June 2, 2023 - Strong sweet-balsamic taste, delicious but hard to drink more than one glass in a row bc the taste is so strong
February 25, 2023 - The nose was not so exciting, but the palate showed great. For a higher rating, though, this would have needed more complexity and a better, cleaner nose. Certainly, at it’s peak, this is one to drink up.
TN: The nose is a bit muddy with some soy notes. But the palate is much better. Melted tannins, bright but round acidity and a beautiful aroma composition with red fruit, herbs, minerality, tar, roses. The whole Barolo range and all delivered in great precision.
Decanting: Opened 5 hours before consumption and quickly double decanted back in the bottle. No extensive decanting needed.
February 18, 2023 - nice and elegant, fresh, herbs, sous bois, you can fell that this stuff is aged but it does not disturb the nose… red fruited. fruit rather on the background though, tertiary aromas dominate the nose. very enjoyable right now. no wood, no bullshit, honest, raw and precise. it seemed to be that the nose was lacking a bit of tension over time. others on the table did not have this impression tho.
on the palate this wine has still a lot to offer unless the age that he has, such a nice drink flow, the tannins are really well integrated and refined. high quality stuff.
drink now, but maybe can wait for another some more years.
February 18, 2023 - Tasted blind as part of a small Sangiovese vs Nebbiolo event. Mature and advanced bouquet, marginally beef juicy initially even. But having given this a bit of space to breath, this dissipated leaving you with nice fresh herbs, fine cedar wood notes, spice and rose water, tar, tobacco and barnyard notes and defined red berry fruit core. The palate was also mature and well-developed, but manages to perfectly marry juicy freshness with advanced, settled aromas. The tannins have molten away and are seamlessly integrated into fabric. Long and engaging finish. Absolutely outstanding and a top-3 Barolo I’ve ever had.
February 18, 2023 - - tasted blind
- Is red fruity, iodic, rose hips, herbs, more and more ripe red fruit.
- On the palate it is lean, puristic and traditional, very much rosehip and rosewater, flint. Not totally explosive on the nose, but very nice drinking.
- Extremely aged and silky texture, tannins are still there but nicely melted and jucy and acidity is still very present. The finish is long und in this puristic style just as it should be. But unfortunately tension (for rating higher points) is somehow missing in the mid-palate to the finish. Maybe passed the peak point a bit?
- 95 points
November 24, 2022 - Not as fine as a bottle five years ago, bricking and a bit tired, I blame this bottle as the previous showed no sign of slowing down.
November 21, 2021 - (aveugle) la robe un peu trouble est brunie, pas mal de dépôt. Le nez présente tous les marqueurs d'un vin (très) évolué, mais la bouche est droite et ferme, à la fois assagie (tanins fondus) et encore pleine d'énergie. Splendide tenue pour un vin de plus de trente ans, une superbe bouteille.
October 17, 2021 - Lives up to the billing. Nose of red cherry, flowers, mixed with mushroom, earth complexity. Smell this for days. Palate was medium weight, high acidity. Good stuff here and a treat to try.
October 16, 2021 - Good times in Seattle (The Butcher's Table, Seattle WA): Nose: ……….And we have lift off! I almost cried tears of joy realizing this was a sound bottle after an off one in May. The nose is enveloping, but in a way that completely draws you in slowly with deep tones of Black tea, sour red cherries, raspberries, earth, truffles, licorice, all sorts of wild spices, roasted herbs, violets, dried roses, juniper berries, tobacco, and leather.
Taste: The feel is Full bodied with tart, high acidity and silky, high tannins. The feel is pure satin, but with the natural Nebb tannins that have balanced out beautifully, but still show themselves. There is so much depth with sour red cherries, raspberries, juniper berries, roasted herbs, black tea, wild spices, licorice, violets, tobacco, and leather tones.
Overall: This is everything I wanted it to be. It’s such a wonderful wine and one that I have longed to drink a clean bottle of. There’s not much more that I can say other than this is a Tour de Force Barolo and a benchmark wine for those that love Piedmont.
September 10, 2021 - This was good, but certainly no fireworks! As it was, it had a nice nose, it was clear and proper in color, but it was a tad volatile and spiky. I got pretty Barolo fertilizer, deep red cherry some brick perceptions. I was hoping with air it would settle and become great as it was it was good! Would love to get a perfect one of these.