When decanted color showed as brick red, with a touch of garden funk in the nose so I was concerned that it was dead. After an hour it was astringent with very little sweetness or fruit, but the funk was gone. By dinner about 2 hours later it was starting to open up, and by dinner's end it had bloomed with floral and ripe red table grape notes, and still tight. I suspect this bottle was past its prime and could have used more air time.
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2005 Bodegas Los Astrales Ribera del Duero Astrales
3/25/2023 - fjp_tt Likes this wine: 90 Points
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2001 Moccagatta Barbaresco Bric Balin
12/14/2018 - fjp_tt wrote: 88 Points
When decanted color showed as brick red, with a touch of garden funk in the nose so I was concerned that it was dead. After an hour it was astringent with very little sweetness or fruit, but the funk was gone. By dinner about 2 hours later it was starting to open up, and by dinner's end it had bloomed with floral and ripe red table grape notes, and still tight. I suspect this bottle was past its prime and could have used more air time.
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2011 Talbott Chardonnay Sleepy Hollow Vineyard Santa Lucia Highlands
11/23/2018 - fjp_tt Likes this wine: 90 Points
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