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Monday, August 15, 2016 - 2016 Marchesi di Grésy tasting with Jeffrey Chilcott (Martinenga, Barbaresco): Served blind but some age clearly apparent. A little musty, with earthy and sottobosco aromas. Also a Campari, orange skin character, I sometimes see in older Nebbioli. Almost an older Pinot Noir-like nature to the bouquet. After some initial fruit sweetness on palate, a beautifully integrated and mature Barbaresco. I guessed it as a 1998 Gaiun, as I saw some 1998-like richness and Gaiun character. Secondary notes of smoked meats, dry underbrush, cigar, figs and dried red fruits. Jeff described 1993 as "an in-between year" in Barbaresco. I thought that this wine competed in quality with the recent 1993 Sperss we drank. Drink or hold for a few more years.

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