This one thoroughly delicious, with candied orange peel, mint, liquorice and berry. A very firm structure, a tannic dryness covering all this flavour matched by some cut-throat acidity. What an exciting expression of Nebbiolo. These 2013s have been all over the place - some totally oxidised, some really good - but this one is superb.
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Convinced this had some riserva juice in it (it doesn’t) given the tension, the energy and the towering structure. This is light, strawberry coloured, not the usual slightly darker hue. I can’t quite recall the vintage credentials but my lord does this taste promising, with some aggressive tannin hiding some minty, feline and floral notes and high acid juice. Probably needs some time to relax a little but will be great when it does.
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Same as before. I might leave this another 3/4 years. I think it needs to fully emerge into its window of secondary notes. Though a lively, sappy and crunchy claret now.
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2013 Giacomo Grimaldi Barolo Le Coste
4/19/2024 - Dj6544 wrote: 93 Points
This one thoroughly delicious, with candied orange peel, mint, liquorice and berry. A very firm structure, a tannic dryness covering all this flavour matched by some cut-throat acidity. What an exciting expression of Nebbiolo. These 2013s have been all over the place - some totally oxidised, some really good - but this one is superb.
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2019 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco
4/7/2024 - Dj6544 wrote: 91 Points
Convinced this had some riserva juice in it (it doesn’t) given the tension, the energy and the towering structure. This is light, strawberry coloured, not the usual slightly darker hue. I can’t quite recall the vintage credentials but my lord does this taste promising, with some aggressive tannin hiding some minty, feline and floral notes and high acid juice. Probably needs some time to relax a little but will be great when it does.
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2006 Château La Lagune
4/7/2024 - Dj6544 wrote:
Same as before. I might leave this another 3/4 years. I think it needs to fully emerge into its window of secondary notes. Though a lively, sappy and crunchy claret now.
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