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2017 Goodfellow Family Cellars Pinot Noir Berserker Cuvée
5/19/2024 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
Popped and poured. Just as good as I remember from my first batch, but perhaps a little drier and tarter, in a good way. Very good.
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2017 Fiorenzo Nada Barbaresco Manzola
5/14/2024 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
I am pretty sure this is the first bottle of 2017 Barbaresco I have opened. I like this, and I have become a fan of this vineyard for its red fruit tones, vibrancy, and elegance. I don’t recall if it is sandy, but that’s the impression I get. Some menthol notes on the nose. There is a little sappy quality, which I don’t recall ever getting. Now that I think about, I have opened a couple 2017 Roagna Langhe Rosso, which has some Paje in it. This seems a little more concentrated and structured than that wine, from memory. I might try them side by side next time. This is pretty solid, considering the vintage. Drinking fine now, and I imagine for another 10 years or so. I don’t score wines, but the average score here is too low, especially when comparing with the 08 Clerico Ciabot Mentin I just opened.
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2008 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin
5/14/2024 - Outplaying wrote:
Popped the cork and poured a couple glasses. A funky, almost sewage note on the nose. A fair amount of brown in the color. All acid and tannin, with very little fruit. Back down the stairs to grab something else. Popped a 2017 Nada Fiorenzo Manzola. After a little time I came back to this and funk was gone, surprisingly, leaving some earthy, aged notes and balsamic. Still, the fruit is fading, almost gone actually, showing older than I would expect at this age. The wine is just unbalanced. All acid and tannin and not a good showing. I can’t image it getting any better, but it really can’t get any worse either. I’ll check back in tomorrow to see.
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