03 January 2009

this one can vote

castello di querceto chianti classico riserva il picchio 1990
garnet, bricking; mellow warm plum and cherry, whiff of cedar and cinnamon, smells like wine not fruit juice; fruit and wood have come together; mellowed tannins and acid still obvious but very nicely integrated; medium bodied and long; never thought these things could last so long; it's still alive without any hint of dullness; a lovely drop; BANG!john? well, he's gone ...

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