Drank this beside the 07 Cicala. This is more masculine with more stewed plum. The other was brighter and slightly favored by all. Both classic barolo with stone and graphite at end of mid palate.
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Friday Night Double Blind Semi-Mondo $80+ (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA): Dark dense core with duller maroon rim; dark fruit, leather, herbs, silky and velvety on the nose, modern, bay leaf, eucalyptus, powerful, cocoa, black currant, red cherry; palate different from the nose, powerful, high alcohol but really balanced, strong tannin, dry, no overripeness; I was in Italy but suggested to me something like Dal Forno Valpolicella.
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10/28/2023 - ledwards wrote: 93 Points
Drank this beside the 07 Cicala. This is more masculine with more stewed plum. The other was brighter and slightly favored by all. Both classic barolo with stone and graphite at end of mid palate.
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6/18/2022 - JJA Likes this wine: 95 Points
This was outrageously good. Drinking beautifully now. Drink up!
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5/21/2021 - Rezy13 wrote:
Friday Night Double Blind Semi-Mondo $80+ (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA): Dark dense core with duller maroon rim; dark fruit, leather, herbs, silky and velvety on the nose, modern, bay leaf, eucalyptus, powerful, cocoa, black currant, red cherry; palate different from the nose, powerful, high alcohol but really balanced, strong tannin, dry, no overripeness; I was in Italy but suggested to me something like Dal Forno Valpolicella.
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12/25/2020 - Plabella Likes this wine: 94 Points
this is a full body wine with great dark fruit which gets better with time in the glass.
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6/27/2020 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Big and powerful. Becoming earthy and tar-ed out. But still works it out. I guess I might have drunk it up before now.
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