Community Tasting Note
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viniferatu Likes this wine:
June 19, 2021 - This is really too serious to be opening now, but I love Alessandria and I have been dying to give this, their iconic wine, a try. Dark and brooding, and slow to open, but it does show very well tonight. Aromas of red and black cherry, blue plum, the fruit element is intense and borderline jammy, this is quite ripe, plus lots of non-fruit intrigue including violets, dry pine forest, and whispers of mint, peppercorns and licorice... Thick and velvety on the palate, it has great structure in deep plush tannins and a clear vein of powerful acidity. It is unyielding on the mid palate, but the finish bursts with flavor, so many ripe fruits and spices lingering very long. Not as tight as I thought it might be, but this is obviously more than a decade away from its peak.
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Iskama commented:
6/19/21, 6:50 PM - I didn’t think this was as tight as most notes indicate when I opened a bottle a couple months ago. We might’ve had a similar showing. More air = more savory and interesting and awesome. Wish I wasn’t too late to track down a mag…
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viniferatu commented:
6/19/21, 6:56 PM - I think the best contemporary Barolo tends to show well young, even if they're quite serious and worth saving decades. I have no regrets opening this bottle. It is tons of fun. I have never seen mags of any Alessandria except at the winery, so I know they exist, but are perhaps quite rare.