Tasted 9 sangiovese wines blind at our bi-montly wine tasting group. Didn't take notes so not much detail. Had two domestic wines, '02 Luna and '01 Pazzo both which were identified by all as the domestic wines due to the big upfront fruit profile. These two wines went well with a wild goose pate our host prepared. Even though I am a major CC fan I thought this would be a tough theme and many of the wines would not wow the members. I was wrong and all wines were excellent. It helps that they were served with Ialian cheese, grilled wild salmon and the pate with the last flight. Thrree wines stood out, IMHO.
'95 Felsina Chianti Classico - The wine was much fuller bodied than I remember the last time I tasted it, had shed most of its acidity, complex flavors of darker fruit and my WOTN
'99 Argiano Brunello di Montalcino - OK, probablly too young but a very big wine that was drinking well now but probably has a good 10+ years to improve. This wine fooled me as I was thinking domestic due to the big fruit and relatively low acid. You had to like this wine, lots going on, but did not seem like a typical Brunello.
'93 Selvapiana Res Chianti Rufina - Knew this wine was in the mix but expected a light bodied and somewhat bricking color that hopefully had not lost its character. Again I missed the boat entirely. The wine had plenty of weight, in no fear of fading and beautiful Chianti fruit. The wine was totally evolved with nothing out of balance and a silky smooth drink.
Other wines included a '90 Barbi Brunello that was heading over the hill, a '00 Isole e Olena "Cepparello" that was quite nice and a few more that were good but just not noteworthy.
Walt
