter or even ghee and a hint of sour cherry bitterness.
A rather pleasant and nicely developed but also remarkably atypical vintage of Tignanello that shows very weird and rather distracting buttery tones along with very pronounced liquorice tones especially in the nose. A drinkable effort, but nothing what I'd expect from a Tignanello. Having not tried this vintage before, I have no idea whether this was an off bottle or if this wine is just weirdly lactic even after +30 years... or if this bottle was a fake?
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Noch immer Tanin und Säure. Im direkten Vergleich mit einem 2012er getrunken. Auch im Vergleich leider nicht so komplex wie erwartet. Korken war noch top.
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Clear. Ligth brick color. Clean. Developing still, classic cabernet nose. Dark berries, some green notes, very elegant. Touching on medicinal. Sleek, elegant mouthfeel, lots of fruit. Fresh, silky tannins, but with a firm structure. Good length on the finish.
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Clear. Deeply colored. Bricking at the edges. Clean. Med+ intense nose. Black fruits, wood, sweet notes of licorice, some leather notes as well. Balanced. Fresh still, good concentration, med+ tannins that are fine. Med acidity, med+ body. Good length on the finish. (From memory, notepad was blank)
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From magnum. Juicy dark cherry on the refined nose with leather, beans and slight bell pepper. Medium bodied and refreshing - almost zingy - palatal feel with supple tannins. Lean fruit, slight greener character, bell pepper, liquorice, dark chocolate hints and something gravelly. Lengthy. I really digged this aroma profile and the overall lean style of the vintage. A beautiful wine, though many will find this simple and unpleasently greenish.
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Decanted for 1 hour. Brick colored with a muddy tone. Aromas of dusty earth and cooked fruit. Nice medium body on the palate with leather and mocha notes. Evolved nicely in the glass.
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Italian Wines (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Lots of rich fruit, with a touch of class, cab on the nose, rich, silky, fruity, tasty wine, lots of tannins and acid, needs 3 years to peak, pleasnt and powerful finish.
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Italian Wines (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Slightly sweet fruit, good fruit, lots of soft, subtle wood, rich, cough drop cherry taste, one dimensional, lots of acid on the long finish.
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Tasting of 6 Italian Red Wines at Primas. Sported the typical cabernet nose, led to cherry fruit with a sweet/sour taste in the mouth, nice finish and seemed more California like than Italian. My #2 and Retail $29.95.
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12/28/2019 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 93 Points
This held up really well. Red fruit, berries, rose petal, and dark cherries on the nose. Tannins are very integrated at this point, with flavors of leather, dark berries, and forest floor on the palate. Nice finish. I don’t think this will improve anymore, but it’s drinking very well right now!
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10/18/2018 - forceberry wrote: 83 Points
12,5% alcohol.
Somewhat dveloped and quite translucent dark cherry red color with a mature mahogany hue and a moderately wide, pale brick orange rim. Very sweet and oddly lactic, buttery nose with quite concentrated aromas of ghee, Liquorice Allsorts, some butterscotch, a little bit of ripe blackcurrant and a hint of marmaladey dark fruits. Overall the nose feels quite over-the-top and very distinct in a vertical lineup of +10 Tignanellos. The wine is full-bodied, ripe and concentrated yet not particularly weighty or muscular on the palate - on the contrary, the wine feels qelatively lean and linear in style. There are developed flavors of licorice, ripe blackcurrants, some melted butter, a little bit of sweet dark plums and a hint of savory oak spice. The wine is moderately high in acidity, but the tannins are fully resolved and almost nonexistent, contributing very little to the texture and really nothing to the structure. The finish is quite long and juicy with flavors of sweet dark plums, some crunchy blackcurrant tones, a little bit of melted butter or even ghee and a hint of sour cherry bitterness.
A rather pleasant and nicely developed but also remarkably atypical vintage of Tignanello that shows very weird and rather distracting buttery tones along with very pronounced liquorice tones especially in the nose. A drinkable effort, but nothing what I'd expect from a Tignanello. Having not tried this vintage before, I have no idea whether this was an off bottle or if this wine is just weirdly lactic even after +30 years... or if this bottle was a fake?
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6/11/2018 - SlimShaney wrote: 91 Points
Heady and aged as it should be. Soft berry leather. Holding its age commendably.
One for a cool autumn evening not a warm summer night.
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3/5/2017 - Donald Duck wrote: 89 Points
Noch immer Tanin und Säure. Im direkten Vergleich mit einem 2012er getrunken. Auch im Vergleich leider nicht so komplex wie erwartet. Korken war noch top.
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6/19/2015 - Sennma wrote: 92 Points
Lovely stuff...mature and integrated.
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2/13/2015 - jtech wrote:
Clear. Ligth brick color.
Clean. Developing still, classic cabernet nose. Dark berries, some green notes, very elegant. Touching on medicinal.
Sleek, elegant mouthfeel, lots of fruit. Fresh, silky tannins, but with a firm structure.
Good length on the finish.
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11/15/2014 - jtech wrote:
Clear. Deeply colored. Bricking at the edges.
Clean. Med+ intense nose. Black fruits, wood, sweet notes of licorice, some leather notes as well.
Balanced. Fresh still, good concentration, med+ tannins that are fine. Med acidity, med+ body.
Good length on the finish.
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10/24/2012 - avp wrote:
From magnum.
Juicy dark cherry on the refined nose with leather, beans and slight bell pepper.
Medium bodied and refreshing - almost zingy - palatal feel with supple tannins. Lean fruit, slight greener character, bell pepper, liquorice, dark chocolate hints and something gravelly. Lengthy.
I really digged this aroma profile and the overall lean style of the vintage. A beautiful wine, though many will find this simple and unpleasently greenish.
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10/5/2012 - Lype wrote:
From a magnum, bell pepper, asparagus, vegetal notes, generic red berries, a bit forgettable to me.
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1/10/2011 - Sennma wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for 1 hour. Brick colored with a muddy tone. Aromas of dusty earth and cooked fruit. Nice medium body on the palate with leather and mocha notes. Evolved nicely in the glass.
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6/19/2009 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
Richard and Sandy's Round Robin Dinner (Chablis, Tignanellos, Musars and '89 Bordeaux) (Chez TJ, Mountain View, California): Medium red violet color with pale meniscus; mature, shitake mushroom, herbaceous nose; herbaceous tart red fruit, cassis, tangy, olive, smoky, pepperoncini palate; medium-plus finish 92+ pts.
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10/11/1991 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 93 Points
Italian Wines (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Lots of rich fruit, with a touch of class, cab on the nose, rich, silky, fruity, tasty wine, lots of tannins and acid, needs 3 years to peak, pleasnt and powerful finish.
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9/6/1991 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 93 Points
Antinori Tasting at Liquor Barn (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Rich, big fruit, well balanced, lovely wine, long on flavors on the finish.
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3/27/1991 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 95 Points
Italian Wines (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Slightly sweet fruit, good fruit, lots of soft, subtle wood, rich, cough drop cherry taste, one dimensional, lots of acid on the long finish.
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2/6/1991 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tasting of 6 Italian Red Wines at Primas. Sported the typical cabernet nose, led to cherry fruit with a sweet/sour taste in the mouth, nice finish and seemed more California like than Italian. My #2 and Retail $29.95.
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