Community Tasting Notes 21

• 560 B&W Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 22, 2024 - Tasted over three nights. Quite lovely. Throwing a ton of sediment. 14.5% Not declining.

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• FDP wrote:

  April 1, 2024 - Well the rating is not fair , because i think the bottle was flawed. On opening the wine and taking the first sniff there was a very pronounced note of either lacquer or raw meet...it didn't really go away and stayed in that stage forat least 4 hours , the day after it was like the bottle was trying to come around and deliver more without ever giving anything. And went back to the stage with that very stange odor and taste as well.
  Maybe someone here with more knowledge can come with a word to the bottle either flawed or being in a really strange stage.
  Had the wine in Both Zalto Burgundy as well as Riedel Sommelier Burgundy glasses.

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• JPT5 Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 17, 2024 - Looks older than 11 years, pronounced complex heady aroma, slightly solventy in a good way. Good depth of flavour, which is tarry smoky rose petals, some hints of liquorice. Finish medium, rather than lingering, with a savoury tarry treacle toffee note. VG wine given the vintage.

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• Lfholland Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 6, 2023 - Opened poured off a small amount and checked a few times. Much more cohesive after an hour. Double decanted prior to serving and left out the last 50 ml with the murky sediment.
  
  This is in a great spot. Aged notes are lingering in the background, but plenty primary fruit too. Would happily buy again.
  
  The nose is very expressive and classic: cherries, licorice, and pronounced note of roses.
  
  Similar notes while tasting, but more earthy notes and a hint of warm spice in the mid palette. While it's medium bodied, it has the resonance that where the flavors seems to keep coming like waves. Plenty of structure - above average acidity. Nothing is over extracted, very elegant. Tannins present, but not at all distracting. Finish is full, long, and lingering.

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• drwine2001 wrote:

  January 29, 2023 - Opened and poured. Red with fading. Enticing nose of tobacco and mulled spices. Utterly elegant medium weight with natural sweetness of fruit, great fluidity, faded tannins, and a long soil finish. I called it seductive in 2016 and it is still so now. At the plateau of maturity and quite delightful. The 2012's are so inviting now.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Fratelli Brovia
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Brea
• Vineyard Vigna Ca'mia
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Codes 8032642861260, 8032642861451, 811644010658

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• Pending Delivery 21 (3%)
• In Cellars 535 (78%)
• Consumed 129 (19%)

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