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The October 2023 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $275
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96VM
"The beguiling 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Giuseppe Tassi is dark and brooding, slowly blossoming with notes of sour cherry, mentholated herbs, spiced orange peels and hints of animal musk. It’s deeply textural, seeming velvety at times and at others lifted and pure, with dense black fruits wrapped snugly in a complex web of salty minerals and fine tannins. There’s so much power here; yet balance is maintained throughout, as the Giuseppe Tassi finishes structured and youthfully poised. This is full of so much potential, but I’d advise losing this in the cellar for six years or more. Tasting through the Tassi lineup of cru bottlings, from their 2015 Riserva Franci to the 2016 Colombaio and Giuseppe Tassi, was exciting, to say the least. Tassi has always been thought of as having a bigger and more fruit-forward style; yet with these new releases, there was significantly more depth to be found, as well as the capacity and, in some cases, necessity to mature in the cellar. Fear not; while the cru bottlings really need time, they’ll be worth the wait; and the Brunello Tassi, which is no slacker, should be drinking beautifully in only a few years. Circling back to the crus, Fabio Tassi has done a wonderful job of expressing and communicating the importance of identifying such pockets of terroir throughout Montalcino. The Colombaio, a twenty-year-old parcel purchased in 2016, is planted in rocky, sedimentary, clay-rich soils above Abbazia di Sant'Antimo, it’s a nuanced and feminine beauty that should blossom over the coming years. In contrast, the Giuseppe Tassi, from vines planted at slightly higher elevations and in poor soils of galestro and sandstone, is a dark beast of a wine which shows a happy marriage of density and radiance, something that the best wines of 2016 have become known for. Lastly, the Franci cru, which we witness in this report through the 2015 Riserva, hosts thirty-five-year-old vines in sedimentary soils at 200 meters in elevation, and with full southern exposures, to create a deeply seductive, spicy and mineral-intense wine that harnesses the ripeness of the vintage yet finishes wonderfully fresh. When all is said and done, I plan to watch the Tassi portfolio very closely over the coming years."
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"The beguiling 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Giuseppe Tassi is dark and brooding, slowly blossoming with notes of sour cherry, mentholated herbs, spiced orange peels and hints of animal musk. It’s deeply textural, seeming velvety at times and at others lifted and pure, with dense black fruits wrapped snugly in a complex web of salty minerals and fine tannins. There’s so much power here; yet balance is maintained throughout, as the Giuseppe Tassi finishes structured and youthfully poised. This is full of so much potential, but I’d advise losing this in the cellar for six years or more. Tasting through the Tassi lineup of cru bottlings, from their 2015 Riserva Franci to the 2016 Colombaio and Giuseppe Tassi, was exciting, to say the least. Tassi has always been thought of as having a bigger and more fruit-forward style; yet with these new releases, there was significantly more depth to be found, as well as the capacity and, in some cases, necessity to mature in the cellar. Fear not; while the cru bottlings really need time, they’ll be worth the wait; and the Brunello Tassi, which is no slacker, should be drinking beautifully in only a few years. Circling back to the crus, Fabio Tassi has done a wonderful job of expressing and communicating the importance of identifying such pockets of terroir throughout Montalcino. The Colombaio, a twenty-year-old parcel purchased in 2016, is planted in rocky, sedimentary, clay-rich soils above Abbazia di Sant'Antimo, it’s a nuanced and feminine beauty that should blossom over the coming years. In contrast, the Giuseppe Tassi, from vines planted at slightly higher elevations and in poor soils of galestro and sandstone, is a dark beast of a wine which shows a happy marriage of density and radiance, something that the best wines of 2016 have become known for. Lastly, the Franci cru, which we witness in this report through the 2015 Riserva, hosts thirty-five-year-old vines in sedimentary soils at 200 meters in elevation, and with full southern exposures, to create a deeply seductive, spicy and mineral-intense wine that harnesses the ripeness of the vintage yet finishes wonderfully fresh. When all is said and done, I plan to watch the Tassi portfolio very closely over the coming years."
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Italy grows more indigenous grape varieties than any other country and produces wine in all 20 of its regions. From Piedmont's Nebbiolo to Tuscany's Sangiovese, its finest wines pair structure and bright acidity with a strong sense of place.
The heartland of Sangiovese, producing Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino and the Cabernet-influenced 'Super Tuscans' of the coast. Its wines balance bright acidity, savory structure and cellar-worthiness.
A powerful, age-worthy Sangiovese from the warm hills of Montalcino, requiring extended aging and prized for depth and longevity.
Tuscany's signature red, giving high-acid, savory wines of sour cherry, herbs and firm tannin. It is the backbone of Chianti, Brunello and many Super Tuscans.