Garnet rim with a darker core. On the nose there is still lots of grape freshness and I think it is really hard to come by. Red fruits, licorice and some floral hints. The structure also remains with a high acidity level and moderate tannins. Fair finish. Good quality but a little expensive to give a score above 90.
I really enjoyed this, apparently more than most other reviewers. Very well resolved. I don't get a sense of "too much wood". I also find this bottle to be in the prime of its drinking window, with good depth of fruit. Still some fine tannins on the finish, but they are largely integrated into the body of the wine. An auction pickup at about $25. Good QPR.
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Yes, its true. The Zalto Universal glass has performed a miracle on this wine. IN a Zalto it all hangs together in delicious harmony. In anything else it tastes like stewed tobacco.
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First bottle was badly corked. Second one though was quite interesting -- I had assumed this had gone over the hill. Meaning too much raisiny fruit and was falling apart. However this bottle seemed to be coming back into focus, getting more high toned fruit to it and less of that heavy heavy tobacco blackness. Do Barolos have dumb phase?
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12/24/2016 - Ward Huang Likes this wine: 90 Points
Garnet rim with a darker core. On the nose there is still lots of grape freshness and I think it is really hard to come by. Red fruits, licorice and some floral hints. The structure also remains with a high acidity level and moderate tannins. Fair finish. Good quality but a little expensive to give a score above 90.
17年补个中文:香气上有很多新鲜葡萄果实,红果,甘草和花香。结构保持的很好,高酸,单宁中等,质量很好,就是有点小贵。
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2/26/2016 - vanpe003 wrote: 90 Points
I really enjoyed this, apparently more than most other reviewers. Very well resolved. I don't get a sense of "too much wood". I also find this bottle to be in the prime of its drinking window, with good depth of fruit. Still some fine tannins on the finish, but they are largely integrated into the body of the wine. An auction pickup at about $25. Good QPR.
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3/22/2015 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Yes, its true. The Zalto Universal glass has performed a miracle on this wine. IN a Zalto it all hangs together in delicious harmony. In anything else it tastes like stewed tobacco.
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5/9/2014 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
First bottle was badly corked. Second one though was quite interesting -- I had assumed this had gone over the hill. Meaning too much raisiny fruit and was falling apart. However this bottle seemed to be coming back into focus, getting more high toned fruit to it and less of that heavy heavy tobacco blackness. Do Barolos have dumb phase?
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5/1/2013 - dickwwilson@gmail.com wrote: 82 Points
This wine is past it's prime but still borderline drinkable.
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