1989 Dorigo Friuli Colli Orientali Pignolo di Buttrio

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 88 points

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  11/25/2021 - forceberry wrote:

  13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Deep, dark and quite opaque black cherry color with an evolved mahogany hue. Evolved, somewhat dull and quite dusty nose with aromas of earth, some raisiny fruit, a little bit of old cellar, light sweet notes of raspberry jam and a hint of plum pits. The wine is dry, dense and quite extracted on the palate with a medium body and intense, evolved yet slightly musty flavors of damp forest floor, some dusty attic tones, a little bit of chokeberry, light notes of wild strawberries, a hint of tobacco and a touch of licorice root. Typical of Pignolo, the wine is high in acidity with quite tough and assertive tannins. The finish is dry, grippy and somewhat dull with medium-long flavors of earth, some tart chokeberry, a little bit of plum put, light crunchy notes of fresh cranberry, a hint of dusty attic and a touch of damp leaves.
  
  A dull, earthy and musty vintage of Dorigo Pignolo. The person who brought the bottle claimed the wine was in fair condition and just showing some musty notes of bottle stink, but I thought the wine was slightly corked, based on how the musty, earthy notes never left the wine, no matter how long it was kept open. Furthermore, the wine didn't seem nearly as expressive as the several 1990's vintages of Dorigo Pignolo I've tasted. I'd mark the wine as defective (corked), but since a few people said the wine wasn't corked, I'm just leaving the wine without score - but if I had to score it, it wouldn't get high points, perhaps high 70's or low 80's. This is not nearly at the level of the other bottles of Dorigo Pignolo I've had. Feels expensive for the quality at 63€.

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  3/31/2010 - Jossik wrote: 88 Points

  Davvero particolare, molto integro, pieno, rotondo in bocca ma non grosso. Molto buono.

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