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Tuscany
1995 Carpineto Farnito Toscana IGT $$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Dark berries, tobacco, earth
Taste: Big wine with tobacco, cherries, plum, and spices
Finish: Long and intense. Super complex wine
Evaluation: Wish I had another bottle 94 points
1997 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Subtle with pepper, cherry and minerals
Taste: Integrated with good acidity with cherry, minerals, earth and vanilla
Finish: Smooth at this stage with a medium finish
Evaluation: Hitting its peak 90 points
1999 Altesino Brunello di Monalcino $$$$
Color: Purple
Nose: Little musty, earth, tobacco
Taste: Tobacco, tannic, needs to open (cellar)
Finish: Medium with earth, tannic and powerful
Evaluation: Should cellar for optimum results. Currently 90 points
2001 Campogiovanni Brunello di Montalcino $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Truffles, mushrooms, mineral, oak, spices
Taste: More earth tones then fruit
Finish: Long with intense components
Evaluation: A favorite at client events. 93 points
2001 Castello di Querceto Chianti Classico Riserva $$$
Color: Medium red
Nose: Earth, mild spice
Taste: Spice, leather, earth
Finish: Short with leather and earth
Evaluation: 84 points
2001 Fattoria La Fiorita Riserva Brunello di Montalcino $$$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Floral, spices, earth
Taste: Smooth wine with floral, spice, earth, mushrooms
Finish: Long and Intense. A wow wine that is balanced.
Evaluation: A wine that represents what a Brunello should taste like. 95 points
2001 Palazzo Brunello di Montalcino $$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Fine tannins, earth, blueberry
Taste: Blueberries and fine tannins
Finish: A fruit intermixed with earth tones on this medium finish. Fine tannins.
Evaluation: Brunello's are a food wine and this one is drinking well now. 89 points
2001 Poggio San Polo Brunello di Montalcino $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Floral, leather, spices
Taste: Spices, leather, violets, sweet fruits
Finish: Medium and complex wine
Evaluation: A great vintage and drinking well right now 92 points
2002 La Fiorita Castelnvovo Brunello Di Montalcino $$$$
Color: Medium red
Nose: Musty with oak, spice, floral
Taste: Musty with vanilla, floral, oak
Finish: Not up to Brunello standards
Evaluation: Not a great example of Brunello 85 points
2003 Arceno PrimaVoce Toscana $$
Color: Red
Nose: Fruit
Taste: Mineral, spice
Finish: Very short with a touch of spice
Evaluation: 80 points
2003 Cecchi Colli Senesi Arcano Chianti $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Floral, leather, fruit
Taste: Gritty, with floral, earth, medium tannins, little acidic
Finish: Medium with floral, earth, and medium tannins
Evaluation: A simple everyday wine. 83 points
2003 Ruffino Ducale Oro Chianti Classico Riserva $$$
Color: Medium
Nose: Spice, oak, plums
Taste: Floral, oak, plums
Finish: Medium and flavorful
Evaluation: Solid wine 87 points
2003 Selva del Moro Chianti $$
Color: Red
Nose: Earth
Taste: Thick wine with earth tones
Finish: Short with earth
Evaluation: One dimensional wine without anything exciting. 81 points
2004 Fattoria di Basciano Colli della Toscana Centrale I Pini $$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Floral, spice, high octane
Taste: Spice, earth, floral, powerful
Finish: Spice, floral on this medium finish
Evaluation: A very nice value on a Super Tuscan 88 points
2004 Fattoria di Gracciano Svetoni Vino Nobile di Montepulciano TorCalvano $$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Cherry, plum, game
Taste: Smooth wine with nice fruit and a touch of leather
Finish: Medium and pleasing
Evaluation: Well made wine 88 points
2004 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva $$$
Color: Dark red
Nose: Fragrent with floral, perfume,
Taste: Great acid with floral, earth, mineral, game, cherry
Finish: Medium and concentrated wine. The finish starts strong and is consistent for 20 seconds
Evaluation: This is a great wine for under $20 90 points (spring 09)
2004 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Big with cherry, oak, vanilla, leather and pepper
Taste: Cherry, oak, vanilla, leather
Finish: Too tannic and needs time with a medium finish
Evaluation: Should improve with age 92 points
2004 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva $$$
Color: Medium red
Nose: Spices, coffee, rasberries,
Taste: Great acidity again with floral, raspberries, minerals galore, spices
Finish: Medium and concentrated wine. Rose petals, spices, minerals and raspberries linger on this finish.
Evaluation: What a steal at $18 a bottle. 91 points (Fall 09)
2004 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva
A very nice nose of floral, cherry and subtle spice. Taste was not as pleasant as the nose and featured earth, floral, and wood. Medium finish and complemented the pizza well. 88 points (late fall 09)
2005 Antinori Tignanello Toscana $$$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Floral, spice, raspberries
Taste: Balanced featuring raspberries, cherries, mineral, and a floral note
Finish: Long finish and concentrated
Evaluation: Antinori is one of the top producers in all of Italy 93 points
2005 Cecchi Chianti Classico $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Spice, mineral, oak
Taste: Smooth overall with plum, mineral, oak, vanilla
Finish: Medium with spice, plum, mineral, cherry
Evaluation: A great value Chianti. 88 points
2005 Ertae China Rosso Di Toscana $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Black fruits and spice dominate
Taste: Black fruit, spice, and oak
Finish: Medium.
Evaluation: Good value 85 points
2005 Fattoria di Felsina Castelnuovo Berardenga Chianti Classico $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Strawberry, spice,
Taste: Nice acidity with violets, spice, crushed rock
Finish: Medium and intense
Evaluation: One of the best producers from Chianti 89 points
2005 Ca'Marcanda Promis Toscana Super Tuscan $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Meat, plum, earth
Taste: Smooth overall but nothing over the top
Finish: Medium and medium tannins
Evaluation: Over priced 87 points
2005 Poggio il Castellare Rosso di Montalcino $$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Earth, oak, floral
Taste: Earth, oak, floral, spice
Finish: Medium
Evalution: Solid wine 87 points
2005 Tenuta Sette Ponti Oreno Toscana IGT $$$$$
Color: Dark purple
Nose: Black fruits, leather, smoke, spices
Taste: Powerful wine with leather, smoke, black fruits, spices and coffee
Finish: Medium and really concentrated
Evaluation: Needs some time in the cellar 93 points
2006 Cecchi Sangiovese Toscana $
Color: Medium ruby
Nose: Earth, spice, plum
Taste: Simple wine with earth, spice, and some fruit
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: Good pasta wine 85 points
2006 Di Majo Norante Terre Degli Osci Sangiovese $
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Violets, cherry, mushrooms
Taste: Spices, violets, sweet fruits
Finish: A touch of sweetness with violets, spices, and cranberries
Evaluation: Solid effort for $10 87 points