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Saturday, January 12, 2019 - This was drunk at the same dinner, two days ago, at which was served (to accompany a leg of lamb, boneless rolled in a mixture of sausage and prosciutto and herbs, covered in dough and baked, with Marsala wine drizzled in throughout baking) the Giacosa 1971 Arione di Serralunga d'Alba Barolo, reported on yesterday.

This different expression of the Nebbiolo grape also showed its relative youthfulness (1982/1971) in being richer and more fragrant than the Barolo. This wine had not been decanted; the older two were.

By the way, a 1990 Rinaldi Barolo (non-cru denominated), also opened, proved no match for these two more ambitious Giacosa wines.

A 1977 Graham's Port (what was left in a decanter from New Year's Eve, almost two weeks before) proved the equal of any of these wines. Which is praise more of the Nebbioli than of the (stupendous but, even from half bottles, still maturing) Port.

Neither of these Nebbioli seemed quite the equal of a 1982 Mascarello Monprivato Barolo, but that was last drunk severals years ago and thus memory may be playing, with its display of bygone pleasure, its usual trick here.

In any case, we should all be so lucky to taste such wines again, or even once.

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