1961 Nervi Gattinara

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  9/20/2022 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 93 Points

  As good as it gets pour un vin de 61 ans !
  Cerise marasquin, sanguin, bois de grange, le vin est plein d'acidité avec une belle touche marqué par le fruit. Ca sent le sous-sol de nos grands-parents haha. Encore en pleine forme pour 5 a 10 ans sans problème.
  Absolument sublime !

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  2/14/2020 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:

  Double decanted at noon. Cork in tact, but very soft. Lots of sediment. Nice earthy bouquet and brownish-red hue. Palate did not show a lot. Color and palate declined over next 7 hours. Then, in the 8th hour the wine blossomed. Color seemed to improve and lively fruit emerged. It actually turned out to edge out the 1967 Francesco Rinaldi Barolo that we drank along side it.

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  2/4/2016 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Luminous, translucent and quite deep dark cherry color. Developed aromas of dried prunes, some iron and blood, a little raisined sweetness, a hint of exotic spice, a touch of sour cherry and a whiff of oxidized sweetness. Dry and robust medium-bodied palate with moderately high acidity and rather prominent, grippy tannins. Pretty straightforward and a bit one-dimensional flavors of sour cherries, tart dark berries, some dried dates and a hint of raisiny oxidation. The wine finishes with a slightly grippy aftertaste of ripe red cherry, some sour cherry, a little cranberry tartness, a hint of raisin and a touch of astringent tannic bitterness.
  
  A Nervi Gattinara that is starting to show some signs of old age. The oxidation has dried up some of the fruit, giving it a quite raisined, sweet edge. Still, the wine shows remarkably grippy and surprisingly tight structure for a wine 55 years old. Definitely not a wine that'll keep any longer: this has peaked and has started its downhill – although fortunately it has begun it either quite recently or then just at extremely slow speed. Despite its slightly surmaturé character, the wine is thoroughly enjoyable and lovely. If you have bottles in your cellar, it is high time to pop 'em open.

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  1/19/2015 - SteveG wrote: 92 Points

  Nice deep ruby with tawny edges. Decanted at 10AM, muted nose and all mature wine, leather, furniture, dead leaves. By late dinner this wine was gentle and full of dark fruit flavors, a great balance of freshness and soft tannins. Ten hours of air was about right.

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