2010 Agricola Punica Barrua

Community Tasting Notes (37) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  9/23/2022 - ftorrisi wrote: 93 Points

  Vertical degustation of Barrua with Friends. Lineup: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015. Results: 2012 first ranked, 2010 second, 2015 third. 2011 was unfortunately corked.
  
  2015, a very good wine by any token and also the one that all tried as first, some thought it was too young, some thought it had less french grapes in the mix (that at least on the official web site is not disclosed). The only one where I could taste myrtle. 91 pts.
  
  2010, Superior to the 2015, more round, probably due to the age. It started showing signs of having reached its peak, still I would not hurry if I still had in store. I liked the well matured tannins. 93 pts.
  
  2012, By far the be best of the lot. I still wonder if it was only a particularly good vintage, cellar maturation or the wine makers did put additional attention on the 10-years jubilee edition. Fruit still very crisp, soft and well ripened tannins. 94 pts.
  
  Overall very consistent tasting profile of red fruits, liquorice, spices. Great quality. For the overall bottles that I tried, one corked is acceptable, pity I did not have a second 2011 to try in the same context.

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  9/21/2021 - mclanew wrote: 89 Points

  Slow ox for one hour. Full bodied, round, full in the mouth, a little heavy and blocky. Black currant, cocoa,cigar box and earth comes through on the palate. Doesn’t show much age but I don’t think it will evolve.

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  6/30/2021 - Vinogan(s) wrote: 90 Points

  My last bottle. Still consistent with previous bottles drunk. A bit too heavy to merit a higher score.

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  5/1/2021 - mclanew Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Slow ox for one hour. The nose on this a bit stinky with some barnyard aromas dominating. The wine shows ripe plum and blackberry, herbs and earth in a round, plump sort of style. Overall it tasted on the one hand a little overdone and on the other a little over the hill. I am wondering whether this was a bad bottle or something.

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  11/9/2020 - JWG wrote: 90 Points

  This bottle was similar to the bottles I've opened in 2017 and 2019 -- quite delicious, but with a sense that it is losing a little of its mojo. So, I suspect it needs to be drunk in the near term, since it may go downhill soon.

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