Community Tasting Notes 9

• nectar14 Likes this wine:

  February 9, 2024 - Getting up in years, but still enjoyable. Dark, plummy and roasted red fruits with solid acid. Glad I got to try a Pignolo.

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• forceberry wrote: 95 points

  June 9, 2020 - Aged for a year in barriques, followed by whopping 4 years of aging in oak botti casks, bottling and remaining in bottles for another year in bottles before release. 15% alcohol.
  
  Brooding, dark-toned and basically fully opaque black cherry color with a hint of developed maroon hue. The nose feels robust and somewhat rustic with dry aromas of wizened black cherries, some vague meaty notes of cooked organs, a little bit of sweet blackcurrant marmalade, a developed hint of beef jerky and a touch of leather. The wine is very chewy, concentrated and rather full-bodied on the palate with intense flavors of sour cherries and herbal bitterness, some gamey meat, light smoky notes, a little bit of leather, light plummy tones, a hint of earth and a touch of wizened forest fruits. The overall feel is quite structured and moderately tightly-knit with the high acidity and ample, grippy tannins. The high alcohol lends some obvious warmth to the mouthfeel. The finish is dry, quite noticeably tannic and rather concentrated with intense flavors of sour cherry bitterness, some leather, a little bit of plummy dark fruit, light sweet notes of wizened dark berries, a hint of meaty umami and a tertiary touch of earthiness.
  
  A very impressively structured, stern and powerful Friuli red with riveting depth and intensity. Manages to combine wonderfully ripe fruit notes with its more savory, developed characteristics and comes across surprisingly approachable and silky despite its quite formidable structure. Starting to hit its peak, but there might still be some room for further development. Very delicious, rewarding and immensely pleasurable. After having tasted some stunning Pignolo wines, I'm starting to be convinced this is The Red Grape Variety of Friuli. Terrific stuff, highly recommended.

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• Cliff Booth Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 1, 2017 - PnP; modest Shiraz-like vegetal bouquet. The palate however was something else to behold: bold, smokey rich fruit, tobacco, cocoa and what I can only describe as a caramelized anise note underlying a long finish - truly unique and outstanding.

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• wculpepper Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 24, 2017 - Double decanted, with a lot of aeration. Notes from day two. Deep garnet color and a bit cloudy. A reluctant nose of dark fruit and earth. Complex and rich dark fruit on the full-bodied palate with relatively low acids but considerable tannins. A substantial and impressive wine that may improve with further age and should still be drinking well at 20 years.

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• Rezy13 wrote: 87 points

  November 29, 2013 - Friday Night Double Blind Semi-Mondo $80+ (Bin 75): Intensely black core with browning rim; tobacco and dark fruit on the nose; tannic and brooding, dark fruit, not very expressive, very low acid; reminds me of Sagrantino that is harsh and unrelenting...which will not improve with age; its placement in the lineup hurt this showing but this was the overall consensus amongst the group.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Moschioni
• Varietal Pignolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Friuli Colli Orientali

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• In Cellars 52 (40%)
• Consumed 76 (59%)

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