Decanted 3 hours before drinking. Even at the onset had lovely noses. Improved with air. Leather, tar, rose petals. Long and integrated. Great tertiary flavors
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Q1 - 2018 Tasting - Aged Barolo Theme (NY, NY): 7 of 17 wines tasted double blind. The color was very pale (so clearly quite old), but the nose was just soaking wet cardboard left for weeks in grandma's basement smell - could not get it past the nose to taste. Very corked. - sadly - 0*
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Aged Barolo (aka Q1 wine club) (The Apt): Wine #7: Very much in the older, funky, barnyard, form. Some leather. It's an old school type of wine. There was something at the end that I found a bit interesting, but I think wine #8 overshadowed. (2 pennies)
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This is really quite nice. Best old Barale I've had. High toned, quite fully, some crunchy fruit left, with clear secondary layers. This one has some years left I suppose.
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Translucent, developed pale ruby color. Dry and moderately muted nose with metallic aromas, some licorice, a little leather and a hint of dried dark fruits. Quite full-bodied and obviously very developed palate with dried fruit flavors concentrated with age; notes of dried figs, bitter sour cherry, dried dark fruits, some sweet dates, a little sweet dark cherry and a hint of meaty notes and leather. Moderately grippy, angular, grainy tannins but rather smooth and gentle acidity. The finish seems more flat and bitter than the midpalate with medium-long flavors of dark cherry, some oriental spices, a little sweet pruney fruit and a hint of raisined oxidation.
A delightful old Barolo, but obviously has seen better days. Starting to fall apart, but has still some life to the wine with good intensity of developed, dried fruit character. I prefer wines with more life and vibrancy, but despite that this wine is perfectly enjoyable. The only direction this wine is going is down; drink up.
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13.8% abv. Great bottle with lots of life. Earthy, smokey nose with licorice and hints of honey and cinnamon. Elegant, with mellow acidity. Some residual sweetness. Still fresh tasting.
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Lots of iron on the first nose, and all the complexity of full maturity. Brown sugar, hiprose, plums, meat juices, truffles, paintbox and boat house. Still very much alive & kicking on the palate, quite high in acidity with respectable tannin structure, vivid fruit and a long mineral finish. The aroma spectrum mirrors all the complexity on the nose, and like many an old barolo it gives an immense pleasure together with food. This time we had a reindeer tenderloin with truffle scented risotto.
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2/3/2024 - kenv wrote: flawed
Bring a Great Nebbiolo (Chez Goldberg, Greenwich Village, NYC): [Double-decanted around 5pm.] Nasty, spoiled nose. No better on in the mouth.
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5/26/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Such a wild amazing smell. Like some sort of herb , veggies lawn smell, with barolo. Palate is harmonious and all there. Long and fresh.
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9/12/2021 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted 3 hours before drinking. Even at the onset had lovely noses. Improved with air. Leather, tar, rose petals. Long and integrated. Great tertiary flavors
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2/3/2018 - retired_and_roving wrote: flawed
Q1 - 2018 Tasting - Aged Barolo Theme (NY, NY): 7 of 17 wines tasted double blind. The color was very pale (so clearly quite old), but the nose was just soaking wet cardboard left for weeks in grandma's basement smell - could not get it past the nose to taste. Very corked. - sadly - 0*
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2/3/2018 - MC2 Wines wrote:
Aged Barolo (aka Q1 wine club) (The Apt): Wine #7: Very much in the older, funky, barnyard, form. Some leather. It's an old school type of wine. There was something at the end that I found a bit interesting, but I think wine #8 overshadowed. (2 pennies)
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10/16/2017 - LW31 Likes this wine:
This is really quite nice. Best old Barale I've had. High toned, quite fully, some crunchy fruit left, with clear secondary layers. This one has some years left I suppose.
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8/31/2016 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points
Translucent, developed pale ruby color. Dry and moderately muted nose with metallic aromas, some licorice, a little leather and a hint of dried dark fruits. Quite full-bodied and obviously very developed palate with dried fruit flavors concentrated with age; notes of dried figs, bitter sour cherry, dried dark fruits, some sweet dates, a little sweet dark cherry and a hint of meaty notes and leather. Moderately grippy, angular, grainy tannins but rather smooth and gentle acidity. The finish seems more flat and bitter than the midpalate with medium-long flavors of dark cherry, some oriental spices, a little sweet pruney fruit and a hint of raisined oxidation.
A delightful old Barolo, but obviously has seen better days. Starting to fall apart, but has still some life to the wine with good intensity of developed, dried fruit character. I prefer wines with more life and vibrancy, but despite that this wine is perfectly enjoyable. The only direction this wine is going is down; drink up.
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11/26/2014 - DrakkarNoir Likes this wine:
13.8% abv. Great bottle with lots of life. Earthy, smokey nose with licorice and hints of honey and cinnamon. Elegant, with mellow acidity. Some residual sweetness. Still fresh tasting.
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6/15/2012 - Finare Vinare wrote: 90 Points
Lots of iron on the first nose, and all the complexity of full maturity. Brown sugar, hiprose, plums, meat juices, truffles, paintbox and boat house. Still very much alive & kicking on the palate, quite high in acidity with respectable tannin structure, vivid fruit and a long mineral finish. The aroma spectrum mirrors all the complexity on the nose, and like many an old barolo it gives an immense pleasure together with food. This time we had a reindeer tenderloin with truffle scented risotto.
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12/10/2009 - Serge Birbrair wrote: flawed
dead, more dead than a door nail. Undrinkable, went to the sink
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