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2008 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Nebbiolo

6/19/2019 - kmadamskkz Likes this wine:

89 points

I'm new to Barolos, so I didn't know what to expect. Medium garnet color with a fair bit of bricking at the edge. Aromas of sour cherry and leather, with some cedar at the end. Medium body with pronounced acidity and softened but still assertive tannins, Flavors echo the aroma, with a bit more complexity. Sour dark cherry, with chewy tobacco and leather, with toasted spice on the medium finish. Have to say I like the aged flavors but the wine is out of balance, acidity and tannins are to strong for the fruit that was there. It's much better with food, I drank this both straight and with an eggplant napoleon the had nice ground pork ragu and it cut through the acidity and tannin, but I had to drink the wine after each bite, it couldn't be drank pleasantly on the side. I Don't know where WS came up with 2035, but this is past whatever prime it had, 2035 would be totally destroyed. Drink by 2025, MAX!

kmadamskkz commented:

6/19/19, 9:55 PM - Thanks for the advice! I have 11 more, so I'll do as you suggest and decant for 3-4 and then render comment. I find that most people drink too early and then critisize, that is why I qualified my tasting note. I'm new to ultra ageable wine, so have no reference on what to do! Thanks again.
kmadamskkz commented:

6/22/19, 5:26 PM - Edgar, thanks for your comments. I'll do as you suggest, its nice to have folks provide constructive advice, it will help speed my learning curve for drinking ultra-ageable wine. Cheers!!

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2013 Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese

5/19/2018 - srh Likes this wine:

Winebar [4 Whts, 8 Reds, & 2 Shared Bottles] from 05/18/18 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): Fermented in s/s and glass concrete vats, temperature-controlled via cooling plates and jackets. Aged more than 24 mos in 20-75 hl Slavonian oak barrels, followed by > 8 mos in bottle.

N: Closed; vanilla, berries

P: LM body; NICE frt fairly quickly met by puckerish astringency which transitions into a LONG, slightly puckerish finish with hints of swtness to the very, VERY fine tannins. NEEDS into '21, then drinking for 4 yrs more... safely. 15% ABV; My VG/VG+, poss more. 96 pts WS, 95 pts & "Editors' Choice" in WE @ $65, 94 WA, 93 ea Suckling & Vinous, 92 Dr. Wine, and 15.5/20 Jancis Robinson. [This vendor's $45.95 is the 2nd lowest amongst a LARGE wine-searcher field!]

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5/27/18, 4:15 AM - B7

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2009 Bergström Pinot Noir Bergström Vineyard Dundee Hills

6/1/2017 - kmadamskkz Likes this wine:

93 points

Medium garnet in color, clear but slightly opaque. Aromas of black cherry, cedar box and spice, with subtle forest floor note. Medium bodied with bold flavor of sour black cherry, orange peel, dark chocolate, and a touch of cedar on the medium long finish. This wine can go for at least 5 more years. A very nice wine. Just sorry this was my last bottle, I'd gladly buy 6 more today.

kmadamskkz commented:

6/1/17, 7:59 PM - I tasted and commented blind on this from my previous tasting note. Regarding drink window, definitely very good now, but the previous wine was decanted, this was not, and so my impression of aging is different. I recommend not decanting this wine, open and leave it in the bottle.

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2007 Adelsheim Pinot Noir Winderlea Vineyard Dundee Hills

5/23/2015 - kmadamskkz wrote:

85 points

Very 2007, not the best Pinot on the block. Not bad, just not...

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8/20/15, 8:18 PM - Still very 2007, but I am more generous in this tasting note. Balckberry and dark cherry, a little spice, but kinda flat and one note. still got some tannins to work through, but I don't think the fruit flavors will survive to see the proper softening of the tannins.

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