Community Tasting Note
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swapdoc wrote:
September 24, 2013 - Tasted this wine for the first time and did not share in the general excitement. The fruit is bright and long, bit of menthol, mineral. The overall taste has a vegetive hint of green peppers that reminded of a ripe cab franc -- something I didn't find very appealing. Will wait to retaste.
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6 Comments
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BUBBA DAWG commented:
9/24/13, 9:38 AM - in my opinion, this needs 4-5 years of cellaring
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farinas commented:
9/24/13, 1:31 PM - Had the same vegetal aromas when I tasted the 2005. However I recently had the 2009 and it was amazing. I'm wondering if it is bottle variation/taint or do these wines taste great young and then go through a "dumb" period. Galloni tasted the 2005 in 2008 and then in 2010 and gave it identical scores. Funny thing is that he constantly mentions "ashes" and "minerals" in the profile of the wine but never "vegetal" even in lower scoring vintages...mmm
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StefanAkiko commented:
9/24/13, 4:58 PM - We've bought a few vintages of this for the long haul as it's a wine with a long life expectancy rating. Haven't had one yet, but must admit to being incredibly tempted :-)
...especially since vegetal CF-aromas wake up my inner poet (as do mature wines.)
Galloni's descriptions are not "consistent", so not someone to listen to more than anyone you like on CT. I find his notes often overly simplified or missing important points. But he does have had an incredible amount of wines tasted and I very often find myself agreeing to his scores. -
farinas commented:
9/24/13, 5:30 PM - I really like the 2009 and it's very accessible now and won't make you feel bad for drinking too soon (see my TN)
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StefanAkiko commented:
9/24/13, 8:37 PM - This is exactly the conflict with choosing betwen: Drink or keep?
Most wines can be enjoyed almost always when young, but the ones that can age well achieve amazing heights that just are not there in the young padawans.
Very mature wines often develop fascinating "non-fruity, non-fresh" aromas that can be anything from foul to getting me going like nothing else. A great mature wine always beats a young great wine on my palate.
..but would I love to open one of these? Hell yeah! :-) -
swapdoc commented:
9/25/13, 8:01 AM - Would cellar this for 4+ years, as I generally prefer the complexity of fully developed wines. This wine can easily be enjoyed now, but I will cellar my bottles. It is possible that my bottle was atypical ('06 Barbi brunello is another example that comes to mind) -- I tasted this wine only once at a larger tasting.