At the end of the second, we wanted to do a blind tasting of the wines brought by guests and found someone in my basement.
tasting, I remember, always blindly, it is done by making a challenge to two, only for the first three, including wine grape of the same or at least more or less similar.
The first battery, three wines, was composed of:
Rotchild-Mondavi Opus One 1998. Very dark color, nose a bit 'closed. The mouth was tannic with good acidity, medium body, not too important. 0 Rating
Vega Sicilia Unico 1990. Always very dark color, nose was more open, bouquet of plums and cherries cooked. In the mouth, has anyone heard of a needle cap, I do not, a tannin with a tight weave, a slight note mint, from American oak, a little grassy, \u200b\u200bI mistook him for Opus One. Vega Sicilia say so because I had already had years ago and I seemed noticeably better. Maybe the bottle or maybe, I hope not, a declining phase. 0 Rating
Merlot a small producer of Valtellina, can not remember the name. There was nothing for the comparison, but these first two were the only ones of different grape varieties, even if international. Too young, the year 2009, it seemed a novel in comparison, even for the fresh fruit they had. Rated -1 
The second battery was composed of:
Monfortino Barolo Giacomo Conterno 1995. A dark garnet color , nose broad and deep, dried rose, wild fruits, bitter chocolate. In the mouth, a very elegant, good acidity, a dense and complex tannins. Rated 3
Elio Altare Barolo Brunate 2001. A beautiful garnet color, the clearest Monfortino. The nose explodes with a bouquet of scents from purple to pink, the undergrowth. From chocolate leather. In the mouth the tannins are thick and intriguing, the huge body, but at the same time the wine had a divine elegance. Rated 3 + + +
Third Battery, here we went off the scale, the criteria for IHV no longer sufficient.
Chambertin Armand Rousseau 2000. A dark ruby, garnet, crystalline. The nose has opened the gates of paradise, a true fruit garden. The mouth was large, full-bodied, with soft tannins and complex, chocolate and licorice, a good grade led to amplify the flavor. It would a more competent than me to give the full description. For the vote we took the stairs to safety: 4 
At this point, saying he had been drunk the better, but it turned out:
Domaine de la Romanée Conti La Tache 2000. 
Take the wording relating to Chambertin and amplificatela, if you can, at least two or three times. I think that he never drank in my life, a most delicious wine. Rated 5
Fourth battery, after so much wine, it is hard to compare, but:
biodiversity Santi Brunello Riserva Greppo 1955. It 'got what they expected! Sure
a Brunello, however good, does not bear comparison to The Tache, 55 but this was truly remarkable. From garnet color with a slight orange tip, the nose was intense with nice cooked cherries and chocolate and leather, a slight note of carob. In the mouth, balanced like never before with a beautiful body, very fine tannins, the finest ever found by me in a Brunello of great elegance. Rated 3
Brunello Pieve di Santa Restituta 1986. After the BS has not made a good impression, but it is still a great wine. In the glass was slightly cloudy, always a very dark color, nose and mouth closed more than a good body and strong tannins. However a good wine. Rated 2
I want to thank those friends who contributed to this beautiful evening with their presence and their contribution to the tasting.
Thank you all.
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