Community Tasting Notes 139

• winelover1808 Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 19, 2024 - Decanted 90 minutes. super grippy tannins; darker fruit, mushroom, forest floor, tar, anise; with a rich pasta the tannins softened and this really hit its stride. def needs a decant; not sure those tannins will ever fully resolve as there is a trade off of the fruit declining with age vs the tannins softening. probably recommend drinking but see if a longer decant will help smooth out the finish; or just make sure you have this with fairly rich food!

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• Rich S Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 24, 2024 - Decanted for sediment. Medium garnet color. Explosive nose of ripe red cherry, cherry liqueur, balsamic, cedar cigar box, a bit of herbal cough drop and brown sugar. Could smell this wine from a few feet away. Similar flavors on the palate with loads of dried and slightly baked cherry flavors, baking spices and cigar box / tobacco notes. Medium+ acidity and tannin. Plenty of structure but well balanced and finishes long. Have had a few bottles of the 08 vintage of this wine and the 07 is far superior. Fantastic bottle of aged Barolo and drinking great at the moment.

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• N.Bonaparte wrote: 93 points

  March 3, 2024 - 20 months from my last bottle. This benefited from a 30 minute decant and developed well throughout the night. The best glass was 5 hours later from the decanter where it developed some weight but significant complexity. This is in its prime and best consumed within the next 2-3 years. Revisit 2025

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• Kris G wrote: flawed

  February 25, 2024 - During our tasting in the wineclub 6 bottles from Superiore.de went down the drain, unfortunately this didn't come as a surprise :\

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• spendergast Likes this wine: 97 points

  February 16, 2024 - Decanted 2 hours. This wine is evolving nicely since my last tasting in 2019. Notes of dark fruit: black raspberry, cherry, plum with spice and minerals in the background. Prominent tannins are well integrated and finish is long and satisfying. Paired with venison osso buco.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Domenico Clerico
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Ciabot Mentin
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Codes 4038326710378, 8032535710736, 8032535710859

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• Pending Delivery 106 (2%)
• In Cellars 3,561 (66%)
• Consumed 1,768 (33%)

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