Black currants, leather, some lavender and cigar box. Well integrated, hardly noticeable alcohol. Velvety tannins and clearly noticeable wood. Dense and complex with remarkably long finish. Respectable wine that certainly make more fun paired with food. I'm starting to look for Truffles...
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Quite dark for a 14 year old nebbiolo, almost opaque garnet. The cork was bad and shredded mightily during extraction but didn't otherwise affect the wine. Thick, juicy with dark red fruits, and shredded with licorice, wood, earth, and mocha. It's got a thick almost cloying texture that detracts from the other elements. I don't quite see it acquiring more finesse or grace but if you like a more modern style this is good today and shows no indication of slowing down.
I like to verify my untutored statements about wood, modernity etc. before publishing a Barolo or Barbaresco note both because it keeps me learning and there are so many different styles I find it hard to distinguish sometimes. There's a great description of the winery's trajectory at their US importer, and apparently in 2004 they made an abrupt shift from a seeming Parker-inspired approach to more traditional methods. There's good underlying material, so a more recent vintage would offer a very illuminating comparison. See: http://www.viaswine.com/regioni/schedaAzienda.asp?cantina=53
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This vintage is hitting its stride right now. The tannins have softened, but the fruit is still strong (bing cherry/plum). Decanted for 2 hours - could have used 3.
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nose: wonderfully pungent nose of roasted herbs, sour cherry, lavender, and some wood smoke tones. wonderfully balanced and sweet aromatics that just linger in your nose
taste: nice bold flavors of sour cherry, roasted herbs, and tar with hints of lavender starting to creep in with delicious balance
overall: a really pretty Barolo with tart acidity and still firm tannins that provide a tasty roasted herb attack and tar based finish. The nose on this is the real winner as it is just sumptuous and slowly changes and reveals more and more
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10/22/2016 - Col.Harding wrote: 92 Points
drinking beautifully, notes of anise and lavender, balanced
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2/13/2016 - EdaPeda Likes this wine: 92 Points
Black currants, leather, some lavender and cigar box. Well integrated, hardly noticeable alcohol. Velvety tannins and clearly noticeable wood. Dense and complex with remarkably long finish. Respectable wine that certainly make more fun paired with food. I'm starting to look for Truffles...
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11/7/2012 - bevetroppo wrote: 90 Points
Quite dark for a 14 year old nebbiolo, almost opaque garnet. The cork was bad and shredded mightily during extraction but didn't otherwise affect the wine. Thick, juicy with dark red fruits, and shredded with licorice, wood, earth, and mocha. It's got a thick almost cloying texture that detracts from the other elements. I don't quite see it acquiring more finesse or grace but if you like a more modern style this is good today and shows no indication of slowing down.
I like to verify my untutored statements about wood, modernity etc. before publishing a Barolo or Barbaresco note both because it keeps me learning and there are so many different styles I find it hard to distinguish sometimes. There's a great description of the winery's trajectory at their US importer, and apparently in 2004 they made an abrupt shift from a seeming Parker-inspired approach to more traditional methods. There's good underlying material, so a more recent vintage would offer a very illuminating comparison. See: http://www.viaswine.com/regioni/schedaAzienda.asp?cantina=53
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1/14/2010 - zippythep wrote: 92 Points
This vintage is hitting its stride right now. The tannins have softened, but the fruit is still strong (bing cherry/plum). Decanted for 2 hours - could have used 3.
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8/25/2008 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points
nose: wonderfully pungent nose of roasted herbs, sour cherry, lavender, and some wood smoke tones. wonderfully balanced and sweet aromatics that just linger in your nose
taste: nice bold flavors of sour cherry, roasted herbs, and tar with hints of lavender starting to creep in with delicious balance
overall: a really pretty Barolo with tart acidity and still firm tannins that provide a tasty roasted herb attack and tar based finish. The nose on this is the real winner as it is just sumptuous and slowly changes and reveals more and more
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