Community Tasting Notes 1

• forceberry wrote: 90 points

  November 15, 2022 - 13,5% alcohol.
  
  Surpising appearance: strikingly pale salmon-red rosé color. Honestly, the wine does not look at all like any other Barolo or Barbaresco Riserva we had in the vertical. The nose feels dry, aged and quite complex with layered aromas of raisins, some creamy tones - even strawberry cream - and light notes of marzipan, a little bit of ripe redcurrant, a green-toned hint of birch leaves, a touch of cocoa powder and a whiff of cherry marmalade. The wine is dry, silky and quite idiosyncratic on the palate with a medium body and evolved flavors of ripe red cherries, some tertiary nutty tones, a little bit of toffee, light syrupy notes of molasses, a green-toned hint of birch leaves and a touch of raspberry yogurt. The wine is moderately high in acidity with firm medium tannins. The finish is dry, juicy and somewhat grippy with a long aftertaste of nectarine, some cherry tones, a little bit of oxidative toffee character, light saline nuances of aldehydic tang, a hint of raisiny fruit and a touch of nutty rancio.
  
  This was a very weird wine - completely unlike any other Borgogno Barolo or Barbaresco Riserva we tasted. Many suspected that the bottle was tampered or fake, but it had an original Borgogno cork that showed no signs of foul play. I have no idea why this wine was so pale, having almost rosé-like appearance, with quite distinctive aromatics and flavors that set this wine apart from any other wine we had. However, if the wine was indeed what it was supposed to be, it was remarkably youthful for its age and despite showing some quite aged and subtly oxidative notes, the wine was thoroughly enjoyable and very complex effort all the same. A curiosity by all accounts, but fortunately quite a delicious one at that.

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• Vintage 1955
• Type Red
• Producer Giacomo Borgogno & Figli
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
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• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barbaresco

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