1989 Val Di Suga Brunello Di Montalcino

[Innkeeper]

1989 Val Di Suga, Annata, Brunello Di Montalcino ($25 Cappy's, Saugus MA in '95). Alcohol 13.5%. After the gang left this morning leaving us shaking from head to toe, we had sandwiches for lunch, and treated ourselves to this delightful bottle with some Drunken Goat and Goat Gouda cheeses tonight.

Decanted very nicely with an aroma hard to describe. Held a lovely ruby color without a trace of browning. How to describe a perfectly aged out wine without any trace of recognizable fruit? It had simple morphed into an incredibly complex elixer, with perfectly smooth tannin, that stroked the palate, and finished with three bells. It really doesn't get any better. Sigh!

[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 11-27-2004).]