All bottles opened 12 hours in advance for bottle breath.
Leather, dried date and tar. Tertiary and complex. Hits the palate with waves of dried red fruit, expressive and enveloping. Hint of bitterness on the finish but does not impact the harmonious balance of this wine. Medium+ finish that continues to gain volume with air.
Graceful.
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Double decanted in the Am and runk that evening over several hours.
mature darker nebbiolo fruit, tar, and ferrous notes on the nose. This is expansive with great depth and sap coupled with a graceful touch. Firm yet balanced and comes across with a sense of calm. A harmonious wine of import drinking at peak. Outstanding. 95
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Cork! I can’t believe it! Still, you can sense what a wine this is, behind the cork defect nose and taste. No points given, unfortunately, as I believe this wine might be a 99 point +, delivering as it should?
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Naso inizialmente sul mentolato, gioventù impressionante con ancora sentori di frutta, naso pieno e profondo come la bocca. Poi naso di fragole di bosco. Pieno, bocca stupenda, piena e vellutata.
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2/4/2022 - Mentat Likes this wine: 96 Points
1978 Piedmont Horizontal:
All bottles opened 12 hours in advance for bottle breath.
Leather, dried date and tar. Tertiary and complex. Hits the palate with waves of dried red fruit, expressive and enveloping. Hint of bitterness on the finish but does not impact the harmonious balance of this wine. Medium+ finish that continues to gain volume with air.
Graceful.
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2/1/2020 - cct wrote: 95 Points
Double decanted in the Am and runk that evening over several hours.
mature darker nebbiolo fruit, tar, and ferrous notes on the nose. This is expansive with great depth and sap coupled with a graceful touch. Firm yet balanced and comes across with a sense of calm. A harmonious wine of import drinking at peak. Outstanding. 95
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9/25/2016 - SteveHyde wrote: 97 Points
Wow. What an amazing wine. Beautiful nose, intense, vibrant, layered structure. Bright fruit. But that nose. Killer.
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6/17/2013 - FamilyLarsson wrote: flawed
Suck!!! Korkskadad flaska. Jag som sett fram emot detta vin så otroligt mycket
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6/17/2013 - Ramberg wrote: flawed
Cork!
I can’t believe it!
Still, you can sense what a wine this is, behind the cork defect nose and taste.
No points given, unfortunately, as I believe this wine might be a 99 point +, delivering as it should?
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2/7/2013 - dcwino wrote: 85 Points
Cityzen gathering – no great wines only great bottles (Cityzen, Washington DC): Another example of no great wines as a bottle drank a year ago was very nice. This has a very strong sweaty sox nose. Once that blew off, void of fruits, only earth and iron. A bit off based on the last bottle.
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1/13/2012 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Baltimorean and one dcwino in NYC – Part 1 Italian at Maialino (NYC Maialino): Rose, red fruits, very young and fresh, cherry and mocha. This is a big scale wine that is deeply toned with noticeable tannins. Sweet but cool palate. Very impressive and tasty.
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1/23/2010 - Jossik wrote: 91 Points
Naso inizialmente sul mentolato, gioventù impressionante con ancora sentori di frutta, naso pieno e profondo come la bocca. Poi naso di fragole di bosco. Pieno, bocca stupenda, piena e vellutata.
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