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2021 Tenuta San Guido Le Difese Toscana IGT
5/5/2024 - Stanrocks wrote: 88 Points
Never gonna make it 90
Even though that wine is in constant progression I still feel it is way underneath the quality of the estate... maybe the Sangiovese in the blend makes it a little too much ... or ripe
Still it is a good wine, but it surely does not meet expectations of the estate
And When Guidalberto 2021 is just a perfect example of greatest CS out of Bordeaux, this guy stays at its average level.
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2021 Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto Toscana IGT
5/4/2024 - Stanrocks Likes this wine: 92 Points
91/93
That 2021 is on pair with the 2018, again the qualities shown in colder and more difficult vintages suits the Bolgheri area and the Left bank style !
Restraind nose, coffee beans, not very ripe, one smell the peppery and vegetal side of CS, it is subtle oak and smoke...
palate is tight and acid, very sharp and savory, long and bright ! great wine, will certainly age for 10/12 and then show how brilliant it really is !
No wonder Sassicaia 2021 got really high marks !
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2017 Vasse Felix Chardonnay Heytesbury
5/3/2024 - Stanrocks Likes this wine: 93 Points
Now we are talking
After a 30/45 minutes aeration the wines displays its real potential, with still a long way to go !
Nose of reduction and almost asparagus/cabbage which then turns into flowery, honeysuckle and ripe stone fruits ! oak is never shown, but it just shines after 2 pretty good wines B4
palate is where it happens mostly, with long aftertaste of best chard palate, it is crisp, lingering and fuit driven with concentration and linearity ! clean crisp, fruit driven and long ... great wine
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