1961 Pira Secondo & Figli Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 94 points

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  10/17/2020 - oldwines wrote: flawed

  Acquired from a well-known Long Island based retailer in 2015, expecting to give this to my sister born in 1961 for a future birthday, but on checking on the bottle I suspected a problem and opened it with some friends tonight to see what was going on. It was horribly over the hill. This wine had more sediment than I have ever seen...it was polymerized into rubbery chunks and had stripped the wine of all color but a light nearly transparent copper rose hue. The nose was slightly interesting with a muted leathery, earthy and slightly port-like demeanor but the palate was tasteless. Neither heavily oxidized in aroma nor showing heavy VA. Disappointing but that’s the risk with bottles this old, especially those my personally cellared.

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  6/5/2016 - bacchuszuo Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Sour plum soup color, nose and palate, lively acidity wrapped around tight dried fruit notes, long finish. Not much angular tannin remaining but a delicious tertiary wine.

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