2014 Castello di Verduno Verduno Pelaverga Basadone

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  5/24/2020 - PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I usually write my notes only when a bottle is finished. Last night I wrote a review based on the first half bottle, which was a disappointment. I am taking the unusual step of writing a separate review for night two of this wine, because it is so different from night one. While it still has not regained the aromatic complexity of the first bottle I had two years ago, it is SO MUCH better than last night! It has a sappy, savory flavor, tremendous structure and delineation, and a great beetroot finish. Tonight it reminds me again, like two years ago, of a young Nebbiolo. So, I apologize to the other CT members and to the winery for my haste, and I suggest that you give this a 24 hour double-decant before drinking. And I have no idea how long it will last, but my comments last night about drinking up are clearly wrong!!

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  5/23/2020 - PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Well past its prime. The wine that I rated 91 just 22 months ago is dull; it has today lost all its aromatic charm. It still has a savory and sappy flavor and a medium-light body with some tannic presence, and so still works with meals, but is not very interesting. Based on this experience I would say that these wines should be drunk four-five years from harvest, max.

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  7/28/2018 - nicefish wrote: 88 Points

  This bottle has past it's prime.

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  7/14/2018 - PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very light ruby color; intense aromas of smoke (the smokiest wine this side of 20 year old Cote Rôtie!), leather, flowers, mint, rosemary; firm acidity, medium, grippy tannins; a lightweight earthiness reminiscent of Nebbiolo, particulary from Alto Piemonte; finishes with an intense mineral dryness and very pleasant bittersweetness.

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  7/15/2017 - mattym19 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Nose is smoky and and earthy and austere, not too much fruit to talk about. Palate is leathery and spicy with a hint of minerality. Very good balance between tannin and acid, and will probably get even better over the next few years. Paired well with duck breast. Good choice for a young Italian red.

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