May 23, 2022 - Good but still young. Great nebbiolo flavors, but still with a good whack of dry tannin. Needs at least another 4-5 years.
February 9, 2022 - Whommagawd!
This comes at you like a Tyson fist wrapped in velvet.
Still but a padawan, yet delivers a drinkable experience. Would love to make this wine's acquaintance againin 10 and 15 years from now.
This is a little subdued on the nose, with Nebbiolo grape aromatics and little else.
In the mouth it enters with immediate tannic hammers and nails. But with enough air, the barbed wire also gives way to warm plums, autumn leaves and ( after a couple of hours) beautiful rose petals.
This wine has it going for itself and will converge with the great Barolos down the line. My guess is well above 95 as time moves on.
Wife dissed this.
At brilliant PRIMO in Kannai, Yokohama. (Should be 2 stars.)
November 1, 2020 - No formal notes... Typical to the La Spinetta style - big and modern, but also balanced and very enjoyable. Feels like it's starting to enter it's window. Drank with 2-hour decant.
September 11, 2020 - Fantastic wine, favorite, komplex, generous, love it!
March 8, 2020 - A favorite wine, just love it.
February 3, 2019 - Tasted from dispenser directly.
Fully developed nose with Leather, Truffle, Game, Animal Skin, Wet Leaves.
Dried fig, Dried cherry. Some spicy notes like nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice.
Light bodied with still quite harsh tannins. Again fully developed on the palate with tart, leather and tobacco. Expected something quite more elegant.
January 5, 2019 - Really nice Barbaresco. Still on the tannic side, but has everything else to support the tannins. From nose to finish, this is a really nice wine. Ready to drink now but seems to have many more years for the patient.
July 15, 2018 - Decanted at 4:30pm and enjoyed from about 8pm through about 9:30. This is a big styled modern Barolo. While my notes on the previous bottle were better, I was struck that while this wine was by all means rather delicious it did not seem to have much Barolo character. It could have passed for any number of modern, fairly well-oaked, powerful reds. Tannins were fully integrated and it was quite smooth and easy to drink but the fruit was muddled and there were little of the rose petal, cherry and truffle notes I find so appealing in really great Barolo.
June 17, 2018 - excellent; bright red fruit, acidity typical of italians, a yummy bottle of high end barbaresco
September 29, 2017 - Dinner at La Spinetta, 2006 horizontal. Nose with cherries, vanilla, crackers, oak, medicinal notes and hints of chocolate. Austere and tough on the palate, harsh and dusty tannins. To much oak influence for me.