1993 Pio Cesare Barbaresco Il Bricco

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  2/12/2019 - DougLee wrote: 93 Points

  Last taste was 4 years ago, at the Post Hotel Dining Room. Found ourselves in the Post Hotel Pub on a quiet, cold night (-5 degrees F) with tagliatelle topped with ground duck breast on special. One bottle of this wine left in the cellar, which we snared. Sommelier came down from the restaurant to open it with an Ah-So. Pristine cork. Nose was open from early on, releasing scents of fennel, tar, roses, earth, and pleasantly astringent iodine. At 90 minutes the palate revealed velvet-textured layers of strawberry, dark cherry, asphalt, and earth. Wiry acidity and softened dusty tannin led to a long finish of red cherry, tar, and gentle grip. Wonderful wine from our wedding year, very much alive.

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  9/15/2016 - Lype Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Nicely aged and drinkable, good balance, cherry features have mellowed, very good.

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  11/30/2015 - Raymondjude wrote: 92 Points

  After reading all the other notes below, I double decanted and let sit for 4 hours prior to dinner.
  Success!! This was a delight to drink.
  Soft on the pallet and still maintained its deep ruby colour. I wouldn't leave cellared bottles for too much longer though.

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  7/24/2015 - skurtz wrote: flawed

  My last two bottles were oxidized and over the hill. They did not show very well at all at tonight's party.

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  6/4/2015 - skurtz Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Consistent with previous notes. The raspberry notes paired great with veal Marsala.

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