2005 Guido Porro Barolo Vigna Lazzairasco

Community Tasting Notes (74) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  1/18/2023 - NoWineWiz Likes this wine: 90 Points

  PnP with 15 minutes in the glass. Pleasant nose of cherry, raspberry, vanilla, and fall spice. Enjoyably dry with similar notes on the palate, along with an earthiness, noticeable tannins and medium finish.

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  12/5/2021 - Grape_ape Likes this wine:

  Perfect cork, decanted for sediment, which there was quite a bit of. Color showed mature, brick, almost tawny color. Aromatic nose with some dried cherry, floral, spice. On the palate more dried cherry, florals, pretty grippy tannins and good acidity. Only quibble was that the alcohol was peeking out a bit, but wasn't much of a detractor. Solid, and happy with this for the price paid 10 years ago.

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  6/13/2021 - JVG wrote:

  No formal notes. This is quite mature now, just a little bit of dried-cherry fruit remaining to go along with lots of leather and old books and dried flowers. Very dry on the palate with a bit of bitterness, and modest, fine tannin. Very enjoyable.

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  5/28/2021 - Dalex Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Best on the third day. Truthfully I didn’t finish the last glass and left it in the countertop. At 6am I took a sip and, well, at its best now. Very pretty wine. Great fruit. I’m thinking it might be better in a few years.

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  3/14/2021 - LotionInTheBasket Likes this wine:

  Giving this another spin, for science and interesting discussions it created (WB). Back to back after an odd night with this seemingly odd vintage, last night’s note gives this one context for those following along. Had a stacked day so I popped early and let the bottle decant for about 7 hours. Perhaps unorthodox vs last night but it worked out. Again swirls lighter in the glass with a fairly dark ruby, some bricking, even a slight orange at the brim. The nose is not as subtle or “refined” as the last bottle; it’s got a great presence. Aromas of dried cherries, licorice and anise notes, less earthy, add a hint of orange as it fades. Almost a different bottle if I put these side by side. The palate on this, there’s nothing muted or hollow, it’s well integrated and connects end-to-end, fires on all cylinders. Starts with dried cherries, licorice, some forest floor, tannins are lovely, gripping from the start and complementary all the way through. Light clove even later in. Mid-palate feels less acidic than the other bottle due to the fruit being a magnitude more engaged; still medium acidity highlighted with a touch of lemon rind and more balanced. Fruit, very present in the finish this time, fading out to black tea and cherries. It’s not the proverbial RP 90 seconds, however it gives you what you need and it leaves you wanting the next sip. Two days, two different experiences. This is what I got a glimpse of last night, then this one delivered. Still gives me pause on what to do with the others. This one could evolved into something super interesting in 5 or even more. That said, given the definite vintage variability I’m going to drink sooner than later regardless to enjoy the sure thing. One more thing to add, much more sediment, like a level 2 up, if that matters.

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