2010 Gravner Ribolla

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  5/12/2022 - Necowine wrote: 89 Points

  From glass. Color: now that is an *orange* wine! Amber orange. At first nectary and sweaty on the nose, but later sweeter apricots - full and inviting. Palate: florals and nectars, petroly background, a kind of grilled citrus feel. Some of the tannins that you get in this kind of skin-contact wine. But all with attractive sharpness, fullness - like a guillotine blade, sharp and full. Quite liked it.

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  10/30/2021 - Amberissey Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Opened 24 hours decanted 5 hours. On the first sniff I got the scent of the pink lady apple that I had earlier today. Then orange marmalade, some kind of fresh red plum, not at all like red wine, more straight off the tree. Also kind of a liqueur sensation. It was suggested to me nail polish and that is bang on. Bone dry on the palette. Light old red wine like mouthfeel. Decayed or badly bruised apple on the attack. Bitter marmalade and orange rind on the finish. Perhaps some smokiness. Reminds me of some of the 40+ year old Piedmont reds I’ve had this year in some ways. Like nothing I’ve ever had before. Cerebral.

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  10/29/2021 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Opened the day prior and decanted for five hours. A stunning shade of medium amber in the glass. On first inspection it became abundantly clear that this was a wine with incredible levels of nuance and complexity. Unquestionably kaleidoscope. A touch of volatile acidity and a slightly resinous nose upon opening with hints of nail varnish remover that fell away following the decant to reveal orange rind, bitter marmalade, blood orange, orange blossom, honeysuckle, candied yellow fruits, dried chopped apricots, and a feint botrytised character. This mesmerising wine moves through so many different phases on the palate. You perceive, anticipate, and then become fully wedded to one thing and the wines shows you the exact opposite. The density and richness send you one way just as austere, deeply savoury characteristics and phenolic bitterness drag you back the other. The 14% alcohol is unrecognisable as a fine thread of acidity runs throughout the wine. Only after the finish do you recognise flavours that you didn’t discern on the palate. Texturally speaking and owning to the extended maceration this sits somewhere in the mature red wine camp where the tannins are mostly resolved, there’s generous mid palate density, and a finish reminiscent of mature Sauternes minus the sweetness. A fascinating journey and a truly outstanding wine that brilliantly synthesises many complex flavours into one harmonious offering.

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  10/14/2021 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Drunk alongside a 2013 Radikon Ribolla in an unserious attempt to stir controversy.
  EYE: bronze. No haze. NOSE: mellifluous. Sweet, nutty elixir. Brightly peach and plum. Swimsuits in a hamper. Wood ear mushrooms. No VA.
  MOUTH: Landscape-width texture, combed, pending golden hour. It’s restrained at first, then after chewing, it ruptures along frayed seams that taste husky and tannic. Pecan pith. It’s at this point that it relinquishes glass-dense, golden fruit bodies bearing juicy acidity. The drink is governed by its terracotta textures and structures. The fruit is muscular and pressurized, but it never turns sweet or tart. Cinnamon candy shell. Mint. This is a poised, polite creature. It has authority and uncompromising challenges to offer for habituated drinkers of late-disgorged Champagne, mature Meursault, or pirate stashes of golden rancio. It is cultured and fine. Remember to chew it. I find it fit for keeping another decade. 96 points.
  TIME: I left the bottle resealed on the table over night. It’s 99% of what it was yesterday, the luxuriant sheen of fruit satin is a ever so slightly stressed, though not yet ready to crack. Pretty impressive for an eleven year-old.

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  4/11/2021 - stet Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Color: dark orange
  Nose: here's where this shines. I get yellow plum, dry apricot, almond, mint and licorice, then as the wine opens up also lots of yellow rose and violet. There is an oxidative note with raisin. Plastic film
  Palate: Medium-high acidity and what i can only describe as resolved tannin. Confirms the nose with freshness and deep yellow plum and almond. Good minerality
  Finish: long
  
  Not super balanced with a little alcohol burn but aromatically a bombshell. Let me be clear that this needs to be decanted like a Barolo from the same year: half a day plus, slow ox welcome. If you don't decant at this stage imo you are wasting it. I think this wine is built like a tank and can go decades more

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