Popped and poured, then put the remaining roughly 1/3 of a bottle in the fridge and revisited the following day. This is a cherry red wine with rusty orange notes starting to show through at the rim. The nose is great and very expressive (and clearly better on day 1 than day 2), showing cherries, rosehips, wet soil, and some damp iron or steel aspects. In the mouth, the wine is crisp and focused, largely revolving around the red fruit characteristics. The finish is chewy, medium length, and gave me a bit of natural licorice. Overall, I thought this was very solid and found it to be a far better bottle than the last one I had in 2018. There should be plenty of gas left in the tank, though, so there is upside potential. 92+ points.
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Very Italian nose with the aromas of leather, tar, licorice and earthy. It is a big, huge, muscular wine with full mouth tannins. Not a fan. Curious why JS gives it 100 points😏😏😏
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The '07 La Serra is a dark beast of a wine, but it appears ready to drink today, as I already found it to be a more savory than fruit-forward wine. That said, I expect the wine will continue to drink well for a while, and it's possible the wine will benefit more from the tannins integrating further than it will lose further fruit.
On the nose, I found black cherry fruit, game, smoke, leather, and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine was incredibly rich, savory, and dark in expression, with black cherry fruit, leather, game, sweet spices and espresso. Texturally, the wine still has medium to high tannin analytically, although given how richly textured it is, covering the tannins a bit, I found it quite drinkable. Acidity is medium.
I found the '07 La Serra very enjoyable, but it is very much a product of the warm, intense '07 vintage.
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Less and less impressed by high extract at the cost of longevity and problems with retaining freshness. When you hang and squeeze too long and hard, the wines are big, voluptuous and delicious at the beginning, but they seem to tire out over time. This is what I am feeling here having drank a bottle twice over the last couple years. Definitely a decline from last time with a rather Merlot like thickness and far from a Barolo.If blind, I would have bet you this was anything but a Barolo...Developing some warm middle eastern spice within the finish, telling me the time is NOW. DRINK
This is a BIG Barolo! Muscular as it can get for a Nebbiolo, even after 13 years. The wine is filled with lots of fruit in the form of stewed red cherries aged in cedar. Long and persistent finish with tones of petrol and char. It improved in length and gained weight with time in the glass, but to me, it lacked the freshness to warrant more aging. Drink
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Dark ruby color, vibrant core, no separation. Perfumed and elegant nose of red fruits. Fruit forward palate showing black raspberry, sweet earth notes. A slight sweetness on the mid palate, really pleasant. Medium weight, long and nuanced finish.
This wine was truly spectacular on this evening. Early in its evolution, its drinking well at this point with a long arc ahead of it. Will have to look for some to add to my cellar. Tied for WOTN with the 97 Monte Bello
*Asking for a cheese course at a steak house can be confusing to them. After some back and forth, we wound up with 2 slices of cheescake to pair with this wine....:) wine was so good it didn't matter
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Took to dinner at the Tam O’Shanter. No formal notes. Nice translucent red, although a darker shade of Barolo with no sediment. Nose has some herbs and tar. The mouth has some decent cherry flavors. There was a lot of heat throughout the experience, though. I hope this integrates or tones down a bit more.
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Lakritze, Teer, Rosenblüten, elegant, Alkohol gut integriert, Tannine griffig, durch sein junges Alter noch nicht ganz abgerundet. Das richtige Gericht für die Trüffel. 93+
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We decided to sip this "modern" Barolo tonight. Issues of how long to age in small or larger barrels, winemaking technique, etc, make for interesting intellectual discussion...sort of. We really do not care too much. We wanted our friend to experience because he introduced us to a Nebbiolo made by Typhoon 8 in Hong Kong that tasted like medicine. We could not let him believe a good Nebbiolo tasted like that. This wine is sipping very nicely now, but we would argue "barely legal" because we are confident another decade or so is in its future. The "modern" gal will become a "traditional" lady...either way, molto interessante! Light, brownish-red. Perfume of ripe, black fruits with a touch of smokey oak. Oh my... Massive fruit on the palate. We decanted for more than 1 hour. Full bodied, elegant, full-mouthed tannins that reach deep into the throat. Think Meghan Trainor because this teenager is all about that bass...some treble ;-)
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Deep ruby turning brick at its rim. Fragrant nose with sour cherry and strawberry marmelade aromas mixed with tar, lovely scents of carnation and a deep breath in a pine forest. Two hours after opening a rich array of aromas like licorice, tobacco, leather and olives have emerged as well as meaty undertones. Captivating with perfect grip, fine powdery tannins and an overall elegance that is effortless and simply caressing.
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We decided to sip this "modern" Barolo tonight. Issues of how long to age in small or larger barrels, winemaking technique, etc, make for interesting intellectual discussion...sort of. We really do not care too much. This wine is sipping very nicely now, but we would argue "barely legal" because we are confident another decade or so is in its future. The "modern" gal will become a "traditional" lady...either way, molto interessante! Light, brownish-red. Perfume of ripe, black fruits with a touch of smokey oak. Oh my... Massive fruit on the palate. We have been letting it breathe for nearly 5 hours. Full bodied, elegant, full-mouthed tannins that reach deep into the throat. Thing Meghan Trainor because this teenager is all about that bass...some treble ;-)
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Flight at winery - 08 Rocche dell'Annunziata Torriglione, 08 Cerrequio, 06 Cerreqio, 07 La Serra, 03 Foassati Case Nere
La Serra was most feminineand elegant of the group - all wines were among the most intensely flavored Baroli I have every had. The perfume on the nose is truly remarkable and what it does to your palate is an experience worth spending the money for.
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(Saison, Hellerup) No official notes. But remember I was really stunned over this wine. Very young though. We aired and decanted a couble of hours before, but still very closed.
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3/4/2024 - whitmanlholt Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and poured, then put the remaining roughly 1/3 of a bottle in the fridge and revisited the following day. This is a cherry red wine with rusty orange notes starting to show through at the rim. The nose is great and very expressive (and clearly better on day 1 than day 2), showing cherries, rosehips, wet soil, and some damp iron or steel aspects. In the mouth, the wine is crisp and focused, largely revolving around the red fruit characteristics. The finish is chewy, medium length, and gave me a bit of natural licorice. Overall, I thought this was very solid and found it to be a far better bottle than the last one I had in 2018. There should be plenty of gas left in the tank, though, so there is upside potential. 92+ points.
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2/12/2024 - DerBismarck Likes this wine: 98 Points
This is barolo I did not take proper notes but I remember this wine fondly and this might have been the best bottle I drank in 2023.
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7/23/2022 - edwine__ Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Very Italian nose with the aromas of leather, tar, licorice and earthy. It is a big, huge, muscular wine with full mouth tannins. Not a fan. Curious why JS gives it 100 points😏😏😏
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5/20/2022 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 93 Points
The '07 La Serra is a dark beast of a wine, but it appears ready to drink today, as I already found it to be a more savory than fruit-forward wine. That said, I expect the wine will continue to drink well for a while, and it's possible the wine will benefit more from the tannins integrating further than it will lose further fruit.
On the nose, I found black cherry fruit, game, smoke, leather, and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine was incredibly rich, savory, and dark in expression, with black cherry fruit, leather, game, sweet spices and espresso. Texturally, the wine still has medium to high tannin analytically, although given how richly textured it is, covering the tannins a bit, I found it quite drinkable. Acidity is medium.
I found the '07 La Serra very enjoyable, but it is very much a product of the warm, intense '07 vintage.
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3/9/2022 - Purple Tooth wrote: 93 Points
Less and less impressed by high extract at the cost of longevity and problems with retaining freshness. When you hang and squeeze too long and hard, the wines are big, voluptuous and delicious at the beginning, but they seem to tire out over time. This is what I am feeling here having drank a bottle twice over the last couple years. Definitely a decline from last time with a rather Merlot like thickness and far from a Barolo.If blind, I would have bet you this was anything but a Barolo...Developing some warm middle eastern spice within the finish, telling me the time is NOW. DRINK
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11/1/2020 - Purple Tooth wrote: 94 Points
This is a BIG Barolo! Muscular as it can get for a Nebbiolo, even after 13 years. The wine is filled with lots of fruit in the form of stewed red cherries aged in cedar. Long and persistent finish with tones of petrol and char. It improved in length and gained weight with time in the glass, but to me, it lacked the freshness to warrant more aging. Drink
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10/14/2019 - walkerjfw wrote: 95 Points
Dinner organized by Mark T with Paolo/Matt/Jack - generous contributions from our cellars (Wolfgang's NYC on 41st): Last wine of the evening, generous contribution from Paolo. Have had Voerzio's wines but first experience with this one. Decanted, open maybe 2 hours before drinking - could probably have used more time but great nonetheless. Drank with our "Cheese course" at the end of the evening*
Dark ruby color, vibrant core, no separation. Perfumed and elegant nose of red fruits. Fruit forward palate showing black raspberry, sweet earth notes. A slight sweetness on the mid palate, really pleasant. Medium weight, long and nuanced finish.
This wine was truly spectacular on this evening. Early in its evolution, its drinking well at this point with a long arc ahead of it. Will have to look for some to add to my cellar. Tied for WOTN with the 97 Monte Bello
*Asking for a cheese course at a steak house can be confusing to them. After some back and forth, we wound up with 2 slices of cheescake to pair with this wine....:) wine was so good it didn't matter
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4/7/2018 - whitmanlholt wrote:
Took to dinner at the Tam O’Shanter. No formal notes. Nice translucent red, although a darker shade of Barolo with no sediment. Nose has some herbs and tar. The mouth has some decent cherry flavors. There was a lot of heat throughout the experience, though. I hope this integrates or tones down a bit more.
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3/22/2018 - KenPlace wrote: 92 Points
Good wine, but not showing much complexity. May need 5 more years to gain weight and secondary chararcteristics.
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12/11/2017 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lakritze, Teer, Rosenblüten, elegant, Alkohol gut integriert, Tannine griffig, durch sein junges Alter noch nicht ganz abgerundet. Das richtige Gericht für die Trüffel. 93+
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8/12/2016 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 95 Points
We decided to sip this "modern" Barolo tonight. Issues of how long to age in small or larger barrels, winemaking technique, etc, make for interesting intellectual discussion...sort of. We really do not care too much. We wanted our friend to experience because he introduced us to a Nebbiolo made by Typhoon 8 in Hong Kong that tasted like medicine. We could not let him believe a good Nebbiolo tasted like that. This wine is sipping very nicely now, but we would argue "barely legal" because we are confident another decade or so is in its future. The "modern" gal will become a "traditional" lady...either way, molto interessante! Light, brownish-red. Perfume of ripe, black fruits with a touch of smokey oak. Oh my... Massive fruit on the palate. We decanted for more than 1 hour. Full bodied, elegant, full-mouthed tannins that reach deep into the throat. Think Meghan Trainor because this teenager is all about that bass...some treble ;-)
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12/3/2015 - Umay Ceviker wrote: 95 Points
Deep ruby turning brick at its rim. Fragrant nose with sour cherry and strawberry marmelade aromas mixed with tar, lovely scents of carnation and a deep breath in a pine forest. Two hours after opening a rich array of aromas like licorice, tobacco, leather and olives have emerged as well as meaty undertones.
Captivating with perfect grip, fine powdery tannins and an overall elegance that is effortless and simply caressing.
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9/30/2015 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 95 Points
We decided to sip this "modern" Barolo tonight. Issues of how long to age in small or larger barrels, winemaking technique, etc, make for interesting intellectual discussion...sort of. We really do not care too much. This wine is sipping very nicely now, but we would argue "barely legal" because we are confident another decade or so is in its future. The "modern" gal will become a "traditional" lady...either way, molto interessante! Light, brownish-red. Perfume of ripe, black fruits with a touch of smokey oak. Oh my... Massive fruit on the palate. We have been letting it breathe for nearly 5 hours. Full bodied, elegant, full-mouthed tannins that reach deep into the throat. Thing Meghan Trainor because this teenager is all about that bass...some treble ;-)
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11/8/2013 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
World Wine Symposium 2013 - Kevin and Kelly's excellent adventure; 11/6/2013-11/14/2013 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): It isn’t often that I get to drink the 07 La Serra back to back. I get the cooler impression yet they are almost identical. Dry red fruits, rose, tar and flowers. Quite precise palate impression, silky and nicely integrated tannins. Lovely.
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11/7/2013 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
World Wine Symposium 2013 - Kevin and Kelly's excellent adventure; 11/6/2013-11/14/2013 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): Lovely dry red fruits, rose, tar and baking spices. Lovely dense palate, medium concentration, dry sweet fruit palate and sweet tannins. This particular bottle is surprisingly open. Lovely.
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3/29/2012 - Jack O'Brien wrote: 95 Points
Flight at winery - 08 Rocche dell'Annunziata Torriglione, 08 Cerrequio, 06 Cerreqio, 07 La Serra, 03 Foassati Case Nere
La Serra was most feminineand elegant of the group - all wines were among the most intensely flavored Baroli I have every had. The perfume on the nose is truly remarkable and what it does to your palate is an experience worth spending the money for.
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10/22/2011 - Tartiflette wrote: 95 Points
(Saison, Hellerup) No official notes. But remember I was really stunned over this wine. Very young though. We aired and decanted a couble of hours before, but still very closed.
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6/4/2010 - Yagil wrote: 87 Points
sampled at the winery prior to release
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