Dinner at Andrew's place: A browning colour. Aromas of fallen leaves and rotting wood, mushroomy and clearly oxidised. Quite raisined, decaying and lactic on palate. This bottle was pretty undrinkable. Worse than the other bottle of this wine we had in Piemonte in 2016.
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A long Sunday lunch on the Langhe: Our wine served blind was thought to be a '70s or even '60s Barolo by the tasters. Forest floor, truffle and earthy aromas, but also burnt toffee. Also a little sherry, or as someone corrected, old rum. Some fruit on the mid palate but a bit sherried on the finish. Autumn leaves, sous bois and bracken flavours dominating the fruit. Parched desert dry, nothing volatile here. A well made wine, "from a good vintage", said Jeffrey. To me, however, the least impressive and enjoyable of our three old wines.
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1/1/2017 - HowardNZ Does not like this wine:
Dinner at Andrew's place: A browning colour. Aromas of fallen leaves and rotting wood, mushroomy and clearly oxidised. Quite raisined, decaying and lactic on palate. This bottle was pretty undrinkable. Worse than the other bottle of this wine we had in Piemonte in 2016.
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6/20/2016 - HowardNZ wrote:
A long Sunday lunch on the Langhe: Our wine served blind was thought to be a '70s or even '60s Barolo by the tasters. Forest floor, truffle and earthy aromas, but also burnt toffee. Also a little sherry, or as someone corrected, old rum. Some fruit on the mid palate but a bit sherried on the finish. Autumn leaves, sous bois and bracken flavours dominating the fruit. Parched desert dry, nothing volatile here. A well made wine, "from a good vintage", said Jeffrey. To me, however, the least impressive and enjoyable of our three old wines.
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