Community Tasting Notes 7

• logos Likes this wine: 75 points

  January 3, 2020 - faded roses in fine, pointed nose with an intense core and some ethereal spice notes. Very refined, delicate, floral taste. Excellent long, slow fadeout in finish.

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• _water.into.wine_ Does not like this wine: 88 points

  December 9, 2019 - Oxidised. Sweet nose. Tannic. Sadly this was tough to enjoy

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• englishman's claret wrote: 91 points

  February 10, 2018 - After the bottle funk blows off over its first 15 minutes in the decanter, this shows a mature cherry nose with lots of cinnamon, sous-bois, rose, and a touch of tar. But it dies quite quickly in the glass - 10-15 minutes before it begins to fall apart. Re-visiting the remnants in the closed decanter over the next hour and a half, subsequent pours reveal a huge menthol nose which is more penetrating but not as complex, fruit-driven, or Barolo-like -- so I'm not inclined to think that prolonged decanting is the way to go with this one. Nice enough palate; nothing profound cf the nose, but still with grippy tannins. Such fun to see where Barolo goes when it gets really old. Looking forward to some upcoming 47s, 71s, etc.

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• Pknut wrote:

  November 2, 2015 - When I decant this at home in the morning, it is very promising: the wine is not only sound, but shows sweet fruit, iron, roses, cinnamon. At lunch, however, hours later, this is musty and even seems corked. Luckily, the mustiness blows off and the palate is intact and sound, with red fruit, roses, cinnamon, light rust and a long, elegant finish. Bob in particular loves the finish. As this airs in the glass, it opens up even more, broadens, gets cleaner, shows good purity to the red fruit along with roses. Bob and Stephen find lots of cinnamon stick. Bob and I note the complex, yet delicate, nuances. With additional air, this shows notes of bullion and even mint, with a long finish. Very fine. Lunch at Le Perigord.

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• jlemerond wrote: flawed

  May 4, 2012 - Shot. Completely madeirized. disappointing given how good the prior bottle from tis lot was. no great wines, only great...

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1971
• Type Red
• Producer Ceretto
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Zonchetta
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• In Cellars 11 (39%)
• Consumed 17 (61%)

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