1989 Barolo Retrospective - Single Blind (Buona Notte, NYC): The nose was dark and moody at first, lifted over time by dusty minerality, as black cherry, savory spice and hints of smoke developed in the glass. On the palate, I found silky, deep textures, contrasted by a buzz of intense acidity, which for a moment seemed like too much, but was then balanced by notes of dried black cherry, minerals and slow-mounting tannins. The finish was long and structured, as the cheeks puckered from lingering acids, red fruits and inner florals resonated throughout.
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Great wine! Great Barolo! Double decanted for sediment and getting the airing started and then left in its bottle for 9 (!) hours! This really helped as a lot of the old, dusty age it displayed upon opening had vanished giving way to a more than outstanding Barolo with tons of the classic notes og cherry, roses, tar and more tertiary development.
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The nose was big and rich with dark red fruits and spice. On the palate, I found dried red fruits, crushed leaves and spice. The finish showed dried red berry tones and a hint of cedar.
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The Great Barolo Tasting (Taberna): From a magnum. This was very good, but clearly needed some time yet. It had a beautiful nose, with lot of perfumy floral tones and sweet red fruit aromas wreathed in a little smoky ring - this was your classic tar and roses. Wonderful stuff. The palate shared some of that beautiful, floral perfume on the attack, along with sweet red fruit seasoned with spice and fruit peel - kumquats I thought. With its fine tannins and cool, clean acidity, this had a really feminine feel to it. I probably would have guessed Babaresco if it was served double blind. The fruit pared down a bit past the midpalate, ceding the stage to a blush of fragrant spice, with a little meaty grip and a kiss of tar at the finish. This is very good indeed, but needs time yet. If anything, there are still rather primary shades about the fruit and a some lack of mature complexity. In a magnum format at least, I would give it some 5-6 years more.
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Tenth Annual White Truffle Dinner (Chez Weber - Chicago IL): This was more dense and powerful than the Brunate in the next glass, but it also seemed more modern styled, seemingly showing more new oak. While also very pleasurable, it came across as more ripe and not quite as classic or elegant.
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Barolo Bricco Rocche Vertical (Salone di Gusto, Torino, Italy): Light-medium(-) garnet, orange-brown rim, relatively fast moving tainted legs @ 13.5@ abv. Medium(+) developed mature aromas of truffles, savory, smoked ham, a decadent nose. Dry, medium-medium(+) acidity, medium elegant tannins, medium body and alcohol. Medium(+) persistent flavors of red ripe cherries, smoked meat, coppa, tobacco and black pepper. Great length with savory and fresh finish not showing its age. Likely at its peak. Less elegant than younger vintages, power and presence.
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colore mattonato, inizialmente buccia di salame, un tocchino avanti, note di caffè, e carne, fruttino rosso (ribes), poi si pulisce e diventa + succoso, con note balsamiche, frutta in evidenza. Bocca inferiore al naso, molto palatale m con chiusra un po' corta e vuotina anche se con bel tannino dolce.
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Sweet dark tobacco lead, with an overriding jammy-ness spices milk chocolate make up a gorgeous mature nose....rich warm and sensual in texture and flavor...paired with chalky tannin...additional notes of cinnamon clove tobacco plum and truffle....very nice and complete.93+
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1989 - The Year & The Vintage. Cross Border Horizontal LWE (The Papies, London): 1989 - The Year & The Vintage. Cross Border Horizontal LWE at the Papies, London 24 Sep 2010 Identity of the wine was withheld at time of tasting.Most of us got this right and identified this. We were not expecting much out of this bottle but it surprised us. Still very much in the game with a good structure and body. Losts of earth, more earth than fruit. Drink now Enjoayable but unfortunately was outshown by the rest of the wines on the flight.
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dark and surprisingly youthful in appearance. nose is savoury, earty and mushrooms. very long and balanced, a fantastic barolo. will the more recent bricco rocche's last as long?
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4/18/2019 - kenv Likes this wine: 88 Points
Neb Vinous Blind 1989 Barolo & Barbaresco Dinner (Buona Notte, NYC): [Double decanted around 3pm.] Smoky red fruit nose. Tarry, a bit dried out, but still elegant.
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4/18/2019 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 92 Points
1989 Barolo Retrospective - Single Blind (Buona Notte, NYC): The nose was dark and moody at first, lifted over time by dusty minerality, as black cherry, savory spice and hints of smoke developed in the glass. On the palate, I found silky, deep textures, contrasted by a buzz of intense acidity, which for a moment seemed like too much, but was then balanced by notes of dried black cherry, minerals and slow-mounting tannins. The finish was long and structured, as the cheeks puckered from lingering acids, red fruits and inner florals resonated throughout.
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12/30/2017 - flah00 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for about 7 hours. Initially, very dank, lightened up. Served a bit too warm, around 70F.
Strong terciary notes of earth and truffle. The tannins are quite up front. A bit of a flowery nose, with muted dark fruits. Decent finish.
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11/14/2017 - MWiking wrote: 97 Points
sånt världsklassvin! perfekt balans mellan mognad och ung frukt.
Hade jag fått detta blint hade jag gissat på 10 år yngre. Love it!
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9/24/2017 - SineQuaNon Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great wine! Great Barolo! Double decanted for sediment and getting the airing started and then left in its bottle for 9 (!) hours! This really helped as a lot of the old, dusty age it displayed upon opening had vanished giving way to a more than outstanding Barolo with tons of the classic notes og cherry, roses, tar and more tertiary development.
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11/14/2015 - kenv Likes this wine: 92 Points
NK 1989 Barolo Dinner (Dovetail Restaurant, NYC): [Double decanted about 10am.] Black cherry nose. Silky, tannic, tart with bright fruit. Some earthiness on the finish.
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4/10/2015 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 90 Points
The nose was big and rich with dark red fruits and spice. On the palate, I found dried red fruits, crushed leaves and spice. The finish showed dried red berry tones and a hint of cedar.
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11/27/2014 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
The Great Barolo Tasting (Taberna): From a magnum. This was very good, but clearly needed some time yet. It had a beautiful nose, with lot of perfumy floral tones and sweet red fruit aromas wreathed in a little smoky ring - this was your classic tar and roses. Wonderful stuff. The palate shared some of that beautiful, floral perfume on the attack, along with sweet red fruit seasoned with spice and fruit peel - kumquats I thought. With its fine tannins and cool, clean acidity, this had a really feminine feel to it. I probably would have guessed Babaresco if it was served double blind. The fruit pared down a bit past the midpalate, ceding the stage to a blush of fragrant spice, with a little meaty grip and a kiss of tar at the finish. This is very good indeed, but needs time yet. If anything, there are still rather primary shades about the fruit and a some lack of mature complexity. In a magnum format at least, I would give it some 5-6 years more.
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11/22/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Tenth Annual White Truffle Dinner (Chez Weber - Chicago IL): This was more dense and powerful than the Brunate in the next glass, but it also seemed more modern styled, seemingly showing more new oak. While also very pleasurable, it came across as more ripe and not quite as classic or elegant.
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1/20/2014 - bill00 wrote: flawed
Oxidized.
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10/27/2012 - Barolo Raymond wrote: 91 Points
Barolo Bricco Rocche Vertical (Salone di Gusto, Torino, Italy): Light-medium(-) garnet, orange-brown rim, relatively fast moving tainted legs @ 13.5@ abv. Medium(+) developed mature aromas of truffles, savory, smoked ham, a decadent nose.
Dry, medium-medium(+) acidity, medium elegant tannins, medium body and alcohol. Medium(+) persistent flavors of red ripe cherries, smoked meat, coppa, tobacco and black pepper. Great length with savory and fresh finish not showing its age. Likely at its peak. Less elegant than younger vintages, power and presence.
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12/10/2011 - Jossik wrote: 92 Points
colore mattonato, inizialmente buccia di salame, un tocchino avanti, note di caffè, e carne, fruttino rosso (ribes), poi si pulisce e diventa + succoso, con note balsamiche, frutta in evidenza. Bocca inferiore al naso, molto palatale m con chiusra un po' corta e vuotina anche se con bel tannino dolce.
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9/12/2011 - LPskeleton wrote: 93 Points
Sweet dark tobacco lead, with an overriding jammy-ness spices milk chocolate make up a gorgeous mature nose....rich warm and sensual in texture and flavor...paired with chalky tannin...additional notes of cinnamon clove tobacco plum and truffle....very nice and complete.93+
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2/22/2011 - hubas wrote: 94 Points
Some tar very dark bouquet. The taste is very powerful and the smell/bouquet of the wine is amazing.
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9/24/2010 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
1989 - The Year & The Vintage. Cross Border Horizontal LWE (The Papies, London): 1989 - The Year & The Vintage. Cross Border Horizontal LWE at the Papies, London 24 Sep 2010
Identity of the wine was withheld at time of tasting.Most of us got this right and identified this.
We were not expecting much out of this bottle but it surprised us. Still very much in the game with a good structure and body. Losts of earth, more earth than fruit. Drink now
Enjoayable but unfortunately was outshown by the rest of the wines on the flight.
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5/24/2009 - il_diavolo wrote: 93 Points
dark and surprisingly youthful in appearance. nose is savoury, earty and mushrooms. very long and balanced, a fantastic barolo. will the more recent bricco rocche's last as long?
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