Wine Workshop: White Label Giacosa and White Truffles (Locanda Verde): For a few of the bottles in this flight I got a very different flavor than what I think of for barolo - annise. This was one of those. It's nice but if I was going to split hairs there's something not quite 'there' to it which is more apparently drinking next to the '88 which was just lovely.
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I am pretty sure I have never had a 1987 Piedmont wine before and have definitely never heard anything to suggest it's a vintage anyone has any interest in. But this wine doesn't seem at all like an off-vintage from the initial taste of it, which is rich, even heavy, but also smooth and satiny. From there it hollows out a bit, though, the fruit stretched into a pale red with some old-wine apply flavors.
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D'Arenberg dinner at Del Fresco w Chester & friends. Ben W. said bring something old world that doesn't require much decanting so grabbed this on the way out the door -so didn't get to stand this up for a few days. Decanted at restaurant. Very funky & Musty on opening. needed about 45 min to hit on all cylinders. Funk blew off and nice aromatics of old red fruit and rose came out to play -a hint of tar & hoy synn and a nice sweet old Nebiollo . One to enjoy now.
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10/18/2021 - MC2 Wines wrote:
Wine Workshop: White Label Giacosa and White Truffles (Locanda Verde): For a few of the bottles in this flight I got a very different flavor than what I think of for barolo - annise. This was one of those. It's nice but if I was going to split hairs there's something not quite 'there' to it which is more apparently drinking next to the '88 which was just lovely.
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7/17/2021 - Aravind Asok wrote: flawed
Sadly, badly stored at some stage and totally maderized.
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12/20/2014 - cct wrote: 90 Points
Soft and supple, round and elegant. This is starting to turn over the hill, but a testament to producer. Lovely and understated. 90
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12/5/2014 - Keith Levenberg wrote:
I am pretty sure I have never had a 1987 Piedmont wine before and have definitely never heard anything to suggest it's a vintage anyone has any interest in. But this wine doesn't seem at all like an off-vintage from the initial taste of it, which is rich, even heavy, but also smooth and satiny. From there it hollows out a bit, though, the fruit stretched into a pale red with some old-wine apply flavors.
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6/12/2008 - bon vivant wrote: 93 Points
D'Arenberg dinner at Del Fresco w Chester & friends. Ben W. said bring something old world that doesn't require much decanting so grabbed this on the way out the door -so didn't get to stand this up for a few days. Decanted at restaurant. Very funky & Musty on opening. needed about 45 min to hit on all cylinders. Funk blew off and nice aromatics of old red fruit and rose came out to play -a hint of tar & hoy synn and a nice sweet old Nebiollo . One to enjoy now.
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