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Brunello di Montalcion - piece of advice, please

Hello; A friend of mine celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday. Him being a person of great personal charm and warmth, and also CEO of a rather large corporation, he was feted with, amongst other things c. 90 bottles of wines, ranging from good to very good. Several were Brunello di Montalcino - 1997 and 1998. The only one I recognised was 'Il Poggione'. He asked me (me!) what to do with them, and, my exeperience of BdM being severely limited, I recommended 'cellar and forget' for all of them, particularly 'Il Poggione'. To the best of my lknowledge, the 1997 is a great vintage with a bright future ahead of it, so, my guess would be to let it lie for 10 years or more. 1998 must be recently sent to market, and I suppose the jury is still out. What is your opinon? Just your 0.02 EU, how would you treat 12 bottles of BdM? Open on in 5 years and try it?

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

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90 bottles of wine- that's some birthday! Hard to make specifc suggestions w/o makers- I don't think I had the '97 Il Poggione. Just had the '98, drinking well, in a nice middle of the road style (not totally traditional, but not a fruit & oak bomb either). But I passed on buying. 1997 Brunello is a bit controversial. The WS declared it the "vintage of the century", Parker was much more reserved. The ones I tasted were big ripe Brunellos, in any case. My guess is that while they'll last, they're not going to be 30 year wines. I have heard reports that lots are closed down at the moment. I think I'll aim at trying the ones I have (I have 1 or 2 bottles each of Antinori Pian delle Vigne, Lecciaia, Caparzo, and...someone?!?!?) somewhere between 2008-2015. If I had 12 of one bottling though, my schedule would be more like one now, then one every 3 years till I thought it was entering a good window.

I haven't had enough '98s to make a vintage judgement. I liked the Caparzo and Uccelliera, though.

Dale

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I'm very fond of Italian reds, Dale. What I'm hearing (and tasting) tells me that Italy has had a remarkable run of good to excellent vintages lately, abruptly ending in 2001.

I'm by no means expert on the topic, as 1996 might have been good too, but

1997 through 2000 are really good. I tasted the 2001 Felsina (not the Rancia) last week and it was just a bottle of acid. >:^P Very disappointing.

Tom S

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1997 was a great year for Italian vintages, Super Tuscans of course.

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