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2004 Azienda Bricco Rocche (Ceretto) Barolo Brunate
10/2/2021 - TampaDan wrote: 93 Points
An intriguing bottle, unlike any previous Barolo. Multi-layered aromatics of Asian spices, soy/Worcestershire sauce, cedar, sweet tobacco, and dark chocolate. Dark plums/cinnamon/chocolate notes on the palate, with a long, mouth-coating finish. Brawny and muscular in the Brunate style, very unlike the silkiness of a Cannubi. After about an hour, the overall impression began to fade however. Completely mature and at the end of its peak drinkability plateau. Other bottles should be drunk soon. Fascinating wine, not terribly long-lived but rich and complex nonetheless.
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2001 WesMar Pinot Noir Olivet Lane Vineyard
3/9/2021 - TampaDan Likes this wine: 94 Points
Color: Pure ruby-purple, not the slightest bit of bricking at the rim.
Nose: Layers of red fruits with amazing sweetness, along with a healthy dose of perfectly integrated vanilla-oak essence. Finishes with a small amount of liqueur-like volatility that amplifies and gives depth to the fruit.
Palate: Sweet red fruits with a slight spice note, along with a surprisingly tannic punch on the finish. Medium-length finish. Surprisingly great structure. Considering its age, an insanely well-preserved bottle that could have provided peak drinking for at least 5 more years. A near-perfect representation of both the WesMar style and the best of the legendary Olivet Lane vineyard.
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2001 WesMar Pinot Noir Vine Hill Vineyard
11/6/2020 - TampaDan wrote: 94 Points
Color: Slightly opaque garnet-ruby. No signs of browning at the rim.
Nose: A funky bitter marzipan thing dominated at first, but blew off fairly quickly. A selection of very slightly stewed red fruit notes with hints of cinnamon and ginger then became prominent. The fruit impression actually gained in purity and intensity with time, quite impressive given its age.
Palate: Lovely red fruits, cranberry and cherry along with that characteristic strawberry. Faint hints of baking spices that have probably faded somewhat with age. The depth of flavor is really quite extraordinary. And that finish?!? Sneaky long, subtly pumping out flavors in the mouth for minutes after every sip. Stylistically, I would describe this as very typically Oehlman-ish, with a touch of Balletto thrown in. Overall, considering the fact that it’s nearly 20 years old, what an extraordinary bottle it was!
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