San Giusto, Percarlo Vintage:2001 lower acidity than many Right

lower acidity than many Right Banks

Far less impressive after bottling than it was from cask

oak-spiced aromas of candied cherry and raspberry

As with most of the single-vineyard wines from the vintage

This will probably always be chewy and I have put the drinking window earlier than it might otherwise be to avoid the risk of this drying out with extended bottle age

San Giusto, Percarlo Vintage:2001 lower acidity than many RightThe profound beauty of the 2010 Percarlo cannot be exaggerated. This is an exceptional wine, and one of the best I tasted in Tuscany this year. The bouquet shows infinite layering and a steady evolution in the glass with tones of red cherry, spice, caramel, cigar ash, balsam herb and cola. It shows new dimension with each swirl of the glass. The mouthfeel, on the other hand, is steady and strong, with a gripping sense of structure that is yielding but