Our friends Lucija and Giuseppe came by on Saturday afternoon to treat us to a special treat. They brought with them a bottle of ‘2005 Antinori Tignanello’ from the Toscana.
Lucija and Giuseppe
Friends from Firenze had given them this wonderful wine and they wanted to enjoy it with us, and enjoy we did this heavenly drop. We sat on our terrace, I grabbed a couple of wine glasses and opened the bottle. Immediately, the djin was out: what a “profumo”. You could smell the scent from a distance.
My nose registered forest berries, dark fruit, moss and forest floor, hmm. In the mouth it felt round and silky. I loved the intense flavours of fresh fruit. The wine is full-bodied with very fine balanced tannins, a treat indeed.
2005 Tignanello
Later on the internet I found that Robert Parker had awarded 92 points to this wine. This blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc is a wonderful wine from Antinori which I can highly recommend. The Wine Spectator says it should be drank after 2011. We could not wait that long.
Captured by a wine
One bottle for four does not last long. But we had memorable minutes of utter pleasure. Thank you folks for this wonderful treat.
PS: Later that day we were joined by about 10 more people and had a barbecue on our terrace. It was a jolly good day with lashings of food and drink.
At about 10 at night I found myself laying on the terrace tiles, feeling the heat emitting, my head on a pillow which I shared with my two daughters Lucy and Charlotte, the crown of our heads touching and our bodies radiating out like the spokes of a wheel. We were watching the night sky of Bangkok, the moon and the clouds travelling fast elsewhere. We talked about life and the universe and our thoughts attached themselves to the clouds. Our dreams carried us away, and in a heartbeat we were gone into other worlds.
The Man from Mosel River 
Thanks to you and Margit for enjoy this great wine with us. And for that great BBQ in BKK.
See you for the next bottle of wine, Grande Cuoco!!
[…] Ed è per questo che l’invito di Margit, colei che uso chiamare la mia “amichetta di scuola”, è giunto a pennello, perchè un barbecue in mezzo a tanta nuova gente da conoscere era proprio il sabato pomeriggio che mi sarebbe piaciuto passare. Se poi ci aggiungiamo la bottiglia di Tignanello portatami da Tommy, che ho voluto gentilmente condividere con lei e il suo fantastico marito Rainer, potete avvicinarvi a capire che bel tempo abbiamo trascorso io e Lucija insieme a questa incredibile coppia di eterni giovani: mi sembrava il minimo che potessi fare per Rainer, appassionato intenditore di vini, che mi ha immediatamente dato l’onore di fare parte del suo blog: https://themanfrommoselriver.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/salve-da-firenze/ […]
Il Fava Impazzirà se legge che avete aperto un Tignanello senza aspettare la data giusta… anzi più che il Fava quello della cantinetta Antinori :oD