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Label borrowed from 1967
Label borrowed from 1970
Community Tasting Notes 2
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oldwines wrote: flawed
October 17, 2020 - Acquired from a well-known Long Island based retailer in 2015, expecting to give this to my sister born in 1961 for a future birthday, but on checking on the bottle I suspected a problem and opened it with some friends tonight to see what was going on. It was horribly over the hill. This wine had more sediment than I have ever seen...it was polymerized into rubbery chunks and had stripped the wine of all color but a light nearly transparent copper rose hue. The nose was slightly interesting with a muted leathery, earthy and slightly port-like demeanor but the palate was tasteless. Neither heavily oxidized in aroma nor showing heavy VA. Disappointing but that’s the risk with bottles this old, especially those my personally cellared.
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bacchuszuo Likes this wine: 94 points
June 5, 2016 - Sour plum soup color, nose and palate, lively acidity wrapped around tight dried fruit notes, long finish. Not much angular tannin remaining but a delicious tertiary wine.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1961
- Type Red
- Producer Pira Secondo & Figli
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barolo
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 3 (60%)
- Consumed 2 (40%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarolo