Community Tasting Notes 28

• kenv wrote:

  February 2, 2024 - Brought to the La Festa Gala. Sadly, this was on death's door.

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• 87tellub Likes this wine: 90 points

  September 3, 2019 - Picked up at Astor Wines 1-2 years ago. They had acquired from a prominent Italian collection so provenance seemed great. Stood up for about 8 days to led sediment fall. Decanted at 2:15pm and tasted half a glass: Medium purple with garnet. Nose has a small amount of spice and a tiny bit of red fruit; also smoke and a little runny cheese; overall earthy. Overall the nose is clean, if not subtle. Palate still has some presence and liveliness and a little spicy kick. Perhaps some black plum fruit, it's more of a leather flavor. Pretty decent length. Tannins feel pretty resolved, but can still feel a bit on the cheeks and this wine is still certainly well-structured. Feels fully mature and can't see much improvement from here on this bottle, but enjoyable.
  
  Post decant of ~3 hours, a little more put together. Some cocoa notes on the finish. Nose a little less tired and more fresh. Last glass was best and paired great with pasta with mushroom, pancetta, truffle oil and parmesan. So, definitely stand it up before and give it more air than I did. Think it was starting to open at the 3-4 hour mark.

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• bortender Does not like this wine:

  July 14, 2019 - Past its prime

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• vindictive wrote:

  November 8, 2018 - excellent traditional barolo, but it needed more air. It was decanted about 4 hours before dinner and was just starting to emerge. Delicious with Piemonte beef, but (error on my part for having them together) blown away by the 57 Cappellano

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• forceberry wrote: flawed

  February 16, 2017 - Very translucent and rather developed pale brick red color. Pungent, oxidative nose with aromas of smoke, dry-cured game, some wizened dark berries, a little bit of soy sauce and an aldehydic hint of Sherry. The wine is medium-bodied, somewhat dull and moderately oxidative on the palate with flavors of dried sour cherries, some raisiny tones, a little bit of peppery spice, light saline tones of sorrel, a hint of rough bitterness and a touch of meat stew. The tannins are sticking out quite a bit, whereas the acidity feels rather modest. The finish is still rather grippy and aggressive with flavors of raisins, some tar, a little bit of nutty oxidation, light soy sauce tones and a hint of Oloroso Sherry.
  
  Past its peak. Exhibiting quite sherries oxidative tones with very little fruit left here. The acidity either has mellowed down over the years or it has been low to begin with, but the tannins were sticking out quite noticeably, making the wine feel quite astringent and unbalanced as there was very little fruit to offset the grippy structure. Perhaps a poorly performing bottle, so hopefully other bottles of this vintage are performing better.

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• Vintage 1978
• Type Red
• Producer Oddero
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
• In Cellars 73 (47%)
• Consumed 79 (51%)

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