Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona, 'Vigna di Pianrosso', Brunello di Montalcino, 2001
Smell: At first, very perfumey--difficult to smell anything else. Later, the smell was indiscernible: sort of a weird decay, maybe old plastic. And asparagus.
Taste: Nasty taste. Decaying fruit. Later, there were more spices--saffron and a sweet Asian spice. Certainly complicated. We might have been hasty in opening this bottle--apparently some of these wines can be cellared for almost 100 years!
Finish: Anise. Dry--just like after biting into an apple.
Cost:
Rating:
7.0 (perhaps this is our fault for opening it too soon)
