Community Tasting Note

chetjan wrote:

Sunday, November 9, 2008 - Served in a flight of 2000 Barolos as part of an Italian tasting menu. Decanted for 4 hours. Paired with a creamy polenta topped with pancetta and a salad of romaine lettuce, olive oil and gorgonzola piccante. This wine was not well balanced at this point in its evolution. The tannins and the oakiness were very strong and overwhelmed the fruit and the food. On that point, I did not pair this wine well matching it with the polenta. It tasted better with some of the antipasta meats, but it needs a more simple dish with plent of fat to cut those tannins. Underneath it all it had lots of nice elements. But not something I would add to my cellar.

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