Strong white pepper note, combined with cherries, bitter chocolate, leaf mould, tobacco and old oak. On the palate fantastic tension between the raspberry, cherry, blackberry fruit notes and the more serious underlying tannins and acidity. In other words, classic Barolo at its peak. It took an age to come around, but now spot on. Love it.
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Stone fruit, mirabel plums, waxy lemon peel, touch of papaya on the nose. Superb creamy, tropical and ripe green fruit on the palate. Finishing rich, long and layered. Ripeness pushed, but not overdone, cut with pin point acidity. A somewhat odd, but delicious marvel. At drinking peak.
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This has taken a while to come round. Now in perfect drinking peak. Rich, kirsch, black raspberry, chocolate nose (really black forest gateau!). Palate is rounded, medium-bodied, with great finesse and lacy tannins. Spherical with a slightly short finish. Like a cross between burgundy and very fine southern Rhone. Intriguing!
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2012 Reverdito Barolo Riva Rocca
3/5/2024 - Oddbod Likes this wine: 93 Points
Strong white pepper note, combined with cherries, bitter chocolate, leaf mould, tobacco and old oak. On the palate fantastic tension between the raspberry, cherry, blackberry fruit notes and the more serious underlying tannins and acidity. In other words, classic Barolo at its peak. It took an age to come around, but now spot on. Love it.
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2015 Domaine de la Bongran (Thevenet) Viré-Clessé Cuvée E. J. Thevenet
3/3/2024 - Oddbod Likes this wine: 92 Points
Stone fruit, mirabel plums, waxy lemon peel, touch of papaya on the nose. Superb creamy, tropical and ripe green fruit on the palate. Finishing rich, long and layered. Ripeness pushed, but not overdone, cut with pin point acidity. A somewhat odd, but delicious marvel. At drinking peak.
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2016 Comando G La Bruja de Rozas
3/2/2024 - Oddbod Likes this wine: 91 Points
This has taken a while to come round. Now in perfect drinking peak. Rich, kirsch, black raspberry, chocolate nose (really black forest gateau!). Palate is rounded, medium-bodied, with great finesse and lacy tannins. Spherical with a slightly short finish. Like a cross between burgundy and very fine southern Rhone. Intriguing!
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