A baby at 17 but, with a little patience, opens to elegant, long finish. Label borrowed from’09 but has the 2008 — 21 days ago
Lived up to all expectations. Decanted. Enjoyed over 5.5 hours. Other than a quick opening taste we sat in this for more than an hour before getting into it. Mature and complex. Lots of layers. Strong powerful aged fruit but still had plenty of elements of pop. Loved this! — a month ago
I had a bottle of this tonight at a restaurant in New York. It’s showed delicious notes of raspberries, violet, and some orange peel. It was a little bit open knit for such a young vintage, perhaps not as complex and structured as I would expect, which makes this a “drink now” proposition imo. — 6 days ago
Smooth and gentle, with a prominent nose of crisp red fruit, somewhat dark, with strawberries, pencil shavings/graphite, with some notes of blood orange rind, maybe some coffee and a hint of vanilla and iron. Deep garnet color, with hints of purple to the edges. Palate is somewhat meaty after some time and air, with well integrated tannins, — 9 days ago
Drank in Rome in CiPasso. Beautifully balanced and paired with pasta! — 8 days ago
Got 90% of the cork extracted before it broke because the last part stuck to the inside of the neck. Ended up decanting about 3 hours ago (through cheesecloth), but OMG, simply soaring dark fruits, floral, and lovely road tar as well, this is still somewhat primary fruit wise, but tannins and structure are now soft, supple and broad in its flavors, very long, lingering finish, great Cru Barbaresco!!! — a month ago
Jan A
I like this a lot, it is something on it's own and a refreshing alternative from the usual Burgundy clone style. Rich, round and creamy. Some green notes (pleasant) and cardboard (not corcked). — 13 days ago