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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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2/28/2021 - heythatslife wrote: NR

The brett is strong with this one. No stranger to brett yet am I. Much force and darkness there is lurking. Bottle variation it may be. Rate I will not.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    3/8/2021 7:41:00 AM - *duuuh* facepalm
    My halfcase is in London and I’m in Tokyo. Need to be patient.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    3/7/2021 9:00:00 AM - Thanks for a great TN. *chuckles*
    I haven't had Brett in a while and need to refuel. Thinking my btl of this will be plopped at next covenience.
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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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4/25/2022 - soyhead wrote: NR

Nose - earthy, olive, somewhat gamey, coming across Syrah like
Mouth - drinks delicious, dark fruits, fig, cocoa, still loads of tannins but good cushioning acidity. I suspect this is just now entering its drinking window, it’s criminal that I already blew through my stash. Drink or hold

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    4/29/2022 1:33:00 AM - Last year, opened the 1st btl of my 3rd stash of this wine (half-cases).
    This is going to be known as a Classic!
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1997 Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici Riserva

 Taurasi DOCG Aglianico more
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9/16/2013 - cubswinws wrote: 91 points

not so sure about this wine. Light in color and structure. Drinks like a pinot but short finish. This may have been past its prime.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    9/16/2013 11:32:00 AM - We re-made our resolution with this wine after your's and recent TN's. Maybe we are hoping for a miracle. Maybe we just enjoy scarred warriors more than pimpled teens :-)
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1997 Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici Riserva

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5/6/2013 - PSPatrick wrote: NR

„One Wine - Three Vintages“-Blind Tasting. Flight 5: Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici Riserva. We tasted 1997, 1999 and 2006. This flight probably was the most difficult to figure out blind as it showcased the potentially least familiar grape variety and region, but by ruling out Nebbiolo, Tannat and Sagrantino we got there.

The two things all three wines had in common were the good tannin/acidity structure and the remarkable length on the palate. The 1997 was my favourite wine of the flight. It was rather limited on the nose, but was the most balanced wine of the three, with tea and tobacco notes, medium-plus tannin, high acidity and tremendous length. The 1999 showed gamy notes on the nose and sweet fruit on the palate, with medium-plus tannin and acidity and very good length. It was the least enjoyable and my least favourite wine of the flight. The 2006 showed a lot of restrained power. It was the darkest wine of the bunch and almost sweet on the palate, with lots of oak, medium-plus tannin and acidity and very good length. It clearly needed more time in the cellar. All three wines screamed for food.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    9/16/2013 11:35:00 AM - Sry f late comment to your very fine TN.
    We have re-made our resolution with this wine after your's and other recent TN's. We've sent this one in to the Timecapsule to 2024. Maybe we are hoping for a miracle. Maybe we just enjoy scarred warriors more than pimpled teens :-)
    Do you think it will be anything more than acidic watery substance by then?

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    9/17/2013 12:49:00 PM - You'd be more than welcome to share the btl with us later on. I must admit to enjoying the elderly wines as they mature and develop "side-aromas" and scars that inevtably come with age and a life worth while. Even if geriatric wines can be weak, they are often very interesting.
    As the British say: the proof of the pudding is in the pudding. So, lets find out :-)
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1997 Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici Riserva

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12/28/2013 - Arch57 wrote: flawed

I wanted to like this wine. I really love Italian wines and have had some great Taurasi wines in the past. Brown brick color, tasted upon opening and nothing on the nose and not much on the palate but figured it would open up by dinner. Well decanted about 1/3 and that pour or the pour from the bottle was no better after air time of at least an hour. Pruny tasting with ash flavor and no better with food. Not corked but just over the hill. Rare that a bottle is not emptied with my wife on a Saturday night and she did not like it from her first glass.
Tasted again 2nd night and this must be oxidized so removed low score and checked the flawed box.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    12/29/2013 4:51:00 PM - Yeah, it's not always immediately apparent. Sorry for your poor experience. Hope your next one with their Taurasi is immaculate and compelling. (Just home from a GREAT eve, and feeling almost unnecessarily happy.)
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2003 Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Serpico

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7/10/2015 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 92 points

A rustic wine.
An old geezer who keeps telling obsenely scabrous stories that children should never hear, that make ladies' ears wither and priests cross themselves.

Early drinking window. We dbldecanted for five hrs.
Wife was not so happy with this btl.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    7/15/2015 9:35:00 PM - As you write: The nose is amazing! The wine will come around more, but always be beautifully rustic.
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1997 Mastroberardino Taurasi Radici Riserva

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12/28/2013 - Arch57 wrote: flawed

I wanted to like this wine. I really love Italian wines and have had some great Taurasi wines in the past. Brown brick color, tasted upon opening and nothing on the nose and not much on the palate but figured it would open up by dinner. Well decanted about 1/3 and that pour or the pour from the bottle was no better after air time of at least an hour. Pruny tasting with ash flavor and no better with food. Not corked but just over the hill. Rare that a bottle is not emptied with my wife on a Saturday night and she did not like it from her first glass.
Tasted again 2nd night and this must be oxidized so removed low score and checked the flawed box.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    12/29/2013 12:09:00 AM - Maybe oxidized?
    At any rate: quite a foul experience, for sure.
    We still have one btl of this and decided to send it to pleasures in 2024. Hoping for its survival and interesting development :-)
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2006 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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2/20/2014 - AndrewSGHall wrote: NR

Meh again with the same impressions of a few years ago. Really just a suppression of Aglianico's feral nature into a wannabe Bdx modern wine.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    2/21/2014 2:20:00 PM - BTW, we have 2 btls of this wine and have the first btl scheduled for 2029.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    2/21/2014 2:17:00 PM - Patience in combo with good cellaring conditions are a virtue.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    2/21/2014 2:16:00 PM - I need to second this opinion, which is in fact an important objective truth regarding this spectacular grape in this extreme expression. They start out mute, small voiced and grow slowly. But when they find their voice, they are nothing short of breathtakingly amazing!
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2008 Re Manfredi - Terre degli Svevi Aglianico del Vulture

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9/4/2013 - ChinonRouge Does not like this wine: 80 points

Whoa!!!! Tannic with a capital T. Murky glop. Way too much astringency. I have no idea what you drink this wine with--maybe some club soda?

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    9/4/2013 4:06:00 PM - ...or maybe you just hold on to it for 10-15 yrs before you open it? At least it seems fair to conclude that you are not a big fan of this type of wine when it's in its infancy.
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2008 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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7/15/2014 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 94 points

Boys out fine dining and fine drinking (Restaurant Tani in Gaienmae (Tokyo)): An absolute bonker!
Super concentrated (no sediment), mega young, not at all integrated with raw wood attacking your senses like a a hairy medieval scotsman with a club...

But the grace within is like a well brought up princess. Amazing and astonishing! Spicy, fruity, multi-layered and grande in a way that Aglianico rarely is. This is soooo refined you'd need a microscope to work your way around its intricate details. Apart from young and unintegrated, this is a fabulous wine of sorts.

Just relax, remain patient and watch it grow through the TN's of all the early drinkers.

This wine really deserves its credits. The cousins behind it are worthy of all the praise. Yay! What a feat! This is a must-visit. And a must buy.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    7/15/2014 11:24:00 PM - TED, thankyou. And the wine is astonishing!
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2006 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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5/3/2014 - geneswine wrote: 93 points

Decanted at room temp for 2 hours. Beautiful balance, medium body and great flavors. Not particularly long aftertaste, but very satisfying. I could recognise the time it spent in my cellar and how it has mellowed this wine. I plan to drink the rest of these over the next 3-5 years, I am not sure they will last beyond that time.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    5/3/2014 9:10:00 PM - I can assure you, that also 20 years down the line, there will be wine in your well stored btls of this juice :-)
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2003 Tormaresca Castel del Monte Bocca Di Lupo

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5/12/2015 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 93 points

A beautifully mature Aglianico with still some beautiful years of life ahead.

Eye of the beholder: Dark red with slightly mature brim.
Nose: Started out with a lot of unpleasant odours, but they luckily blew away. Dark fruits and unrefined older signage.
Palate: Beautifully concentrated, intense wine that stands firm like a boulder. Not overly refined, with a coarse structure and rough tannins. But, balance is impeccable and its presence is marvellous. There is a restraint on the composition, and a subtle level of maturity is upon us.

After three days, the final glass, under a cork in room temperature:
Nose unbearably oxidized. But on the palate are now beautiful aromas of milk chocolate, leather, tea-leaves, La Garrigue and soft, red fruits. Tannins are now more to the point, and the whole structure is still coarse.

Glorious maturity with at least five more years on the plateau.

Wife's choice at Italian Rest: Antichi Sappore (Tokyo)

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    5/15/2015 1:26:00 AM - I'm sure you would have. Guess there will be an increased focus on Aglianico for us moving onwards.
    KORE WA SUGOI NEEE... これはすごいねええ。
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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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10/8/2013 - peternelson wrote: 93 points

Crustacean: volcanic impressions, earth, almond, licorice, anise and a touch floral; soft, pungent fertilizer/manure; big black tannins, weighty, serious aglianico.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    10/23/2013 10:25:00 AM - Sorry for being so slow, but what do you mean with "Crustacean" ?

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    10/27/2013 3:53:00 PM - I see.
    You can't imagine what interesting aromas were present in your btl of this :-)
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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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9/24/2013 - swapdoc wrote: NR

Tasted this wine for the first time and did not share in the general excitement. The fruit is bright and long, bit of menthol, mineral. The overall taste has a vegetive hint of green peppers that reminded of a ripe cab franc -- something I didn't find very appealing. Will wait to retaste.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    9/24/2013 8:37:00 PM - This is exactly the conflict with choosing betwen: Drink or keep?
    Most wines can be enjoyed almost always when young, but the ones that can age well achieve amazing heights that just are not there in the young padawans.
    Very mature wines often develop fascinating "non-fruity, non-fresh" aromas that can be anything from foul to getting me going like nothing else. A great mature wine always beats a young great wine on my palate.

    ..but would I love to open one of these? Hell yeah! :-)
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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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4/20/2014 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 98 points

Decanted for 3 hours. Opaque purple color. Similar tasting note to the one of April 2013. The volcano/mineral/ash notes are literally jumping out of the glass. Tons of tobacco, cigar, coffee, cedar wood and plum. It's full bodied and very dense, with high tannin and high acidity providing tons of freshness. Great length. There is an amazing glass-coating viscosity. I am again super impressed by the wine's harmony, freshness and balance. This is world class wine! At this stage it's infanticide but what the heck?!

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    6/7/2014 11:23:00 AM - JS: ever in Tokyo? We could have some serious fun, opening truckloads of great btls at some great BYOB restaurants. Was recently visited by Australian Chatters and in two weeks' time have a bunch of conference-Swedes to befriend over some great food and wine.
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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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9/24/2013 - swapdoc wrote: NR

Tasted this wine for the first time and did not share in the general excitement. The fruit is bright and long, bit of menthol, mineral. The overall taste has a vegetive hint of green peppers that reminded of a ripe cab franc -- something I didn't find very appealing. Will wait to retaste.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    9/24/2013 4:58:00 PM - We've bought a few vintages of this for the long haul as it's a wine with a long life expectancy rating. Haven't had one yet, but must admit to being incredibly tempted :-)
    ...especially since vegetal CF-aromas wake up my inner poet (as do mature wines.)
    Galloni's descriptions are not "consistent", so not someone to listen to more than anyone you like on CT. I find his notes often overly simplified or missing important points. But he does have had an incredible amount of wines tasted and I very often find myself agreeing to his scores.
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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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11/21/2013 - budh wrote: 94 points

An almost SQN-like nose - very intense aromas of licorice, red and black berry, menthol, earth, tobacco, chocolate, graphite. On the palate it's tart cherry, licorice, minerality, earthy. Full bodied, high acidity, high tannins (they build up over time), medium alcohol (14%). While this may certainly last 20 years, I don't think it's as far away from its sweet spot as some people do. The tannins are reasonably smooth already and it's already got some nice tertiary aromas. Wish I had a case so I could try a bottle every year to check out its development.

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    11/22/2013 5:05:00 AM - For a-btl-a-year-drinking, maybe two cases would be more appropriate. Cheers!

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    11/24/2013 8:56:00 AM - To have two cases of this, woah! And we still haven't even opened our singular btl of this high octane potential. Looking fward to tapping in to our btl a little later.
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2010 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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4/20/2014 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 98 points

Decanted for 3 hours. Opaque purple color. Similar tasting note to the one of April 2013. The volcano/mineral/ash notes are literally jumping out of the glass. Tons of tobacco, cigar, coffee, cedar wood and plum. It's full bodied and very dense, with high tannin and high acidity providing tons of freshness. Great length. There is an amazing glass-coating viscosity. I am again super impressed by the wine's harmony, freshness and balance. This is world class wine! At this stage it's infanticide but what the heck?!

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    6/6/2014 12:58:00 PM - ...or I get a case some 10 years down the road... But, as this seems to be a seriously great wine, it may make sense to buy in to it sooner rather than later. Will see what can be done.
    Thanks for nagging and nudging :-)

  • Comment posted by StefanAkiko:

    6/5/2014 1:02:00 PM - Am very much thinking about getting a case of this... But am seriously running out of space as my largest keep (old parents house) is now being sold...

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