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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - Overall a lovely middle aged, warm vintage Barbaresco that despite some concerns is a lovely lovely drink. Some cooked black fruit aromas were apparent immediately out of the bottle, but that dissipated with an hour or two. Really this wine still needed a lot of air.The warmth of the vintage was apparent with darker fruit, and a slightly denser profile than other vintages. Sweet, dried black cherry and black licorice, garden herbs, and rich floral perfume. Further decanting gave it a very agreeable assortment cured meats, leather and dry flowers.

The palate was sweet black fruits, menthol, and a tingling bitter finish that I quite liked. Still a bit of lingering tongue coating tannin, and snappy food friendly freshness.

This is not on the downslope at all, and can certainly age a long while more. My first impression was that this was a clunkier vintage that won't necessarily find its footing with more time in the bottle. Though Nebbiolo is tricky to predict that way, and time and air helped assuage those concerns. The next day the wine was even more 'complete' and balanced, with still gripping tannin.

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