6/26/2018 - walkerjfw wrote: NR

With Todd at Topo Gigio in Chicago, I brought this one as an "interesting" Italian wine for the evening. This is the sole bottle of this vintage in my cellar, was interested to try in its 20th year...decanted for about 30 minutes.

Dark, inky purple/ruby color. Nose showing black plums, charcoal/ash (assuming from volcanic soils) and earth. Palate of dark cherry, bacon fat, dark licorice, truffle, charcoal...Interesting secondary notes. Medium/long finish, tannins fined but still present.

Wine continued to improve in the glass over an hour - suggesting more air time would benefit it. This was an extension of my experiences with this other vintages of this wine - I find the crowd loves/hates it. The flavor profile is unmistakable (to me) but not always interesting or enjoyable to some drinkers - as a consequence I might say this is well made and age worthy wine...but hard (for me) to rate in traditional way. Interesting wine, worth a try. This bottle suggests very age worthy, still had big powerful fruit at 20 years...and plenty of life left

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