Served side-by-side with the 1998, with a tomato-based chicken main course, both showed Tuscan acidity and food affinity, but were distinctly different wines – albeit recognisably cut from the same cloth. The 1997 – perhaps as might be expected from a generally good-to-great vintage for the region – was richer, more powerful and more complex. Medium+ depth garnet. Intense, meaty, toasty-oak over black-cherry hints and leather-spice notes. Dark and brooding. Its meaty hints almost Sangiovese-like. Plum and sour cherry flavours, with clove touches. Rich but savoury palate with medium+ acidity and grippy tannin too. Long vanilla-sour cherry finish. Riper tannin would move this from good to great.
605. Vecchie Terre di Montefili, Bruno di Rocca IGT Colli Toscana Centrale, 1997
605. Vecchie Terre di Montefili, Bruno di Rocca IGT Colli Toscana Centrale, 1997
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