April 22, 2024 - Dark red color, a little cloudy. Pleasantly raunchy and smokey bouquet. On the palate, ripe dark fruit, earth, ashes and wood. Might be a little past its peak window, but has wonderful complexity.
July 18, 2023 - Amazing!
May 21, 2023 - Excellent aged nebbiolo. Great balance. Tanins had faded, medium bodied, roses, notes of eukalyptus
March 14, 2022 - Some rose and spice on the nose and nice texture, but fruit was flat and stewed... heat damage?
Feels bad as this was a very thoughtful gift from one of my best friends.
September 3, 2021 - Dinner at Alex's (Alex and Fiona's in AMK): This was really quite nice. Still rather modern, but perhaps just a little lighter, tighter and less forward than the 2004 Fontanafredda la Villa that we had alongside, but I think this actually benefitted from that. The nose showed deep dark notes of blackberries and plums, alongside a really nice dose of spice and dried brush herb and rocky mineral. Nice. The palate was on the more modern side, but still had a good bit of control on it, with fine but firm Nebbiolo tannins and a nice bit of juicy, chewy acidity framing full flavours of blackberries and dark cherries, maybe a touch of dried raisins and plums, these flecked with warm shades of spice and herb, and nice flush of rose petals at the finish. I liked this - a nicely complex wine, drinking decnth at this stage, but with its peak easily a decade or more ahead of it yet.
May 16, 2020 - A lovely elegant even burgundy style barolo. Lots of lifted roses and red berries - no tar or austerity. Soft mid weight fruit based barolo with lovely length not powerful but so feminine. Much better than previous 2 bottles. Ready to drink and enjoy
September 13, 2019 - Power and friendly. Took an hour to really open up. Leather and tobacco, and more... Long taste. Enjoyed with a spicy pasta dish.
January 20, 2019 - in primary zone, drink up
November 3, 2018 - A decent barolo, which off course was a bit of a let down. Totally resolved - drink up!
May 2, 2018 - Coravin fun - Randoms (Kennards, Waterloo): From Coravin. A slightly richer version of the Marcarini - more ripe cherry and plum, and the sweet spices are more prominent. It smells a little more polished with slight vanilla and cream. In the mouth it's juicy and mouth watering, more plummy than cherry with huge cheek puckering tannins which stomp (with the slightly avuncular fruit and a little oak) around the palate for a very long time with a little alcohol warmth coming through towards the end. Time required for me.