1977 Mastroberardino Taurasi Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  9/26/2023 - hsacks Likes this wine: 94 Points

  An extraordinary wine coming from a well stored 3L bottle. Aromas of black cherries, anise, leather and underbrush. Fully integrated fruit in the mouth with excellent length and depth. Complex and supple on the palate. Remarkabl intact at 46 years of age.

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  2/5/2022 - Grinner wrote: flawed

  2012 Oregon Pinots (w/ no formal notes) (Woodward's): This bottle had seen better days. Seemed like heat damage (provenance unknown / Aabalat). No TCA, brett, or VA. Just tired old thin fruit and acid. Dang!

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  10/5/2021 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  From a 3-liter jeroboam. Bottle #417 of total 499 jeroboams. 12% alcohol.
  
  Aged, moderately deep maroon color with a syrupy brown core and a clear, brick-red rim. Aged, tertiary and quite sweet-toned nose with rich aromas of raisins and dried dates, some oxidative notes of soy sauce and light nutty tones, a little bit of old leather, a hint of pipe tobacco and a touch of syrupy richness. The wine is aged, textural and full-bodied on the palate with tertiary flavors of dried dates and syrupy richness, some dried figgy tones, a little bit of leathery funk, light cigar notes, a savory hint of meaty umami and a balsamic touch of sweet VA. Despite its age the wine is still remarkably structure-driven, thanks to its high acidity and ripe yet still noticeably unresolved and quite assertive tannins. The finish is long, powerful and tannic with intense, savory flavors of dried dates and figs, some leathery tones, a little bit of wizened sour cherry, light oxidative notes of soy sauce, tertiary hints of syrupy and balsamic VA and a touch of raisin.
  
  A beautiful, classic old Taurasi with lots of age. The wine is fully mature or already slightly past its peak, but still brimming with bold, tertiary fruit and thus is fully enjoyable despite its advanced age. There's no denying that the wine is very old, but even though the first signs of oxidation have started to creep in, the fruit hasn't thinned out and there's still enough body to keep the formidable structure well at bay. Hard to say whether the standard 0,75-liter bottles are in this good condition or past their peak, but this was fully enjoyable right now. No need to age the wine any further - time to drink up.

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  5/24/2020 - pren wrote: 90 Points

  Veronelli 的藏酒，状况应该是有保障的，好与不好，没有什么可怀疑的。
  
  提前4-5小时开瓶，很意外，没有多少沉淀。气味酸，单薄，口中一样。半小时后，丰满了一些，口中有了些甜味。此后，慢慢放开，但始终不太出彩。晚饭的时候，气味突然爆发，aglianico独特的，暖，微甜的水果味出来了，大约一小时。其间口感始终不太好，就是酸 薄，加点酱油味的老酒。
  
  剩下的三分之一，第二天。刚打开的时候，还是酸薄，但是打开得快一点。醒酒三小时后，又有那个气味，淡很多。口中，也是这个味儿，比第一天的口感好了很多。
  
  77年是七十年代最好的年份，如今，不过如此。有点失望。

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  10/21/2019 - Sanlucar wrote: 90 Points

  This 42 year old wine had notes of black licorice and dark cherries with faint traces of cinnamon.
  
  We decanted it for over two hours and it barely budged. Built like a brick *%#@house!

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