This lot is comprised of 2 bottle(s) of 1997 Casanova di Neri Cerretalto and Valdicava Madonna del Piano Brunello di Montalcino Riserva - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $740 - $1100 with a reserve of $550. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11220. In this lot 1 bottle of 1997 Casanova di Neri Cerretalto Brunello di Montalcino DOCG (750ml), 1 bottle of 1997 Valdicava Madonna del Piano Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG (750ml).
Condition
Please note the following bottle conditions in this lot - Base Of Neck on 1997 Casanova di Neri Cerretalto Brunello di Montalcino DOCG.
Available payment options
A vintage wine enthusaist who, in his working years, travelled frquently to Central and Eastern Europe. He would stop from time to time at the Fonte de Medici, a B&B on the Antinori Estate that is nestled beside the Solaia and Tignanello vineyards. All three bottles of 2000 Solaia and some of the Tignanello bottles were purchased at Osteria Passignano, a wine bar and restaurant in Badia a Passignano where he used to meet up with one of the winemakers for a portfolio tasting. The Tignanello and the Don Melchor wines were purchased from the LCBO on release. All the wines were stored in a climate-controlled wine cellar in the collector's home.
1997 Casanova di Neri Cerretalto Brunello di Montalcino DOCG has following scores - Wine Spectator 97. 1997 Casanova di Neri Cerretalto Brunello di Montalcino DOCG has the score of 91? from Robert Parker and the tasting note -The 1997 Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto opens to a profoundly dark color and inky appearance. The bouquet is seamless and tight, with a long continuum of dark fruit nuances, dried cherry, cured meat and exotic spice. There are evolved aromas of tar and smoke as well. That said, there was agreement between Giacomo Neri and myself that this was not a perfect bottle. Despite its broad textural embroidery, the wine seemed less able to deliver in terms of depth, definition and sharpness. On the other hand, the tannins are sharp, almost astringent, and not what I would have expected from this iconic vintage (that is credited with kick-starting Brunello sales in the United States market). That explains the question mark in my score.
1997 Valdicava Madonna del Piano Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG has following scores - Wine Spectator 94, CellarTracker 93.