Scores and reviews/descriptors for this wine have been all over the place since this wine’s release (and afterward, too). Some said drink now, other said hold. One critic in particular was far removed from all the others, with his lofty score that that created a price bump on release. However, the only thing worth commenting…
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Great surprise – 1997 La Palazzetta (Flavio Fanti) Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
Wow, opened this thinking (given the notes in Cellar Tracker) it was over the hill. Not. One note, from one of my favorite authors, Gian, said (seven years ago) that at the time it looked surprisingly young. I recently bought a few based on that one sentence, and a belief in the producer, the grape…