Medium reddish ruby in color. Full, forward & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, strawberries & plums with overtones of earthy/dusty & rose petal notes, herbs, spices, minerals, tobacco, mint, some tar notes & a hint of cedar in the background. Medium-deep bodied with a good concentration of balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, tart cranberries & strawberries with herbs, spices, minerals & a hint of vanilla/oak. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & airing but should develop further with additional aging.
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Another ripe wine with delicious dark berry and cherry fruits. There some sweet tobacco and mint too. It is flesh and voluminous and underpinned by chewy tannins. The finish is stony and fresh. Plenty of depth here upon which to age further.
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Light red, clear, slightly brown hue; slightly subdued nose, some strawberry, fresh, hint of vanilla; pleasant attack, intense middle and aftertaste, which balances an otherwise light expression; not sure exactly what to make out of it, nice and correct but somehow not right there without being able to point to the missing bit
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WSI Piemonte Zoom tasting. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour with thin garnet rim. Legs. Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of floral rose, stony minerality, crushed rocks, sour red cherries. Very classic. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol, strong high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of classic sour red cherries, stony minerality, light tarry earth, red licorice. Long finish. Very good quality. Showing well now already, and should age well too.
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Decanted for an hour. Pale, translucent ruby in the glass, with a flowery elegant nose. On the palate, tart cherries, faint tar, plenty of acid and tannins. Pretty consistent with my coravin sample, surprisingly. A bit of a disappointment given the price.
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From a coravin tasting of 4 barbarescos: '16s and '17s. Poured into a wine glass and decanted back and forth twice between two glasses. This is a young wine, and the tasting is primarily to assess the '17 vintage and a straggler from '16 that I overlooked last year. Violets and baking spices on the nose. The palate is well balanced, red fruit, acid, some tar, less tannins that I was expecting. Overall a tasty barbaresco but not a great value in this vintage, at least not from a coravin sample. Will open the bottle to see how this holds up after a few hours in a decanter.
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Tasted at the Barolo and Barbaresco World Opening Tasting Event in NYC. One of only a few 2017's I saw at the tasting. This has not been bottled for general availability as yet so this bottle had a 2016 label with the 6 scratched out and a 7 next to it. Anyway The wine seemed fairly elegant at first with a very light color and texture and a fruit forward profile. The finish was moderately long but it lacked a little structure and depth of flavor. Not bad just not every notable.
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12/21/2023 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium reddish ruby in color. Full, forward & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, strawberries & plums with overtones of earthy/dusty & rose petal notes, herbs, spices, minerals, tobacco, mint, some tar notes & a hint of cedar in the background. Medium-deep bodied with a good concentration of balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, tart cranberries & strawberries with herbs, spices, minerals & a hint of vanilla/oak. Lingering finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & airing but should develop further with additional aging.
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11/15/2023 - Kinell wrote:
Masterclass Nebbiolo med Alf Tumble (Vinkällan, Göteborg): Aningen tegel i färgen
Körsbär, röda bär, röda vinbär (?) tanniner fram i munnen - för mycket.
Har det gått in i tunneln?
torkad frukt, nypon, rosor, syra lägre - varmare år.
Vänta tre år minst.
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6/9/2023 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Another ripe wine with delicious dark berry and cherry fruits. There some sweet tobacco and mint too. It is flesh and voluminous and underpinned by chewy tannins. The finish is stony and fresh. Plenty of depth here upon which to age further.
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6/27/2022 - LEEJV123 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium body, dusty, feminine, balanced, long.
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2/8/2022 - shallowdrift wrote: 89 Points
Coravin. Nice but questionable value for money.
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8/14/2021 - Miceri Likes this wine: 90 Points
Light red, clear, slightly brown hue; slightly subdued nose, some strawberry, fresh, hint of vanilla; pleasant attack, intense middle and aftertaste, which balances an otherwise light expression; not sure exactly what to make out of it, nice and correct but somehow not right there without being able to point to the missing bit
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6/26/2021 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 Points
WSI Piemonte Zoom tasting. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour with thin garnet rim. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of floral rose, stony minerality, crushed rocks, sour red cherries. Very classic. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol, strong high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of classic sour red cherries, stony minerality, light tarry earth, red licorice. Long finish.
Very good quality. Showing well now already, and should age well too.
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1/16/2021 - skurtz Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for an hour. Pale, translucent ruby in the glass, with a flowery elegant nose. On the palate, tart cherries, faint tar, plenty of acid and tannins. Pretty consistent with my coravin sample, surprisingly. A bit of a disappointment given the price.
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1/9/2021 - skurtz Likes this wine: 90 Points
From a coravin tasting of 4 barbarescos: '16s and '17s. Poured into a wine glass and decanted back and forth twice between two glasses. This is a young wine, and the tasting is primarily to assess the '17 vintage and a straggler from '16 that I overlooked last year. Violets and baking spices on the nose. The palate is well balanced, red fruit, acid, some tar, less tannins that I was expecting. Overall a tasty barbaresco but not a great value in this vintage, at least not from a coravin sample. Will open the bottle to see how this holds up after a few hours in a decanter.
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2/4/2020 - oldwines Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tasted at the Barolo and Barbaresco World Opening Tasting Event in NYC. One of only a few 2017's I saw at the tasting. This has not been bottled for general availability as yet so this bottle had a 2016 label with the 6 scratched out and a 7 next to it. Anyway The wine seemed fairly elegant at first with a very light color and texture and a fruit forward profile. The finish was moderately long but it lacked a little structure and depth of flavor. Not bad just not every notable.
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