WTN: 1999 Masi Amarone Costasera

[GordonCooks]

Tight, tight, and tight – After an hour – it did present some classic raisan, cocoa, leather but a lot of tannin also. Not nearly as good as the 96/97’s I’ve had or the della Valpolicellas

["T"]

I agree that it is still a bit tight. I openned it on a monday and finished it on a tuesday. Right now this one needs a bit of decanting.

[futronic]

Amarone needs a minimum of 5-6 years cellar time from vintage date to really be enjoyable. Top bottlings (Dal Forno, Quintarelli, Allegrini, etc) need even longer.

I had a 1990 Masi Amarone a couple weekends ago with dinner and it was tasty and ready to drink. I'll post notes later when I get a second.

Post #1 from the rookie ...

["T"]

I'm a lurker on VC so I know you ain't no rookie Futronic :)

[futronic]

lol, thanks T. :) Perhaps you'll begin posting when the site comes back up?

[Craig Camp]

lol, thanks T. :)  Perhaps you'll begin posting when the site comes back up?

Futronic - we also hope you invite your friends to join in posting over here at eGullet.

[futronic]

I definitely will. I heard about the site in tj's postings on VC, but it was my discussions with vox elsewhere that made me come over and check it out.

In the meantime, I'll start posting some TNs.