Community Tasting Notes 5

• pilot360 wrote: 92 points

  February 12, 2022 - Fully mature grand old Barolo. Gave about 4 hours of air in the decanter, and the wine vastly improved and gained body and strength. Easily top wine of the night.
  Would happily repurchase at what I paid if I knew it would perform like it did. The decant timewas key.

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• grafstrb wrote:

  March 28, 2020 - -- decanted immediately before tasting --
  -- tasted non-blind over approx. 1.5 to 2 hours --
  
  NOSE: very old-smelling --- oxidized; leafy; minty; with air, did gain a pleasant baked cherry aroma.
  
  BODY: light bodied; light bricking throughout: red color at its core, but mostly brick colored at the edges; color is of light depth at this point.
  
  TASTE: tertiary; high acidity; madeira; baked cherry; light flavor; improved with air; light flavor; incredibly moreish; surprisingly solid showing from this 50+ yo bottle. Gut impression score: low 90's, but I would't quibble with anyone who slaps a few more points on there simply for ageing this well. Given the price I paid, the wine's age, and the unknown provenance (purchased through online retailer 1.5 years ago), this wine was everything I could have reasonably expected it to be. Drink Now.

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• WST wrote: flawed

  January 12, 2020 - The group consensus was TCA, but I disagree. It had corked-like aromas, but it was more cooked, run down, and had a little volatile acidity. Mine was a small minority opinion, but I'm hypersensitive to TCA, and while flawed, this wasn't TCA.

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• mxpbuy wrote: 88 points

  November 24, 2019 - Bottle/cork were in great shape, but wine was past peak. Yet still enough fruit remaining to be drinkable. Wish I had this 10+ years earlier.

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• vinelouse wrote: 92 points

  July 30, 2018 - Cork about 1/3 soaked, retrieved with Durand, slow ox for 2-3 hours, some slight VA on the nose, all the old mature Barolo markers are checked, vibrant and alive

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1964
• Type Red
• Producer Cantina Terre Del Barolo
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva Speciale
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• Consumed 15 (30%)

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