1999 Domenico Clerico Barolo Pajana

Community Tasting Notes (41) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  12/17/2023 - El_Dougo wrote: 91 Points

  Last bottle. Same as prior however I will note that both of these bottles felt slightly off balance. They were both very powerful and lacking elegance. Last bottle I thought it was the food. This time even with heavier food it felt brutish. Maybe it’s the style. I prefer more subtly.

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  11/23/2023 - indiscriminate palate wrote:

  Loads of tar with dried flowers, figs/plums and dried black fruit showing some advance age. The tannins are still prominent and the acid is mouthwatering. Very pretty wine but with some advanced sour notes.

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  11/13/2023 - El_Dougo Likes this wine:

  Quick note for posterity. This wine is in a terrific spot right now with tannins smoothed by age and yet the fruit remains so fresh that one of our experienced oenophiles mistook this wine for a young vintage. It exudes the classic notes of rose and tar to the extent that this was the first time I finally understood that cliche… One hour decant. With the proper food it can only be better.

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  1/15/2023 - Handy1 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Nice fruit remaining tannins mostly resolved. Well balanced. Drinking beautifully

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  12/25/2022 - Theamaronefan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Mature wine with bouquet of black fruit, dried cherries and herbs. Black currant, black berries and dried cherry are dominant flavors with herbaceous and leather undertones. Soft tannins. 23-year-old wine contained a lot of sediment but was drinking nicely.

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