Community Tasting Note
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americanstorm Likes this wine: 90 points
March 28, 2016 - Consumed over about 6 hr. Really nice nose, tannins are smooth and almost un noticeable but I felt the flavor profile was just "ok". A nice drinking wine with a good mouthfeel and an adverage finish. The la villa bottling from this same time period is much better and is the same price so no reason to go with the lazzarito. A fairly good well aged barolo but not as special as it should have been. I will not wait too long to drink my 2nd bottle since I think this is on the downside of its peak.
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americanstorm commented:
3/28/16, 7:23 PM - Day two, had set a glass aside and drank it at about hr 28. Could not believe the change. Licorice, almond paste, teath coatings tannins and a finish that goes on and on. Wow, change the score to 93--94. Awesome.
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thewiz commented:
3/29/16, 12:28 PM - Interesting comment, and interesting change of the wine. Do you think that the Lazzarito needs more cellaring or just more airing before drinking?
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americanstorm commented:
3/29/16, 4:03 PM - This was the 5th bottle of this that I have had and, until I looked them up, I didn't remember that I had drank so many. I noticed that most of the bottles I had rated 93 to 94 and thought they were outstanding. I typically decant by pouring two glasses, covering them with coasters and letting them sit for 3 to 6 hours, depending on what i am drinking (most barolo are usually 6 hr or more wines - I do taste them sometimes at different intervals ). There was one that I thought was very sub par and had given it a 86. I think when you are dealing with 20 year old bottles there is going to be some that don't age as well as others and I think this is the case with this wine. Perhaps this last bottle had aged slower and needed a lot of time to open up, but the difference between day one and day two was perfound--the glass had been left out with just a coaster covering it. I have one bottle of the 96 lazzarito and a few of the 96 la villa paiagallo so the next time I will have a few friends over and open them both--with about a 6 hr decant. Should be interesting.