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• Birks cellar Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 4, 2023 - 3 timers dekantering

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• MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 95 points

  February 27, 2022 - This is a nice improvement from when I last had this bottle in 2020. Opened in the bottle several hours on night one and it remained sharp/hot (though plenty of ripe red fruit showing). A pump overnight did the trick here to mellow it. The second day still had the ripeness but plenty of cool mineral, roses, truffle and tar to back. Tannins grip to your teeth but smoother overall. These need at least 5 more years but showing potential.

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• bpittenger Does not like this wine:

  May 13, 2021 - Very disappointing. I brought this wine to an Italian tasting and dinner where we had fabulous Italian wines. Unfortunately this one didn't hold up to the others. This one tasted more like cherry cough syrup than a nice bottle of wine. Very dry with minerals. Strong cherry and still a very strong alcohol taste with a long unpleasant after taste. I really wanted to like this wine so we tried decanting for a while and came back to it a couple hours later. It mellowed but the cherry cough syrup was still the first impression.
  The alcohol remained strong. Maybe a few years will help but I am not excited to try this one again.

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• MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 points

  June 16, 2020 - Opened in the bottle for three plus hours. More evolved and approachable than I was expecting. The nose radiates with dusty cherries, sweet strawberry and truffle. The palate follows suit but adds an intense cooling mineral element on the finish. Still highly acidic and tongue drying so needing a few years to mellow. Overall good not great but more enjoyable to drink than you’d expect.

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• Argrath wrote: 92 points

  October 12, 2019 - (Blind tasting)
  Medium-fullish nose of cherry and flowers. Minerals and nice raspberry hints. Very flowery actually. Almost perfume. Rose-hip nebbiolo aromas and a chocolately note.
  Medium-fullish, flowery palate. Sweet cherry and violets. A bit pruney and bit volatile (detracts). Very dense and concentrated. Still youthful and with harsh tannins. Will be better in 5-10 yrs.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type Red
• Producer Bruno Giacosa
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barbaresco

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• Pending Delivery 12 (5%)
• In Cellars 168 (72%)
• Consumed 53 (23%)

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