a wine lover's review of upscale wines - a tignanello ... - italian restaurant main dishes

After several years and over 100 wine reviews, this is the first time we have commented on wines worth nearly $100.
Before you say that you will never spend that much money on a bottle of wine, please note that $100 may buy you four movie tickets, popcorn, soft drinks and possibly one or two cornflakes.
By contrast, a $100 bottle of wine could be a rather memorable experience.
Or maybe it won't.
We started this series in 1971 with Italian red introduced by the famous Tuscan winemaking family head, Piero antimenori.
At that time, all winemakers in Italy must comply with very strict and detailed government winemaking regulations, otherwise their wines will be rejected by the official classification.
Many winemakers are handcuffed by such regulations and know they can make better wines intuitively.
Tuscany is the main center of the dissident winemaker;
This reviewed wine is called "Super Tuscan" and there is no officially designated wine.
In the subsequent wine-making revolution, many of the super ivory cans and other such wines have been very successful and the price is appropriate.
The brewing regulations have also been updated.
For historical accuracy, Tignanello was not the first Super Tuscan.
This honor was awarded to Sassicaia, the cousin of sassori, who first produced it in 1948, who used Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, which are said to have come from Lafite CastleRothschild.
Since Sassicaia starts at around $175, we just need to be satisfied when trying Tignanello.
Our wine review policy all wines we taste and review are purchased at the full retail price.
Tignatello 2006 13% alcohol is about $95, let's start with marketing materials.
Description: has always been one of the most popular
This is essential for any wine cellar.
"Tig" is considered one of the best wines in Tuscany, each of which has received numerous awards and honors.
A strong, spicy blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet and Pindi, exudes aromas of BlackBerry, coffee, tar and truffle.
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10 years, or transfer it away for at least two hours, paired with beef Wellington or wild mushroom risotto roast lamb.
Let me now introduce our review committee. Larissa B.
My daughter's childhood friend.
She is a wine and food professional and works in a local upscale Italian restaurant.
Lar SA teaches a number of cooking classes and serves food activities that attract hundreds of participants.
She recently visited Tuscany, mainly wine and food.
Lar says she prefers country-style wine.
Rich not sweet.
For the purposes of this review, my daughter asked me to call her Harriet.
Harriet wrote: "I love wine, but I will drink any red wine, especially the boxed ones --
Wine, so I am the one who should not go for wine advice for anyone.
"She usually spends no more than $15 on a bottle of wine.
The meal begins with lentils soup made of green, yellow and dark lentils, served with puffed wheat pasta and medium-eastern spices.
The main course is a rib.
Marinate the steak for nearly two days with homemade tomato sauce, mustard and mustard, warchester sauce, Japanese rice sauce and steak spices.
Grilled steak with potatoes and vegetables.
We finished the meal with our homemade apple cake.
I dumped the wine about two and a half hours before I was on it.
Lar sa wrote: "The fruit is full of ruby color.
It's a little sour and smooth.
More than most of the super Ivory I 've ever eaten is Chianti, lighter.
Harriet wrote: "smooth, simple, very good! , not sweet. Woody taste?
The taste is really good. it's not very heavy wine. it's a little fruity. the more you drink, the stronger you will be.
Now my review.
At the beginning, the wine was very long and long.
It has a lot of things and it's chewy.
This Super Tuscan soup is full.
When paired with marinated steaks and side dishes, Tignatello presents fine acidity with a low level of Danin acid and is very round.
The big question now is: is it worth $95? Absolutely not.
To be honest, I was disappointed.
This is a $40 wine in my opinion.
I agree with lar, it looks like Chianti.
To be fair, perhaps the wine should be aged for a few more years.
In any case, it was completely unexpected to me.
I remember a glass of Italian Barolo I had a few years ago and it was half the price of this super Tuscan.
Of course, I remember other bars that were not very good.
So I'm going to do some Barolo reviews.
Maybe I will see Sassicaia again one day.