Community Tasting Notes 77

• stet Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 8, 2024 - Color: medium garnet
  Nose: redolent of roses, violets, and amarena. There is a leather and tar presence, as well as a ton of mushroom and forest floor and olive wood
  Palate: medium-full bodied with high acidity and biting high tannins felt on gums and tongue. Confirms the nose. While being too young to be balanced, this shows promise
  Finish: long
  
  Mighty, with an endearing nose, powerful aromas with impeccable tipicity. This is young though, it needs either a steak or short rib braise, or 5 (but really, 10) more years. Right now the tannins are rustic and huge. Even then, this is clearly a beautiful wine that one day will be stunning. 3 hours of air recommended, but really tou can open this a week before you drink it at this point

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• A6Rover wrote: 84 points

  December 25, 2023 - This came from Winebid so I can’t vouch for its younger years but the was just tired: despite a good and gentle decent it remained punishingly lean, polluted with sediment, and fairly oxidized. There was a hint of charm but the flaws smothered it with unpleasantness

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• fcxj wrote: 90 points

  October 30, 2023 - Quaffable.

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• Bellissimo Likes this wine:

  September 7, 2023 - Brought to a restaurant, shared with friends. Decanted 60 minutes at home then slow-Oed at restaurant another 90 minutes before we got around to this.
  
  Really fragrant. Loved the nose: Rose petals, dried cherries, truffle, and a hint of orange peel. Palate generally followed nose but with more dusty road. Again dark, dried cherries, dusty components, red roses, and eucalyptus. Nice acids up front but this begs for food as the tannins were assertive. VERY contemplative, thinkers kind of wine.
  
  EDIT -- 2 hours removed (5 hours after being opened) still developing. Still love the nose but palate needs more time or a longer decant.

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• ohne_musik wrote: 92 points

  August 25, 2023 - Barolo Dinner (Mathilde Bistro - SF): Great to see the kinship of the 08/12/13. The 12 is something of a "middle child", less demonstrative and comely than the 08 (tannins slightly more rustic and tightly clenched), and less stuffing than the 13. Very nice, but feels like it needs another decade or so to really hit its stride. 92+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer G.D. Vajra
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Bricco delle Viole
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Codes 695798112129, 8026720108125, 8026720109122, 8026720112122

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• Pending Delivery 17 (1%)
• In Cellars 828 (68%)
• Consumed 373 (31%)

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