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Sunday, June 13, 2021 - Stood up for a week, opened at noon, decanted an hour before dinner. Not much sediment showing anywhere in the bottle. Served on the cool side in Grassl Cru glasses. Tremendous showing for this wine! Continued to improve with air, coming together. Nice clarity and excellent nose of earth and underbrush, roasted meats, black plums, leather and roses. Broad palate, with some VA at first (to be expected) which blew off nicely. The cool temp was best for this wine, but the additional air gave more depth and that dusty velvet thing that I associate with old Barolo. This was a real winner. About as good as a Barolo that was always good, but never great, can get. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The last bit was even good with some young robiola after dinner. I will give it another hour in the decanter next time. It's so exciting when wines from which you don't anticipate fireworks exceed expectations.

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