2/17/2014 - portobellovines wrote:

lots to like but ultimately feels a bit thin compared to the best though may just need time.

1/4/2014 - portobellovines wrote:

just getting better and better as per previous note needed time and now beginning to sing - suspect has a good few years at its peak.

12/1/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

very disappointing - short and yeasty

12/1/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

Never opened up - not sure if it will

5/2/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

really starting to open up ow - incredibly smooth and approachable barolo - not lacking in complexity but bags of charm

2/16/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

fabulously pure, quite unyielding at the moment but improving without doubt.

2/2/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

improving constantly, young but delicious now. Will warrant a higher score within a year or two.

1/18/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

soupy, not unenjoyable but rather new world....

1/18/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

outstandingly linear but with no lack of substance and complexity, really really good.

1/13/2013 - portobellovines wrote:

Very chewy and focused - complex core but too young.

12/14/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

The wine looks Straw colored. The legs are Medium. The body is Medium. The wine has Linear texture. The wine finishes Medium.

11/27/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

as per previous bottle

11/27/2012 - portobellovines Likes this wine:

bit muddy but enjoyable

11/27/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Improved with time in the glass but never really sung.

11/25/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Gorgeous

11/25/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

more honour than pleasure but remarkably fresh all things considered.

11/25/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

drinking beautifully but more complexity to come yet.

11/25/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

knackered, lost all structure and interest.

11/4/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

even at the price this is a serious class act and the pedigree is apparent.

11/4/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

huge power and incredible freshness considering nose suggests that its past it

11/4/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

superb minerality and savouriness carry what is a very big wine with grace and refreshment.

10/17/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

persistent but not powerful - nothing less than a pleasure but very subtle

10/17/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

blindingly moreish - nothing wets the appetite like a Muller Kab - would like to wait longer but so good right now....

10/17/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

excellent length and spice, lovely dry finish - may yet develop further

10/13/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Its all there but the slight lack of integration of oak suggests to me that leaving for another year may well be very worthwhile.

10/11/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

wait some more - but its so good all ready....

10/5/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

clearly great material but in my view bit dumb at the moment.

9/22/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Fresh and delicious.

9/11/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

touch too sweet but delicious none the less

9/11/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

fabulous once decanted - not quite harmonious to start with.

9/10/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

very big and broad - almost new world in style - an acquired taste

8/17/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

drinking beautifully - real secondary characteristics becoming apparent - more time will undoubtedly reveal more wine however and the structure is certainly there for the long haul

8/17/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

pleasant enough and not short on length or breadth but diminished by an inexplicable and pungent chemical smell on the nose - nobody could pin down but almost sweaty.

8/5/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

great purity and fruit but oak is not quite integrated yet - leave for a while longer.

8/5/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

very good and very classical - long way to go yet mind

8/1/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Blinding - pure core of lush fruit wrapped in steel - fine and very long but not broad.

7/27/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

good but not great.

7/18/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

incredible core of fruit driving this wine through to a medium but entirely satisfying finish. Not showy but memorable, especially if compared to other white burgs.

7/16/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

exceptionally light on its feet - fruit as fresh as the day it was picked - a remarkable life ahead of it, and only beginning to be drinking now.

7/11/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

seemed too young

7/5/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

bottle variation (from good to better) or lunar stuff, I don't know but this bottle is really singing far more than the previous two. Mistakable for anyone else's meursault.

7/3/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

high quality but perhaps too broad without the supporting acidity, minerality and drive - lacking verve.

6/30/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

superb over two days and improving every minute - such precision and fineness.

6/30/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

filling out beautifully bit lifted by a lovely fine acidity - drinking perfectly now.

6/25/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Very pure but some notable weakness on the finish - a bad bottle perhaps.

6/20/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

real dull commercial fruit bomb.

6/15/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Still very young and closed but brooding power and riesling like acidity and refreshment on the end of a firm palette.

6/12/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

seems young - but much promise

6/10/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

Pop and pour but improved markedly over 4 hours + in decanter - obviously a rich vintage but wears it elegantly and without overt signs of heat or excessive alcohol - a real crowd-pleaser if atypical Monprivato. In a word; seductive.

6/7/2012 - portobellovines wrote:

as previous note - light on its feet, spicy on the finish, long rich after-taste. Day 2 - no sign of fading - spice has turned to an attractive savoury-sweetness on the palette