1972 Fattoria dei Barbi Brunello di Montalcino

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/30/2018 - tomoem Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This bottle had an elevated cork which was over 1/4" over the bottle top. It also had ullage below the shoulder. Cork was removed with a "Cork Pops" injector. The cork weighed almost 5 times that of a regular cork. Hence I know where the wine below the ullage wound up.
  
  Once again a thin and almost watery experience with loads of aged fruit, some rotted cherries and strawberries. Flavors that are so unique and only found in an aged wine. Just another reason I love old wine and particularly well crafted old wine.

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  1/31/2018 - tomoem Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A little bit flatter tonight but oh so sweetly aromatic (just small this) and so old colored (brownish) that I was cringing at tasting this. In the mouth however it was not so bad, and suprisingly still fruity on its last legs. Flavors of slightly rotted strawberry fruit that it makes me yell out ..... I love old wine ! Where else can you find flavors like this. So unique !

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  5/13/2017 - tomoem wrote: 91 Points

  Straight out of the bottle this was wonderful. The wine is not viscous at all and in fact quite thin (almost watery), and yet with unique flavors that only an aged Brunello could have. If you have not had a chance to experience a Barbi at 45 years old, try to find one and give it a shot. Some would say that these are way past their prime, and while that may be true, I beg to differ. They are truly great examples of how wine changes with age. Delicious if you have the taste for aged wine.

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  10/28/2014 - galenico Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Naso esilarante!! Sembra un Cascina Francia di annata calda!!
  Fresco e raffinato, goudron e fiori secchi.
  Accenni di terziarizzazione e sottobosco, ma non fastidiosi né amari.
  Al palato sfodera un' acidità ancora nervosa, terrosa e austera. Vino pienamente evoluto, ma ancora in gran forma, ma un pò selvatico con toni di cuoio e tabacco.
  Medio corpo e finale con tannino granulare ancora vivo.
  Bevuta piacevole

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