Back in NL drinks (Utrecht): [Restaurant purchase] Pop-up win bar Utregs Wijnhuis at Koenraad. Medium intensity with licorice, dough, cherry, laurel, strawberry. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, medium finish. Last bottle of the evening, so notes probably don’t do the bottle justice
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Strawberry and camphor on the nose. On the palate, light cherry, strawberry, and notes of rose petal and clove on the medium finish, with moderate to strong tannins and well-balanced acidity. This was a good value at a little over $50.
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Surely one of the three or four best sites in Barbaresco. Decanted an hour. Appropriately pale red hue - paling further to a watery rim. Expressive nose of finely poised small red fruits. The vintage expresses itself in the redness of the fruit. Pronounced red fruits on the palate also - cherry, perhaps even some strawberry - framed by savory notes of licorice and camphor. A very pleasant restraint / delicacy. Nothing too assertive or insistent or extracted. Balanced. Really quite fine grained silky tannins, with just a little grip at the end and the barest hint of dryness. Certainly nothing to suggest it is not fully ripe. A wine that perhaps speaks a little more softly than in more heralded vintages - and that lack of power may make it seem less persistent also - yet it displays all the inner beauty you could hope for. This is very elegant for Roncaglie - pretty even, which is not what comes to mind with nebbiolo. Showing some early complexity already. Authentic Barbaresco. I found myself continually reaching for the glass. Will surely go a while yet but can be - and perhaps on this showing should be - approached within a few years. Very happy.
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8/3/2023 - bjbu Likes this wine: 89 Points
Pop-up wine bar Utregs wijnhuis: Intensity medium. Roses, cherry, red currant, dough. Acidity medium(+). Tannins high. Finish medium.
(pop-up wine bar Utregs Wijnhuis, Koenraad Utrecht)
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8/3/2023 - ThijsV Likes this wine: 91 Points
Back in NL drinks (Utrecht): [Restaurant purchase] Pop-up win bar Utregs Wijnhuis at Koenraad. Medium intensity with licorice, dough, cherry, laurel, strawberry. Medium+ acidity, high tannins, medium finish. Last bottle of the evening, so notes probably don’t do the bottle justice
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1/8/2023 - RichardP wrote: 91 Points
Strawberry and camphor on the nose. On the palate, light cherry, strawberry, and notes of rose petal and clove on the medium finish, with moderate to strong tannins and well-balanced acidity. This was a good value at a little over $50.
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10/1/2022 - MuddyBoots wrote:
Surely one of the three or four best sites in Barbaresco. Decanted an hour. Appropriately pale red hue - paling further to a watery rim. Expressive nose of finely poised small red fruits. The vintage expresses itself in the redness of the fruit. Pronounced red fruits on the palate also - cherry, perhaps even some strawberry - framed by savory notes of licorice and camphor. A very pleasant restraint / delicacy. Nothing too assertive or insistent or extracted. Balanced. Really quite fine grained silky tannins, with just a little grip at the end and the barest hint of dryness. Certainly nothing to suggest it is not fully ripe. A wine that perhaps speaks a little more softly than in more heralded vintages - and that lack of power may make it seem less persistent also - yet it displays all the inner beauty you could hope for. This is very elegant for Roncaglie - pretty even, which is not what comes to mind with nebbiolo. Showing some early complexity already. Authentic Barbaresco. I found myself continually reaching for the glass. Will surely go a while yet but can be - and perhaps on this showing should be - approached within a few years. Very happy.
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12/28/2021 - olly301 Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Bottle was possibly flawed. Tannins out of control, bitter taste.
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