Community Tasting Notes 110

• RobinTeo wrote: 90 points

  March 15, 2024 - The one with Tai Wah BCM: Leftovers from the previous night. Unfortunately bottle variation has claimed another victim - came from same case but drastically different from the last I had it - no TNs posted the last time but back then it was hauntingly beautiful with red silky fruit, elegance, power and sensuality. This was just a little dull and boring.

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• soyhead wrote:

  December 29, 2023 - #1314
  nose - figs,chocolate,mint
  mouth - stewed fruit, tar, balsamic, rich but not necessarily fresh. others liked it considerably more than I.

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• Nanda wrote:

  November 18, 2023 - Some debate on whether this was a perfect bottle, though its from the same source as the very sound / signing 01 white label side-by-side. None the less, this showed rather closed and muted, even with 8+ hours of air. I look forward to TM's bottle next year.

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• acyso wrote:

  November 18, 2023 - Nebbiolos, white truffles, Volume VIII (Chicago, IL): #6553. Opened at 9:30am, and left in a decanter starting at 11. Honestly, just not showing very well tonight, despite all the air we gave it. There was a slight brown note here that could have potentially indicated past (and slight) heat damage, because the fruit profile certainly wasn't as clean and precise as other examples of red labels and 2001s ought to have been. Nevertheless, there's a good sense that this wine is also nowhere near mature. As a bit of a note to self: T. M. says that when he brings his bottle to a future edition of this dinner (at a year he judges appropriate), it will be the wine of the night.

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• Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 96 points

  October 17, 2023 - Vinous Piedmont Icons Dinner @ Legacy Records (Legacy Records, NYC): I found the '01 Rocche to be a perfect bridge of the old-school wines of the '90s and the slightly modern, exotic style of the Giacosa '04. This is a full-bodied, rich and powerful wine that begs for another decade or two in the cellar.
  
  The '01 Rocche showed stunning aromatics with black fruit, tar, bitter chocolate, sweet spices, and dark red floral tones. On the palate, this is a beast of a wine, full bodied and highly concentrated, but the tannins are so fine grained and coupled with the sweetness of the fruit, it makes the wine very easy to drink already. But this is likely to take another 10-20 years to peak.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer Bruno Giacosa
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Le Rocche del Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Code 8033028341369

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• Pending Delivery 47 (1%)
• In Cellars 2,398 (71%)
• Consumed 938 (28%)

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