Neb-fest: Nebbiolo & Truffle Dinner (Chicago, IL): Decanted for ~12 hours. A really pretty bottle of aged Nebbiolo. Medium nose is layered with dried black fruit, tar and earth notes. Mid weight palate has refined fruit and good fresh acids. Tannins are fine and largely integrated. Elegant Barolo.
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Simply a beautiful bottle of mature wine. The nose has some leather, Indian spice, decaying rose and something akin to red jelly crystals just as they are hit with hot water. The palate is fresh, juicy, supple and round. There's a core of red berry fruit and plenty of savoury nuance. Structural elements are relaxed and it is a wine of great poise and persistence.
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Light tawny colour with faded translucent rims clearly showing its age. Initially a bit musky nose but gradually evolved in the glass over 1-2 hours and show dried herbs, dried fruits, dried raisin, nutty caramel and hints of tar. The palate is holding well, light and smooth, complex palate with ripe fruits, dried plum, dried cherry, tar and tobacco. Nice and mellow, almost dissolve tannins, smooth and velvety. End with a nice long finish.
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5/23/2021 - paulst Likes this wine: 95 Points
Mature, cedar and earth; melted tannin; sour and complex, yet sweet and off and on elegant; sweet long finish.
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9/25/2020 - paulst Likes this wine: 94 Points
Light; cherry; semi sour sweet; long earthy cherry-licorice finish.
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8/12/2020 - paulst Likes this wine: 95 Points
Superb and in great shape; cedar earth and raisen and blackberry; long and complex.
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7/23/2020 - paulst Likes this wine: 94 Points
Light earthy licorice; sweet balanced finish.
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7/17/2020 - paulst Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light with earth and raisen; elegant; sweet cedar with mellow finish.
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10/27/2019 - paulst Likes this wine: 85 Points
Austere; tea, cedar and light fruit; not balanced.
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11/18/2016 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points
Neb-fest: Nebbiolo & Truffle Dinner (Chicago, IL): Decanted for ~12 hours. A really pretty bottle of aged Nebbiolo. Medium nose is layered with dried black fruit, tar and earth notes. Mid weight palate has refined fruit and good fresh acids. Tannins are fine and largely integrated. Elegant Barolo.
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4/25/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Simply a beautiful bottle of mature wine. The nose has some leather, Indian spice, decaying rose and something akin to red jelly crystals just as they are hit with hot water. The palate is fresh, juicy, supple and round. There's a core of red berry fruit and plenty of savoury nuance. Structural elements are relaxed and it is a wine of great poise and persistence.
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11/7/2015 - dcwino wrote: 91 Points
2015 Villa d’Este Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/3/2015-11/9/2015 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): Mostly tertiary and shy nose displaying fading dry red cherry, mint, iron, light caramel, decaying leaves and mineral. Almost like cherry flavored water, shy and delicate with medium finish that ends with a hint of oxidative note. Very shy and not for everyone.
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9/22/2014 - hkm520240 wrote: 92 Points
Light tawny colour with faded translucent rims clearly showing its age. Initially a bit musky nose but gradually evolved in the glass over 1-2 hours and show dried herbs, dried fruits, dried raisin, nutty caramel and hints of tar.
The palate is holding well, light and smooth, complex palate with ripe fruits, dried plum, dried cherry, tar and tobacco. Nice and mellow, almost dissolve tannins, smooth and velvety. End with a nice long finish.
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5/7/2013 - sharonandroland Likes this wine: 92 Points
Etherial and like an old Barolo should be like.
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3/6/2013 - Alex H wrote: 86 Points
Aged leather with typical old Barolo. Lots of tea leaves old tobacco leaves on cigar box
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