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Community Tasting Notes 15
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PGIF Likes this wine: 95 points
August 12, 2023 - Sublime. I bought these 31 or so years ago and stored them properly, hoping I would get to drink them when they were ready. They’re ready and it’s beautiful. It may last at this level for another 10 years but the human race doesn’t look like it will. Drink ‘em if you got ‘em. It can’t possibly be any better.
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O'Meara Likes this wine:
April 28, 2023 - Definitely mature, but still vibrant. Can’t say this is good QPR anymore. There are better wines out there for what this costs today…but it has lovely tertiary Nebbiolo scents and it’s as smooth as ballbearings on the palate. Damn, that bouquet is beguiling. I would surmise there are about a dozen years before the fruit is subsumed by the wood and alcohol. Drink’em if you got’em.
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KeithAkers wrote: 92 points
May 2, 2021 - The nose is well balanced and seamless with tones of dark red cherries, raspberries, dusty notes, licorice, dried roses, earth, some oak, wood spices, tobacco, and worn leather. The Full bodied feel is well balanced and layered with crisp, high acidity and refined, medium+ tannins. The structure has peeled back and this is either right towards the top or right on the long road down. This threw some sediment and took a few swirls to really express itself.
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neilsforest wrote: flawed
January 12, 2020 - Opened last 2 bottles. Flawed.
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thomasito2001 wrote: flawed
June 9, 2019 - Oxydized!
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By Richard Jennings
9/8/2004 (link) 94 points(Domenico Clerico Barolo Pajana) 1990 Barolos Blindtasted: Rich, cherry pie, oak nose; tannic, ripe cherry, oak spice palate, still youthful; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1990
- Type Red
- Producer Domenico Clerico
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Pajana
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barolo
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 5 (2%)
- In Cellars 124 (54%)
- Consumed 102 (44%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- Wine1990 Domenico Clerico Barolo Pajana (add)
- FamilyDomenico Clerico Barolo Pajana (add)
- ProducerDomenico Clerico
- VarietalNebbiolo
- VineyardPajana
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarolo