Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, June 15, 2018 - Bruno Giacosa Tribute Dinner (Casa Tartufo, Singapore): Wow. What a way to start. This was truly special wine. It had an entrancing nose - sweet red fruit laced with tarry, smoky spice and lifted herb - think mint and menthol - and then a beautiful fragrance of violet petals and attar of rose, with a sweet lilt that reminded me of a pomegranate-flavoured Turkish delight, all this weighted down with a deeper note of earth and leather. Wow, wow, and wow. It was just lovely on the palate too, maybe not as seductively attractive as the nose, but absolutely delicious. It was transparent and pure, with red fruited pomegranate and cherry fruit floating across the mouth on a bed a still firm acidity and fine tannins, with little flecks of spice and herb drifting away into an ethereal finish. Still fresh, still lively, but altogether completely mellow and mature. This almost brought tears to my eyes. A magnificent wine, drinking at a short window of absolute peak. It did start to tighten-up and shut down a little after awhile in glass, but when it was singing, it was strong, wild, powerful and savoury, yet all perfumed and elegant and ethereal. A special, special bottle - perhaps the best Nebbiolo I have ever had.

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