This Barolo is pretty hard work right now. There are some whiffs of flowers, medicine and fruit in the bouquet, but the palate is bone dry and pretty charmless. The finish is loaded with gritty, dry, woody tannins. Very hard for me to get a read on, so I say sit on these for another 5 years at least and hope for some drastic improvement.
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Still a little mute unfortunately. Drank pretty well but was not very expressive. Pleasant mellow nose, with some florals and tar, a smooth pallete and a solid finish with fine grain tannins still in the mix. Pretty good, but not up to its fill potential I think. Should have waiited a few more years.
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at a higher price point than others; initial fruit opened up to dry earth overwhelming the initial flavors; an aggressive balance where we would prefer something more demure; nevertheless a wine worth thinking about
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1/21/2018 - rnellans wrote: 92 Points
Dark cherry, tar on nose. Some oak , good fruit and suave tannins . Enjoyable.
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10/31/2014 - blanquito wrote:
This Barolo is pretty hard work right now. There are some whiffs of flowers, medicine and fruit in the bouquet, but the palate is bone dry and pretty charmless. The finish is loaded with gritty, dry, woody tannins. Very hard for me to get a read on, so I say sit on these for another 5 years at least and hope for some drastic improvement.
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8/15/2013 - rnellans wrote: 91 Points
Dark. Nice floral, cherry and tar notes. Plush palate. Balanced with sweet fruit, fine grain tannis and nice acidity.
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11/9/2011 - ron m wrote:
Still a little mute unfortunately. Drank pretty well but was not very expressive. Pleasant mellow nose, with some florals and tar, a smooth pallete and a solid finish with fine grain tannins still in the mix. Pretty good, but not up to its fill potential I think. Should have waiited a few more years.
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8/23/2011 - bugdoced wrote: 90 Points
at a higher price point than others; initial fruit opened up to dry earth overwhelming the initial flavors; an aggressive balance where we would prefer something more demure; nevertheless a wine worth thinking about
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