December 24, 2018 - Great smoothness. Excellent.
September 8, 2016 - Cork got stuck on the side and crumbed half out and half in the bottle. Decanted 4 hours and could have used more time. Has an explosive fully developed nose but palate was uncorunately astringent. Cherry liqueur, aged leather, tobacco, tar, and baked raspberry. dry butter tannins on the finish.
January 2, 2016 - This wine was awkward on the first day even with a 2 hour breathing and over a 2 hour dinner. Nice flavor but no finish. We saved half of the bottle for the next day and it developed very nicely. Very rich broad sexy fruit with tar and liquorish and a long complex lingering finish. This wine was gaining in complexity as we finished it. Awesome with lamb. Wait a few years before opening our next bottle.
November 16, 2014 - Dinner with the family at WD-50 (WD-50, NYC): My Dad's bottle. Dark nose of tar, blackberry, dark cherry, some coffee or mocha notes. This needs serious time. The palate is polished with lots of dark cherry, tar and coffee - smooth refined tannins, good acidity - this is quite wound. This will probably be a very nice wine, but I prefer the Produttori wines, and then when you factor in the price differential, it's no contest. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 4.5+/6, Finish - 4.5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1+/2 = 15+/20 (probably 16.5/20 potential.)
April 5, 2014 - Drank at Spadaros with DeCiccos. I was concerned re the bottle age but, other than the cork disintegrating in the bottle upon opening, a wonderful bottle. Pinkish/red color showing a bit of bricking. Fairly generous nose of earth & berries. Decent level of fruit--blackberries, blueberries mostly--but has faded a bit over the years leaving the wines other elements to move to the fore. Earth, leather, tar, forest floor and wonderful spices on the back end. Soft tannins mostly resolved, nice long finish. A great barbaresco and a real crowd pleaser this night.
August 11, 2013 - Smoke and earth give way to blackberries and plums. Finishes with a bite.
April 8, 2013 - A quite pleasant surprise that has come together nicely in the last few years. It clearly shows its modern roots with a bit of ripeness and oak, but these are all pretty well balanced and integrated. Not going to seek more, but also not unhappy to have a few more bottles.
July 23, 2012 - Really good bottle of wine. A little tannin but mostly a fruit forward style with a ton of blue fruits and blue flowers. Some serious concentration.
November 25, 2011 - Elegant, very clean and modern ripe Barbaresco with some maturity but still needs time to open up as it now is a little bit restrained. Good tannic structure and acidity.
August 11, 2011 - Rich maroon, brown edges. Nose notes of tar and black licorice.