Community Tasting Note
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vinus_operandi Likes this wine: 97 points
November 7, 2023 - tasted blind at a white truffle dinner with several friends. wine was opened 5 hours prior to drinking and double decanted by Oldwines. wine showed aromatics of rose and mint with a hint of sous bois. on the palate, the wine was medium bodied with a lovely soft mouthfeel. coming from a very ripe vintage, the wine managed to show excellent varietal characteristics despite the heat of the year. many producers failed in that respect with their baroli but this wine had to be one of the wines of the vintage. the wine showed beautiful cherry fruit, raspberries, wet earth, and menthol along with some old leather. this was a classic barolo that i found to be simply wonderful in virtually every respect hence the high score. oldwines is a big believer in a long decant and he certainly captured the drinking window on this one. the wine paired well with the truffle dishes but was particularly excellent with the venison carpaccio and white truffle appetizer
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2 Comments
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jsmorris707 commented:
11/7/23, 7:05 AM - Flawed?? Score?
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vinus_operandi commented:
11/7/23, 7:36 AM - thanks for the comment. must have hit flawed by accident. what a great wine!