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Luciano Sandrone,
Ready, but will keep,
The 2004 Barolo Le Vigne is one of the darkest, most intense Le Vignes I can remember tasting. In this vintage, the fruit is especially somber, the legacy of the late harvest season. Black cherries, plums, cinnamon, flowers, mint and leather meld together in a sumptuous, exceptionally polished Le Vigne that will continue to drink well for many years. Le Vigne is often slow to get out of the gate, which appears to be the case with the 2004 as well. 96/100
Antoni Galloni - Vinous - May 2015
Antoni Galloni - Vinous - May 2015
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Isole e Olena,
Ready, but will keep,
Isole e Olena's 100% Sangiovese Super-Tuscan is always a delight with its notes of rich, ripe black cherries married to subtle French oak. The 2004 is sublime with great power and structure combining with the lush fruit and spice on the palate. The finish is long and elegant with fine tannins. A great classic for the future.
Chris Pollington - Fine Wine Team
Chris Pollington - Fine Wine Team
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Il Poggione,
Ready, but will keep,
The 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigna Paganelli emerges from the glass with masses of scorched earth, leather, tar, licorice, menthol and dark fruit. The Riserva shows a touch more inner sweetness, richness and depth in its fruit than the regular bottling, plus a bit more French oak as well. For now, the Riserva is quite reticent and requires air, but with time its awesome richness and power come through in spades.
This dark, brooding and authoritative Riserva from Il Poggione is simply gorgeous. Readers who don’t want to pay the premium for the Riserva in 2004 need not worry; I tasted the 2004 regular bottling (twice!) while preparing this article and it is every bit as promising as my review last year suggested. In 2004 the Paganelli vineyard was harvested on the 13th of October, quite late for this estate.
Father and son team Fabrizio and Alessandro Bindocci are on a roll. Il Poggione remains a benchmark property for fine, traditionally made Brunellos capable of ageing exquisitely. I can’t think of too many properties in the world producing wines of this level at these prices with an established track record going back 40+ years. I tasted an extraordinary range of wines at the estate in January 2010, including all of the Brunellos and Riservas in cask from vintages 2005-2009.
Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate#188 - Apr 2010
This dark, brooding and authoritative Riserva from Il Poggione is simply gorgeous. Readers who don’t want to pay the premium for the Riserva in 2004 need not worry; I tasted the 2004 regular bottling (twice!) while preparing this article and it is every bit as promising as my review last year suggested. In 2004 the Paganelli vineyard was harvested on the 13th of October, quite late for this estate.
Father and son team Fabrizio and Alessandro Bindocci are on a roll. Il Poggione remains a benchmark property for fine, traditionally made Brunellos capable of ageing exquisitely. I can’t think of too many properties in the world producing wines of this level at these prices with an established track record going back 40+ years. I tasted an extraordinary range of wines at the estate in January 2010, including all of the Brunellos and Riservas in cask from vintages 2005-2009.
Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate#188 - Apr 2010
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Giuseppe Mascarello e Figli,
Ready, but will keep,
The Chambolle-Musigny of Barolo, the village of Castiglione Falletto, blessed with calcareous soils and a warm microclimate, consistently produces some of the most velvety Baroli. None more so than Mauro and Giuseppe Mascarello's Monprivato vineyard: a perfectly exposed limestone sunbed giving the ripest, sweetest, headiest red fruit which will emerge one day into a thing of immense beauty.
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer
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La Serena, Tuscany,
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Darker, brighter, crunchier than the velveteen 2003, Andrea's 2004 Brunello wine from this much lauded vintage treats us to a distinctly black fruited, forest floor affair that not only impresses on the nose but also delivers on the palate. Yes the 30% French barriques endow the wine with an extra gear of texture, of succulence even, but behind the lip-gloss lies a real wine, with shoulders and all. Indeed, it's a complete wine that speaks volumes of the quality of Andrea's north-east facing terroir. Drinking now till 2014, along with some braised beef.
(David Berry Green)
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£398.00
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Roagna, Piedmont,
Ready, but will keep,
This wine is effectively the ‘Ca d’Morissio’ of the Roagna ‘stable’: combining power, grace and longevity. Located just below the Roagna cantina itself, up on the left, in the heart of the village of Barbaresco, Crichët boasts the Pajé vineyard’s oldest vines, all grassed over, that serve up pitifully small (Michet?) bunches of great natural concentration.
Unsurprisingly Luca and Alfredo only make c. 2000 bottles of this wine a year; the 2004 was aged for 8 years in large oak prior to bottling. I was fortunate to try the 2004 vintage on two occasions in spring/summer 2013. It was a classic vintage, in the mould of 1982, ’88, ’96…with decades ahead of it.
Tasted in June2013 the wine struck me for its herbal aromatics, iron-fisted power, strident character, while in July it showed a meatier side, still very serious, refusing to reveal itself, with a deep-seated, rosemary scented brooding persona. The 2001 tasted alongside seemed more succulent and slight by comparison, while the 1982 remains totally fresh and pinpoint.
David Berry Green
Unsurprisingly Luca and Alfredo only make c. 2000 bottles of this wine a year; the 2004 was aged for 8 years in large oak prior to bottling. I was fortunate to try the 2004 vintage on two occasions in spring/summer 2013. It was a classic vintage, in the mould of 1982, ’88, ’96…with decades ahead of it.
Tasted in June2013 the wine struck me for its herbal aromatics, iron-fisted power, strident character, while in July it showed a meatier side, still very serious, refusing to reveal itself, with a deep-seated, rosemary scented brooding persona. The 2001 tasted alongside seemed more succulent and slight by comparison, while the 1982 remains totally fresh and pinpoint.
David Berry Green
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Ornellaia,
Ready, but will keep,
The gorgeous 2004 Ornellaia is a great way to start this tasting. A lively dark ruby, it is a vibrant effort bursting with expressive aromatics and layered, well-delineated fruit, showing much purity on the palate and closing with a long, finessed finish. Readers hoping to catch this wines full array of nuances will have to wait at least another few years as the wine remains quite primary today. This exquisite effort is not to be missed. A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. 95/Anticipated maturity: 2011-2019....
(Wine Advocate - Apr-2007)
(Wine Advocate - Apr-2007)
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Giovanni Rosso, Piedmont,
Ready, but will keep,
Davide's highest, ESE-facing vineyard, it's warmed by the early-morning sun, doesn't get too hot and bothered and is well ventilated...the result: a bracingly pure, crunchy-berried wine that carries the vintage beautifully, without losing sight of its roots. Still taut and temperamental, this is a wine for the cellar, one that will probably open up from 2013 onwards. One for lamb cutlets, yes sir!
(David Berry Green, BBR Buyer)
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Corte Sant'Alda, Veneto,
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Marinella's finest wine, drawn predominantly from the single 'Macie' vineyard, fermented in large oak and aged for three years in 1500 litre french oak, the stunning 2004 shows both richness as well as precision. The nose evokes a rich brew of rum and raisin chocolate, and of herbs, while the palate is stunningly pure as well as decadent, seductively textured, finely wrapped for another 10 years ageing, so best drunk from 2010 till 2020. Try with goose.
(David Berry Green)
A beguiling nose of baked brioche and dried fruits (freshly made rum babas come to mind.) An impressive, rich palate follows brimming with notes of fennel, liquorice, prunes and bitter chocolate. A simply delightful, lingering finish dominated by smoky morello cherry and sweet cinnamon spice. Try it with a rare venison steak at dinner and you’ll sleep very well.
(Nicola Gilbert - London Shop Sales - 25 Jan 2010)
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A beguiling nose of baked brioche and dried fruits (freshly made rum babas come to mind.) An impressive, rich palate follows brimming with notes of fennel, liquorice, prunes and bitter chocolate. A simply delightful, lingering finish dominated by smoky morello cherry and sweet cinnamon spice. Try it with a rare venison steak at dinner and you’ll sleep very well.
(Nicola Gilbert - London Shop Sales - 25 Jan 2010)
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San Giuseppe, Tuscany,
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The nail-biting is over: Stella's debut Brunello di Montalcino has finally arrived! It's certainly been worth the wait. She's captured the essence of the vintage, a great one across all of central & northern Italy, while drawing on the panoramic and biodynamic beauty of her Castelnuovo dell'Abate vineyard. A full yet fine roast coffee, briary fruit freshness of this 100% Sangiovese Grosso/Brunello wine delights the nose; compact yet generous at the same time. One's struck by the wine's suaveness, the melting tannins, the gorgeous generosity of this clove, coffee bean and brambly Brunello; the biodynamics clearly weaving its magic in keeping whole experience deliciosuly fresh. To match with game ideally, drinking from 2010 till 2020, preferably with decanting.
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer
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Giuseppe Mascarello e Figli,
Ready, but will keep,
Following up their particularly successful 2003s, Mauro and his son Giuseppe Mascarello have produced a dazzling 2004 Santo Stefano di Perno, a brilliant single-vineyard wine from the iron-rich sandstone and marl soils of Monforte d'Alba. Ribes leaf and sage-scented notes enthral the nose while the palate rings with lift and finesse. Wow!
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer
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Cascina Mario Fontana, Piedmont,
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Mario remembers 2004 as being a vintage that required lots of work in the vineyard (similar in fact to 2009), time evidently well spent as the wine shows a bright heart of lush darker fruit, a herbal, savoury edge, a broader, fuller feel, while the firm tannins remain as fine-tuned as ever. Still getting into its stride, this is a traditional Barolo that would benefit from a couple more years in bottle before broaching, further improving till 2020 at least. One for beef.
(David Berry Green)
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Bruno Giacosa,
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The 2004 Barbaresco Riserva Asili is even more compelling than the Rabaja. It floats on the palate with an ethereal core of sweet fruit that calls to mind a profound Musigny, but with the unmistakable structure of Nebbiolo. The perfumed purity of the fruit carries all the way through to the deeply satisfying, resonating finish. Made in a soft, seductive style, this remarkable wine is decidedly more approachable and easy to appreciate today than the Rabaja... Bruno Giacosa says his 2004 Asili Riserva will turn out to be just like his 2000 Asili Riserva, the wine he still thinks is the best he’s ever made. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2025.
Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate - Oct-2007
Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate - Oct-2007
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Cerbaiona, Tuscany,
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Given the tiny size of the estate, all 3 hectares of it, little wonder only 8000 bottles were made of this statuesque wine. Compared to a more sensual wine from Stella's San Giuseppe estate to the south-west, Cerbaiona's high easterly aspect, combined with a hands-off traditional botte approach, makes for a profoundly structured, cool compact yet oh so suave black cherry, licorice, & wild herb compote that will take years to unravel; expect to drink from 2014 onwards. Montalcino's finest? We think so.
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The only word to describe this Brunello wine on the palate is massive; full bodied and spicy, packed with black and red cherry fruit, all tightly wound in a magnificent structure, fine tannins, mouth watering acidity and supporting alcohol, all in perfect balance. This is a monumental wine for the Cellar and will be magnificent in 2012-2014 and drink for a decade or two after that. A serious candidate for the best Ugolaia ever.
(Chris Pollington, Fine Wine Department)