March 17, 2024 - nose if everything you could ask for, dense roses and dusty red cherries. on the palate lots of red fruit, raspberry, red cherry, dry, crushed roses, hints of vanilla in the back. plenty of tannins, slightly alcoholic on the finish.
October 26, 2023 - This wine needs another 3+ years IMO. Aerated and decanted for 2 hours and you still feel the grippy tannins that shorten the finish. If you are going to drink now do so with food. Nose is perfumed with dried cherry, iron notes and leather. Delicate color but has an irony backbone that should be fascinated in a few years.
October 15, 2023 - Decanted for three hours prior to tasting.
Dark garnet color, cured meat nose.
Lush black fruit, balanced by mouthwatering acidity. Grippy tannins, indicating that this is at the very front end of its maturity. I suggest holding off until 2028 or so before drinking another bottle.
That said, it is a lovely wine, full of deep dark fruit notes. It is an excellent Nebbiolo that harkens to future greatness.
September 3, 2023 - Tight om dagen.
La ligge
August 2, 2023 - First go w PdB’s Montefico Riserva (v16, 15% ABV, 16,666 bottles made), impressive wine shaping up to be the star PdB Riserva of the vintage! Gorgeous dark ruby, fully translucent in the glass. The wine exhales a magnetic, lively & completely open bouquet w aromas of rose petals, mix of fresh & ripe cherries, spices, tar & leather followed by a taut & energetic, juicy & fresh m+-bodied palate. Sleek (despite ABV) & supple, tangy, forward, elegant & pure, fine concentration, closing zesty, grippy-drying & powerful. Not a single thing out of place - just young with potential upscore w further time in bottle.
December 9, 2022 - Excellent Barbaresco from a great vintage. This is really young and even with air needs more time. It’s red fruited and spiced but with a strong tannic back bone that leads to a long structured finish. Really good wine.
August 18, 2022 - Paired with a rack of delicately spiced lamb, this Barbaresco showed beautifully with dark cherry, earthy notes and subtle balsamic and nutmeg coming through. The palate is vibrant with raspberry, cinnamon and tobacco leaf. I found a nice salinity to the body which is finished with a nice tannic punch. High acidity. I expect this could go many more years..
June 11, 2022 - What an intoxicating nose! Red fruited and bright, yet also with a lot of spice. I was near blown away. Palate is of course still way too young but I’m sure it will come around. Very very satisfying
June 5, 2022 - Klar lilla farge med brunlig skjær. Duft av lær og modne jordbær. Fin frukt, tydelig tanniner, fin syre, kirsebær, eik, noe vanilje. Sitter lenge. Kan nok med hell ligge noen år, fremtredende tanniner, men deilig vin, super til rødt kjøtt gjerne med en del fett. Har potensiale så vent 5-10 år.
April 14, 2022 - wow, big and bold and full of life but simply WAY TOO YOUNG... nose on the pnp was great, enjoyed drinking this but I truly hope I can be disciplined and wait ten years before my next test bottle, I have six left at this point, feels like 93-95 pt potential