This was very nice tonight , easy drinking , enjoyed by all. Blends like these don’t need as much breathing at this point in their lives. Ready for the next bottle.
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Good , would have benefitted from more air time prior to drinking. Had a little less teeth and grit then I would have expected. Maybe in a phase right now ,because this wine was a little shut down in my opinion.
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Sublime! Brilliant bouquet of sweet red berries, sugar powder, all the fruits and spices, extractive but superbly harmonious. Outstanding depth and balance.
Despite all the recent natural wine despise towards a huge line of various commercially successful bottlings of Gaja, his top Barbarescos remain just that, top.
Shameless, sensual and inspirational.
Nebbiolo night at Winil / 17 May 2018
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Not as good as had expected. Its a great wine of course but I brought this one to a blind-test and I thought this one would kick it. Great wine but I have had better piedmont-wines for half price!
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Had this blind, On the nose some menthol, sweet, green and fading roses. Well balanced with a long after taste. White pepper, cherries and green pepper. Long fine life ahead.
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Served blind. On the nose cherries, some smoke and minerals, gunpowder, licorice, a bit of heat and some menthol. On the palate this wine has a nice balance, with soft tannins and good balance on a long finish. I found some white pepper, cherries, violets, and actually a bit of gunpowder in the mouth too. A great wine, with a long life ahead.
93 (for now, will improve)
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2/7/2023 - jsebiri wrote:
This was very nice tonight , easy drinking , enjoyed by all. Blends like these don’t need as much breathing at this point in their lives. Ready for the next bottle.
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6/29/2020 - pdemaio Likes this wine: 95 Points
PDQ95
Rich, complex, and full of fruit. Great top notes and acid and smooth round tannins. Pleasant volatile acidity.
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8/30/2019 - jsebiri wrote:
Good , would have benefitted from more air time prior to drinking. Had a little less teeth and grit then I would have expected. Maybe in a phase right now ,because this wine was a little shut down in my opinion.
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5/17/2018 - ve23 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Nebbiolo night on 17 May 2018 (Winil, Moscow): 98/100
Sublime! Brilliant bouquet of sweet red berries, sugar powder, all the fruits and spices, extractive but superbly harmonious. Outstanding depth and balance.
Despite all the recent natural wine despise towards a huge line of various commercially successful bottlings of Gaja, his top Barbarescos remain just that, top.
Shameless, sensual and inspirational.
Nebbiolo night at Winil / 17 May 2018
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12/7/2012 - MWiking wrote: 92 Points
Not as good as had expected. Its a great wine of course but I brought this one to a blind-test and I thought this one would kick it.
Great wine but I have had better piedmont-wines for half price!
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12/6/2012 - Patrik H Likes this wine: 92 Points
Had this blind,
On the nose some menthol, sweet, green and fading roses.
Well balanced with a long after taste. White pepper, cherries and green pepper.
Long fine life ahead.
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12/6/2012 - Ramberg wrote: 93 Points
Costa Russi - 03
Served blind.
On the nose cherries, some smoke and minerals, gunpowder, licorice, a bit of heat and some menthol.
On the palate this wine has a nice balance, with soft tannins and good balance on a long finish.
I found some white pepper, cherries, violets, and actually a bit of gunpowder in the mouth too.
A great wine, with a long life ahead.
93 (for now, will improve)
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3/16/2011 - kwaky Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium red; licorice nose. Nicely balanced tannins; lovely length. Nice.
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3/22/2007 - TDV wrote: 94 Points
Armit Italian tasting (Lansdowne Club): Very young, but will be a fantastic wine one day. Slightly more generous tannin than the Sori Tildin.
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