Definitely a wine that needs food. Bright acidity and red fruit with some crushed stone. A little green vegetal quality presented it self after the wind has been open longer. Ironic since sometimes that green vegetal Note will blow off from a bottle. In this case it actually developed. Or perhaps it’s that with air time the fruit subsided, leaving the greenness laid bare. I don’t think time is going to be particularly kind to this bottle.
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My palate differs from those who scored it in the upper 80s. This is a great wine with a phenomenal QPR. It’s what I look for in a barbaresco, fun, lively fruit that’s pushed slightly to the red cherry edge of the spectrum. You get the floral notes on the nose that seem more like wild flowers while in the finish I pick up rose petals, less the fragrance of roses and more the rose oil if you chew on a petal. The backbone is lightly tannic with hints of anis on the back palate.
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Well integrated and good balance, nice red fruit with a good middle of earth and coffee and decent acidity and tannin... a solid implementation of Nebbiolo without much to distinguish it.
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This was a disappointment. On the nose and palate this initially has traditional cherry and spice flavors. However, on the palate, there is a spiky, unpleasant characteristic as well. This actually gets worse with air, and acquires an unpleasant flavor I can only describe as resembling the smell of a used birdcage.
6/30/2022 - fmginc Likes this wine: 90 Points
deep rich garnet color with excellent notes in balance
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1/31/2021 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking well and a great value at $20.
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12/21/2019 - 1961Vintage wrote: 93 Points
Remains in the very youthful camp. Majestic fruit and depth evident however still trapped in a web of tannin. Would try another in 2+ years.
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4/29/2019 - davidspieker wrote: 90 Points
Ruby red color. Warm fermented berry aromas. Bright cherry flavors with some earth and nice minerality on a lengthy finish. Will go a while.
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12/3/2018 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 89 Points
Definitely a wine that needs food. Bright acidity and red fruit with some crushed stone. A little green vegetal quality presented it self after the wind has been open longer. Ironic since sometimes that green vegetal Note will blow off from a bottle. In this case it actually developed. Or perhaps it’s that with air time the fruit subsided, leaving the greenness laid bare. I don’t think time is going to be particularly kind to this bottle.
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11/5/2018 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 92 Points
Versus $21 price point, very nice and drinking well.
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9/5/2018 - Francophile wrote: 89 Points
As expected for a nice Barbaresco
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5/7/2018 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points
My palate differs from those who scored it in the upper 80s. This is a great wine with a phenomenal QPR. It’s what I look for in a barbaresco, fun, lively fruit that’s pushed slightly to the red cherry edge of the spectrum. You get the floral notes on the nose that seem more like wild flowers while in the finish I pick up rose petals, less the fragrance of roses and more the rose oil if you chew on a petal. The backbone is lightly tannic with hints of anis on the back palate.
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4/22/2018 - oropeza wrote: 89 Points
Well integrated and good balance, nice red fruit with a good middle of earth and coffee and decent acidity and tannin... a solid implementation of Nebbiolo without much to distinguish it.
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1/27/2018 - Francophile Likes this wine: 91 Points
A lovely nicely balanced Babaresco
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10/22/2017 - CO CHRIS wrote:
Pedestrian. Ready to drink.
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10/12/2017 - jeffmudd wrote: 90 Points
Simple & classic Barbaresco. Drinks nicely now, bought at the winery after a present tasting with the owner/winemaker.
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7/9/2017 - Der Weingelehrte wrote: 91 Points
Nice, approachable barbaresco. Classic aromatics and texture.
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4/16/2017 - oropeza wrote: 84 Points
Red fruit, complex middle and good tannic chew, marred by some brett and other off-flavors
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8/12/2016 - ilcalmo wrote: 83 Points
This was a disappointment. On the nose and palate this initially has traditional cherry and spice flavors. However, on the palate, there is a spiky, unpleasant characteristic as well. This actually gets worse with air, and acquires an unpleasant flavor I can only describe as resembling the smell of a used birdcage.
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8/9/2016 - bajayngo wrote:
Bright uplifting nose with anise, fresh fennel, thin on the mid palate with faint tannins on finish.
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