Starting to shut down. Patience will be rewarded here. So much going on! Deep and intense, wild and brooding, yet racy and detailed. The best Alceo since the magnificent 1999. @Antonio Galloni
Starting to shut down. Patience will be rewarded here. So much going on! Deep and intense, wild and brooding, yet racy and detailed. The best Alceo since the magnificent 1999. @Antonio Galloni
Nov 28th, 2018
Great acid for the vintage, dark fruit probably from the PV and structure throughout. Showing classic Italian earth but not it’s age.
Great acid for the vintage, dark fruit probably from the PV and structure throughout. Showing classic Italian earth but not it’s age.
Jun 28th, 2018
Great wine indeed. Nose is complex, camphor, dry amarena cherry, some flint, no oxidation not fading on this bottle yet.
On the palate, Fruit is gone for this bottle, wine is dominated by its tannic structure that is on the dry side, almost austere. I was expecting a fleshier, mellower tannin. Dry herbs, dry raisins, cherry again.
Long finish, good acidity that’s keeps the wine alive and well going.
Mitigate the intensity with proteins and juice/sauce.
Osso bucco with prunes will work. We did Fiorentina and it was ok. The crust and smokiness did not help, over exhibiting the dryness of tannins.
Great wine indeed. Nose is complex, camphor, dry amarena cherry, some flint, no oxidation not fading on this bottle yet.
On the palate, Fruit is gone for this bottle, wine is dominated by its tannic structure that is on the dry side, almost austere. I was expecting a fleshier, mellower tannin. Dry herbs, dry raisins, cherry again.
Long finish, good acidity that’s keeps the wine alive and well going.
Mitigate the intensity with proteins and juice/sauce.
Osso bucco with prunes will work. We did Fiorentina and it was ok. The crust and smokiness did not help, over exhibiting the dryness of tannins.
Apr 8th, 2018Magnificent wine, and so exciting to taste. There’s lots going here with dark and red berries, spice and supporting minerality, acidity and well managed yet severe tannins. Entering the plateau of pleasure. Thru 2035. 98 p.
Magnificent wine, and so exciting to taste. There’s lots going here with dark and red berries, spice and supporting minerality, acidity and well managed yet severe tannins. Entering the plateau of pleasure. Thru 2035. 98 p.
Apr 2nd, 2018
An absolute stunner. Fresh, vibrant, power and exceptionally beautiful.
An absolute stunner. Fresh, vibrant, power and exceptionally beautiful.
1 person found it helpfulJan 13th, 2017
Tuscany, Italy
