much more solid than the last old italian I opened this had residual tannins some elegant cherries and a lovely nose and silky texture Happy to share at Vie
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I've had a number of these over the years, and this was not a good example. The bottle was in great shape, fill reasonably high, and the cork in great shape. But the wine was tired with no complexity to the fruit. It had the very light color of old Barolo, but was missing the tannins and red fruit that should have been there. It was sound and not oxidized - just tired.
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Delicious - very mature and smooth. Initially, I thought I had waited too long but the bottle seemed to resurrect itself over the next 30 minutes or so.
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Refined and tasty package of aged Barolo features, black tea, tar, rose water. Long and lingering, this bottle lives up to the reputation of the vintage. Some rate the -64 above the -61, Renato Ratti gives the -64 5/5 and Wasserman's Italy's Noble Wines (Second Edition 1991) regards the -64 "perhaps the best of the decade". According to INW Angelo Gaja considers the -64 overrated. My votes go for the -64 (not that anyone's probably interested).
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Cloudy (dediment) brown hue but wonderful Nebbiolo bouquet and nice fruit and balance on the palate. Wine evolved in the glass. Very nice for a very old wine.
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7/15/2023 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 92 Points
much more solid than the last old italian I opened
this had residual tannins some elegant cherries and a lovely nose and silky texture
Happy to share at Vie
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5/12/2019 - Tree512 wrote: 85 Points
I've had a number of these over the years, and this was not a good example. The bottle was in great shape, fill reasonably high, and the cork in great shape. But the wine was tired with no complexity to the fruit. It had the very light color of old Barolo, but was missing the tannins and red fruit that should have been there. It was sound and not oxidized - just tired.
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1/21/2019 - pdicorpo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious - very mature and smooth. Initially, I thought I had waited too long but the bottle seemed to resurrect itself over the next 30 minutes or so.
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5/8/2013 - Lype Likes this wine: 92 Points
Refined and tasty package of aged Barolo features, black tea, tar, rose water. Long and lingering, this bottle lives up to the reputation of the vintage. Some rate the -64 above the -61, Renato Ratti gives the -64 5/5 and Wasserman's Italy's Noble Wines (Second Edition 1991) regards the -64 "perhaps the best of the decade". According to INW Angelo Gaja considers the -64 overrated. My votes go for the -64 (not that anyone's probably interested).
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1/23/2013 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:
Cloudy (dediment) brown hue but wonderful Nebbiolo bouquet and nice fruit and balance on the palate. Wine evolved in the glass. Very nice for a very old wine.
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10/30/2008 - MauriceE wrote:
Tasting of Italy by the DRC-club (Brugweg - Velp): The wine appeared completely "over the hill" at first, but later it "resurrected". But very hard to judge. So no rating.
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