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• Teddyfreezeout Likes this wine:

  June 8, 2023 - Opened up beautifully and to my absolute astonishment after 90 minutes in the bottle. If this seems DOA please do yourself a favor and give it some time and a chance to wake up after 56 years! The acidity and tannins slowly revealed themselves and then hit an apex with bursting acidity, dark fruit, black cherry, black licorice and a long, complex finish of spice and black licorice that fully coats the palate. Vegetal nose that evolved into notes of tar, prunes, fig, floral and tobacco.
  
  It was quite a rush to experience the wine improve with each sip. Beyond belief, there was still buzzing minerality. At one point I jotted down “Ripe blueberry - are you kidding me?!”

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• vindictive wrote:

  February 23, 2017 - Bottle and fill excellent. Cork was solid and firmly seated requiring a tortured extraction and filtering of the wine. Another eternal barolo with more muscle here than most 67s. Decanted (heavy sediment) and breathing for 3 hours, but just barely ready. This needed a few more hours (I think), but it was a week night. A classic, old-school wine. Strong citrus and smoke, light goudron. I would like to have tried this after a few more hours in the decanter as it was still tightly coiled. As is always the case with these old barolos, it needs proper food - excellent with tomato / meat pasta tonight.

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• Ali wrote: flawed

  May 22, 2015 - This bottle was a bit oxidized. Nutty sand sherry like initally, then a lean cherry liquer flavor peaked through and took over. Maybe a little past it's prime, but still enjoyible

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• jlemerond wrote: 90 points

  May 27, 2011 - Decanted for 1-2 hours. Cloudy ruby with a touch of brown. Sour cherry, menthol and a whiff of tar in the mouth. A touch of va but still quite a nice wine. lots of life left.

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• Ali wrote: 93 points

  April 13, 2011 - Beautiful wine. Threw off tons of sediment, but after filtering twice, it tasted very much like an old burgundy. Elegant, smokey and earthy with just a tiny bit of fruit left.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1967
• Type Red
• Producer Prunotto
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Serralunga
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• In Cellars 6 (23%)
• Consumed 20 (77%)

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