their basic bottling, I understand. I don't have a lot of experience with Brunello, so I'm sure this is not considered a :great" wine, but I really enjoyed this. Popped and poured. Ton of bright cherry on the nose and the palate. Cherry was complemented by a hint of funk...just a hint. Touch of leather and tobacco...bracing acidity (some cellartracker commentors found the wine "tart"-I like "tart", so no problem here!). Hint of a metallic finish smoothed out substantially with more air. A very enjoyable quaffer and pretty old school/old world...
Drinking a bit of a typical commercial zinfandel (Pedroncelli) after drinking a glass of the Brunello made the zin taste like oak berry soup!
We need a "bleh" emoticon. With a tongue sticking out. Or even an emoticon turning green not in evil glee but in disugust!
...(Humans) are unique in our capacity to construct realities at utter odds with reality. Dogs dream and dolphins imagine, but only humans are deluded. –Jacob Bacharach
