James -
Thanks for taking the time.
You write often about a wine’s color. In your tasting note for the 2006 Fontodi Flacciannello, which you gave 99 points, your first comment was about color. You wrote, “Shows excellent color… for a Sangiovese.”
I wonder several things.
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What did you mean by "excellent color for a Sangiovese? The note implies that Sangiovese tends to be light, and this wine was dark. If that’s accurate, why is dark “excellent”?
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If the color was dark, how did this producer achieve that color?
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Why do you write about color, which is rather easily manipulated?
Cheers and thanks, and best of luck with 1W1W.