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Blind Tasting 2000 Barbarescos and Random Nebbiolos
Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA
Tasted March 14, 2013 by zscheiner with 359 views
Flight 1 (5 notes)
Red
1994 Rabbit Ridge Nebbiolo Barrique Riserva
86 points
Darkest color. Cinnamon red hot candy nose. Black plum and cinnamon on the palate. Tastes young with lots of fruit left. (my 3rd, group's 3rd)
Red
1989 Azienda Monsordo Bernardina (Ceretto) Nebbiolo d'Alba Lantasco
79 points
Moderately bricked. Strange nose, no fruit, some mint. Dried out palate, no fruit, some dried flowers. Over the hill. (my 4th, group's 4th)
Red
2005 Novy Family Wines Nebbiolo Stolpman Vineyard
91 points
Nice nose of cherries and roses. Mix of ripe and tart cherries, some black tea notes. Nice balance and a long finish. Clearly the wotf. (my 1st, group's 1st)
Red
1993 Renwood Nebbiolo
flawed
Bricked. Off nose, furniture polish and v.a. Leather, varnish, caramel palate. Oxidized. (my 5th, group's 5th)
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Red
1992 Il Podere dell'Olivos Nebbiolo Parabola
87 points
Strawberry nose. Sweet strawberry fruit, round, soft palate. Simple but still fruity and alive which was enough to make it second best in this flight. Others got brett, which I'm normally quite sensitive to but couldn't detect here. (my 2nd, group's 2nd)
Flight 2 (6 notes)
Red
2000 Bruno Rocca Barbaresco Rabajà
91 points
Pretty, floral nose, some baking spice. Cherries and anise with bright acidity. Smoother with less tannin than the rest of the lineup. Only one that's drinking well now imo. Really nice. (my 1st, group's 4th)
Red
2000 Moccagatta Barbaresco Basarin
90 points
Savory nose, sweaty, some tar. Medium to full bodied, tannic, leather, dried cherries. Promising but needs time. (my 2nd, group's 2nd)
Red
2000 Moccagatta Barbaresco Cole
88 points
Black fruit and tar on the nose. Tart cherry, prominent tannin, medium+ acidity. Lots of good stuff here but disjointed. Needs time. (my 3rd, group's 3rd)
Red
2000 Albino Rocca Barbaresco Vigneto Brich Ronchi
87 points
Nice, sweet nose of strawberries and roses. Dark fruit, tight and tannic. Acidity is a bit shrill. Another one that needs time. (my 4th, group's 1st)
Red
2000 Albino Rocca Barbaresco Vigneto Loreto
flawed
Weird nose, smoky, bretty(?), reduced(?). Weird palate, caramel, maderized. (my 6th, group's 6th)
Red
2000 Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Rabajà
83 points
Sweet, woody, smoky nose. Sweet dried cherries, sweet wood. An outlier in this flight. (my 5th, group's 5th)