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Sunday, June 13, 2021 - This was a low fill, SOS bottle so expectations were restrained. Stood upright for a week, then decanted off considerable sediment about an hour before serving and served on the cool side, allowing to warm in the glass, in Riedel Vinum Bordeaux stems. Saturated garnet color, very little bricking at the rim. Pretty classic in structure and style, notes of dill pickle and eucalyptus on the nose, along with a generous amount of somewhat faded black fruit. Nice medium body and dense, silky mouthfeel. Jonathan noted the possible damage in lack of tension, balance and precision, and I thought there was too much eucalyptus - an element to which I am sensitive. With air, the fruit faded gradually and by the end of the 3 hours or so period of which we drank the bottle, it was getting a little fuzzy. No doubt it wasn't a perfect example, and the next gear from a more sound example would have been nice to see, but it was still a fun and interesting bottle, though out performed on this occasion by the '74 Guasti Clemente Barolo Riserva drunk on the same evening.

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