Rusty color, somewhat floral nose. Recanted for 5 hours. Well balanced, but light-medium body. Quite good, but was just overmatched by a 2001 Lazzeretti Brunello.
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holding up nicely. classic tar,cherries, and herbs with a bit of cinnamon. complex layered mouthfeel with a nice med. finish acidity and tannins still there but this is at or near peak.
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Duck Juice and Barolos (Shane's): nose: pretty and subtle nose with rounded tones of cherries, herbs, fresh berry tones, violets, and rose petals. Excellent depth with a real expression on the nose that is also fairly lively. There is a layered effect on the wine that melds into the tones
taste: Elegant medium feel with fresh medium+ acidity and pretty tones of maraschino cherries, berries, rose petals, various other florals and some bits of vanilla bean tones. Good tannins still carry well on this while having a sleek style to them
overall: mature and quite lovely. A real attractive barolo that is showing extremely well right now. This bottle was popped and poured and drank up quickly by those at the dinner, so this is essentially a first go around impression. It was slightly tight upon opening and needed a bit of coaxing to get going, but it was very rewarding when it fully opened up
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Medium bodied, almost Burgundian in weight. Lovely fruit lifted by a high level of acidity. An excellent food wine. I am told that this wine is massively tannic and almost undrinkable when young.
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12/31/2011 - NeuroWine wrote: 92 Points
Rusty color, somewhat floral nose. Recanted for 5 hours. Well balanced, but light-medium body. Quite good, but was just overmatched by a 2001 Lazzeretti Brunello.
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1/19/2010 - LeatherPalate wrote: 91 Points
holding up nicely. classic tar,cherries, and herbs with a bit of cinnamon.
complex layered mouthfeel with a nice med. finish acidity and tannins still there
but this is at or near peak.
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1/17/2010 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points
Duck Juice and Barolos (Shane's): nose: pretty and subtle nose with rounded tones of cherries, herbs, fresh berry tones, violets, and rose petals. Excellent depth with a real expression on the nose that is also fairly lively. There is a layered effect on the wine that melds into the tones
taste: Elegant medium feel with fresh medium+ acidity and pretty tones of maraschino cherries, berries, rose petals, various other florals and some bits of vanilla bean tones. Good tannins still carry well on this while having a sleek style to them
overall: mature and quite lovely. A real attractive barolo that is showing extremely well right now. This bottle was popped and poured and drank up quickly by those at the dinner, so this is essentially a first go around impression. It was slightly tight upon opening and needed a bit of coaxing to get going, but it was very rewarding when it fully opened up
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10/27/2008 - Johann Von Mastiff wrote: 89 Points
Totally deliscious wine that is an amazing success for the vintage. Drinking really well right now.
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11/6/2004 - Jeff W wrote: 90 Points
Medium bodied, almost Burgundian in weight. Lovely fruit lifted by a high level of acidity. An excellent food wine. I am told that this wine is massively tannic and almost undrinkable when young.
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