1976 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barbaresco Riserva

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  11/15/2022 - forceberry wrote: flawed

  There was a huge chunk of quite solid deposit in the bottle, which might explain the atypically pale color of the wine. 13,2% alcohol.
  
  Clear, quite pale and fully translucent brick-orange color with an oxidative nutty-brown hue. The nose feels pungent with oxidative aromas of chopped nuts, sorrel and rancio, some raisiny tones, a little bit of syrupy richness, a hint of sweet malty character and a touch of caramel. The wine feels old, dry and oxidative on the palate with a light-to-medium body and aged, slightly watery flavors of nutty rancio and soy sauce, some aldehydic notes of sorrel, a little bit of ripe gooseberry, light crunchy notes of cranberries, a hint of blood and a touch of salt-cured meat. The wine is noticeably high in acidity with somewhat grippy medium tannins. The finish is dry, tired and quite oxidative on the palate with a flat, tertiary aftertaste of soy sauce and salt-cured meat, some metallic tones, a little bit of crunchy cranberry, light malty tones, a hint of smoke and a touch of sorrel.
  
  A tired and oxidative Barbaresco that is just too old for its own good. This might've been in good condition still in the 2000's, but at the moment very little of anything remains. This has not just one foot in the grave, but also the other one as well, along with most of the torso.

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