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• tantotinto wrote: 92 points

  November 4, 2019 - Love the nose. Cherry, floral and spice. Relatively fruit forward. Tannins are there but well integrated. Not as nuanced as we had hoped. Maybe with time that will happen but it is still delicious now. Much better after an hour of air

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• Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 22, 2015 - I've been hesitant to open this because the Tre Stelle was so challenging and this is supposedly the more structured of the two, but I shouldn't have been, as this is a wonderful and phenomenally easy-to-drink wine, about as friendly as young nebbiolo ever gets. If it is indeed more tannic than the Tre Stelle, that is only the case on paper as the structure is smoothed over by rich, very polished fruit that still has the gloss of youthfulness but whose flavors are well past the primary into savory and earthy territory with a sticky grip. It opens with a dazzlingly complex aromatic punch of herbs and a succulent meatiness, which quiets down soon enough but the wine never shuts down. The fruit is in crimson tones, plummy at first and then more towards apple skin hours later as it backs down from that initial generosity, but throughout the bottle it is full and plump with a real sense of warmth and heartiness, finishing with stony earth. I'm slightly tempted to call it autumnal just on account of the complexion but that doesn't seem to work because there is a very clear sense of freshness here. No leatheriness or other badges of oxidative aging that surface fairly often even in nebbiolos that I *like*: this bottle captured everything in pristine condition, making an exceptionally delicious wine with a robust inner core but a flawless veneer with no rough edges, brimming with generous, richly constituted nebbiolo goodness.

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• Socrates Likes this wine:

  May 29, 2015 - Dark fruit and silky smooth and oddly refreshing. Great piney spice and soft floral tones with a touch of mint. Delicate structure may be a bit deceiving as the wine always has staying power. Great now and worth laying down for a few years

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• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Cascina delle Rose
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Rio Sordo
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barbaresco

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• In Cellars 24 (41%)
• Consumed 35 (59%)

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