Opened and decanted Ruby rust color. Nose offers stewed fruits and cedar; touch of menthol. Tastes better than it smells. Dried fruit, plums/prunes and leaves with the menthol note. The nose suggests it is cooked and suffered from heat damage. Too bad as there was potential here. Disappointing. Will mark as flawed.
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What a great bottle of Vignolo. Explosive aromatics of ripe dark red cherries, plum, some red berries, smoke, menthol, leather, etc. It‘s medium-full bodied, dense and pretty structured, with medium-high acidity and medium+ tannin that is very good quality. Long finish with plenty of complexity. This is in a perfect place now with still vibrant fruit but tertiary notes starting to build up. What a beauty.
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incredibly fruity given the age, fresh, clean, scents of cherry, red fruit, sous bois, mushroom, gentle tannin on the palate, and somewhat sweet on the end, very nice, lacking the wow effect
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Menthol on the nose; on the palate, rich cherry and red berry fruit with strong notes of iron and earth over lighter floral notes, and strong tannins and acidity on the medium to long finish. Although this was decanted for two hours and drunk over two more, it didn't fully open up; this needs several more years, and it should be decanted for sediment. This shows the "iron fist in velvet glove" side of Barolo. Very good value at about $60.
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1/31/2024 - t_moderne wrote: flawed
Opened and decanted
Ruby rust color.
Nose offers stewed fruits and cedar; touch of menthol.
Tastes better than it smells.
Dried fruit, plums/prunes and leaves with the menthol note.
The nose suggests it is cooked and suffered from heat damage.
Too bad as there was potential here. Disappointing.
Will mark as flawed.
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1/24/2020 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 95 Points
What a great bottle of Vignolo. Explosive aromatics of ripe dark red cherries, plum, some red berries, smoke, menthol, leather, etc. It‘s medium-full bodied, dense and pretty structured, with medium-high acidity and medium+ tannin that is very good quality. Long finish with plenty of complexity. This is in a perfect place now with still vibrant fruit but tertiary notes starting to build up. What a beauty.
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12/18/2019 - sburtt Likes this wine: 93 Points
incredibly fruity given the age, fresh, clean, scents of cherry, red fruit, sous bois, mushroom, gentle tannin on the palate, and somewhat sweet on the end, very nice, lacking the wow effect
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3/1/2018 - RichardP wrote: 92 Points
Menthol on the nose; on the palate, rich cherry and red berry fruit with strong notes of iron and earth over lighter floral notes, and strong tannins and acidity on the medium to long finish. Although this was decanted for two hours and drunk over two more, it didn't fully open up; this needs several more years, and it should be decanted for sediment. This shows the "iron fist in velvet glove" side of Barolo. Very good value at about $60.
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8/7/2015 - pdicorpo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fantastic bottle of wine! Ready to drink now. very smooth but still rich with flavor.
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