March 24, 2024 - Rich, vibrant, and youthful. Barely a touch of bricking at the edge. Oh and plenty enjoyable.
February 17, 2024 - Wish CT had a Love It button. This wine is very deserving of honors of the highest echelon. At $50 punches well above its weight class.
July 16, 2023 - Earthy, good color, a tad acidic at first but then settles out, tasty, very nice, one of my highest rated bottles ever!
January 7, 2023 - Very classic barolo, ripe and perfect now, lovely stuff.
December 2, 2022 - Tannins integrated, light yet classic, initial rating of 91 before decant but upgraded after with great showing of fruit, just an overall excellent wine after a decant.
October 31, 2022 - Excessive wood influence. Touch heavy; lacked tension, sense of place, and structure.
October 29, 2022 - Fail. Too long in the tooth.
January 29, 2021 - Gentle nose with rose hip, notes of red and dark berries. Still fruit dominated. Medium plus bodied, powerfull, fruit on the darker side for a Barolo, tannins has softened but is still there. Long and balanced.
September 5, 2020 - Still heavy tannins on pour. Old Style. Gorgeous color. After two hour decant, has a nice aged aroma, nice color that almost glistens in the glass and tannins starting to be tamed after the decant.
March 22, 2020 - One off auction purchase ($65) about a year ago. Opened but not decanted with immediate 1 oz pour. On both the nose and palate, muted notes of sweet cherries, earth and mentholyptus. After 2 hours, it became a bit fleshier, with the fruit a bit less shy and mild notes of spice, rose petals, tar, chocolate, balsamic, tobacco and smoke, although this remained much more on the subtle than assertive side. Dark garnet (dark for a Barolo), light to medium bodied, medium legs. Medium+ acidity, medium- tannins, lightish persistence, no heat. Although this wine was not balled up, as some barolos are, it didn't have the power of the last 2 barolos I've had, and while pleasant to drink, it lacked intensity. CA cult cab drinkers may suspect that this was because this wine was too old, but for a single vineyard Barolo from a very good house, this should just be beginning its life. That said, this wine hit another gear with food (as barolos, bless their little hearts, often do), and was a wonderful complement to spaghetti and meatballs in a zinfandel-tomato sauce night 1 and pork tenderloin night 2, for which it can thank at least one point in its rating. Still, this wine was a mild disappointment, and continues my mixed results with barolos, as opposed to brunellos, where Will Rogers' adage about never having met one he didn't like happily seems to apply. Uncertain, but could have upside going forward. 91-92