Community Tasting Note

• ricard Likes this wine: 95 points

  September 23, 2021 - Goodness gracious me this is a damn fine wine. It is so instantly obvious - the moment it hits the glass - that we're dealing with refinement, beauty, elegance, understated ambition, humility, profundity and grace, all in one. It is light in colour, with a restrained perfume of violets, attar of roses, raspberries and nutmeg. I think it will open up more in about five years' time when it starts to show tertiary expression. It is still young and vigorous. The tannic profile is silky, very unlike a young Barolo, which tends more towards astringency and dryness. This is much much softer and gentler. But it is not an ordinary wine. It is immaculately balanced - the sweetness offsetting the savouriness, the acidity lifting the fruit, the structure not too assertive, not too discreet. A really delicious wine. And such good value.

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7 Comments

• DCHawkeye commented:

  9/24/21, 3:44 PM - Yet only an 89 score? Your (very well written!) review seems much more positive than an 89 would indicate.

• D_RICH commented:

  9/24/21, 9:45 PM - Quite a glowing review for a wine scored at 89 points.

• ricard commented:

  9/24/21, 11:49 PM - Thank you to those who spotted my odd 89 score! I wrote this last night using the app (I normally use the website) and I must have hit the slider by accident and lowered the score. It's a 95 to me. I don't hand out 95s that often! But also, I don't drink many 89s either! Thanks guys.

• srh commented:

  9/27/21, 1:01 PM - MANY thanks for ALL your toil in publishing your EXTREMELY positive TN, Ricard! 👍 🙂 Should you &/or any of the strand participants be interested, I’ve uploaded info for this vintage which you can peruse at your leisure. 😉

• ricard commented:

  9/28/21, 1:19 AM - Very kind of you @srh, thank you!

• DCHawkeye commented:

  9/28/21, 1:48 AM - Ricard, that same slider has been responsible for some odd scores from me, too!
  
  Gary

• srh commented:

  9/28/21, 11:40 AM - You're so VERY welcome, Ricard... 😊

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