2016 Agricola Brandini Barolo La Morra

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  3/18/2024 - gfwetzel Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The color is medium garnet with some brown tinges. The aromas are of cherries, plums, forest floor, and just a tinge of menthol. The flavors are of cherries, plums, mushrooms, with a hint of tar. The wine has a medium body with acid slightly less than balance demands, making it less fresh. There are soft tannins. The finish is quite long with lingering fruit. ABV 14%.
  
  Decanted 1/2 bottle with a Coravin. Tasted immediately, then after 1 and 2 hours. Drank after 3 hours. Recommend giving it 2 hours in decanter, then begin drinking to follow the wine as it opens more in the glass.
  
  The next day I prepared to take this to a friend's for a tasting and double decanted the remaining 1/2. Then forgot to take it. It sat for 2 days in the bottle with the cork inserted. Opened it on the 3rd day, expecting not much. I was very happy with the wine after all that. The wine added more mushroom and some secondary aromas: tar, pencil lead, cedar. The balance was better, and it seemed more integrated. The wine added some herbal flavors to the palate. The finish was still long, but the fruit forward finish off before became a long continuation of the palate. Quite nice. I upped my score to 92 (from 89).

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  12/29/2023 - studleytrey Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium garnet, clear. Smells like red fruits, smoke, lemon, bit of floral. Full body, high acid, good length, with flavors of high toned red fruits, lemon, and minerals. Solid restaurant option, especially at 50% off on happy hour.

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  8/10/2023 - Joelene wrote: 92 Points

  This bottle was singing, great grip, nice acidity, lively and spicey, chewy tannin… young but already a great sip… great with food!

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  6/15/2023 - Joelene wrote: 90 Points

  Young but promising. Better on day two.

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  5/27/2023 - Incurable_Botrytis Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinking really nicely right now. Blood orange, tart, tangy, acidity and tannin in strong harmony. Great mix of depth but light on its feet.

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