Super Tuscans at Barcarola

3 days ago a special super tuscan tasting was held at Barcarola restaurant in Kfar-Sava. The tasting was held with the collaboration of the restaurant and especially with the help of the restaurant's manager (and Sommelier) , Elad Chen.
The restaurant made a special 6 course menu that was very good , especially a rissotto with mushrooms & artichokes , a great green salad with aged Gauda cheese and Revioli with cow tail meat. We all got 2 excellent wine glasses and some of us , asked (and got) third glass in order to allow the wines to breathe. I was quite impressed with the wine selection, prices and the knowledge of the manager/sommelier.

I didn't write formal tasting notes during the evening to the notes here are short and are mostly of general impressions:
1. Argiano - Solengo, 2000 : Seemed a bit corky at the beginning but improved with time. A very ripe almost raisiny nose with black fruits followed by medium body, smooth and quite long. Score : 90-91 , but probably not the best bottle.
2. Lamborghini - Campoleone , 1999 : dark ruby colour, Nose of black and dark red fruits with some spices and flowers , in the mouth medium to full bodied with great balance, good acidity , good hold. Finish was a bit short , but overall a very well made wine (some said too technical, and without clear identity) . Score : 93-94
3-4. Antinori - Guado al Taso 1998+1999 : The 1998 had a nose of ripe black fruits with some toastiness , medium to full bodied, smooth , not very long nice finish . a well made wine but a bit annonymous . Score : 92-93 (Others liked it more) . The 1999 was very closed down, both in the nose and mouth and wasn't rated.
5. Castello dei Rampolla - Vigna d'Alceo, 1999 : Dark coloured. Superb nose of black fruits, spices, licorice and graphite, followed by full body, very smooth, great mid palate presence and long aftertaste. Beautiful wine. Score : 97-98
6. Gaja Ca Marcanda - Camarcanda 2000 - The surprice of the tasting. Lovely nose of ripe cherries and blackberries with candies , medium to full bodied , with good balance and sweet aftertaste. Yummy wine. Score - 94-95
7. Tua Rita - Giusto di Notri , 1999 : Dark coloured and corky . NR
8. Fattoria Petrolo - Galatrona , 1999 - very very dark coloured. Impressive nose of black cherries, chocolate and spices, very full bodied , still quite young and tannic with huge mid palate and medium finish. Great bottle of wine. Score : 96-97 (The medium finish prevented it from scoring few more points , but still if you could find it, buy it)
9. Zind Humbrecht - Clos Windsbuhl, Vendage Tardive 1990 - A bonus wine I brought with me , scored 100 at the WA. Golden yellow , great pure nose of tropical fruits, some apricots and peaches. The nose a bit strange and acidic at the first moments became better after a few moments , with medium body, great fruitiness, very sweet but with enough acidity to balance it, and long aftertaste. A superb desert, sweet, smooth, and elegant without any hard edges found sometimes in desert wines. Score 97-98.