Pulled this for my 10th anniversary dinner with my wonderful wife. This is an amazing wine. Still young but showing a lot of its cards. Beautiful, beautiful Barolo. Tremendous depth and power, though effortless grace. This has decades of life left.
Pulled this for my 10th anniversary dinner with my wonderful wife. This is an amazing wine. Still young but showing a lot of its cards. Beautiful, beautiful Barolo. Tremendous depth and power, though effortless grace. This has decades of life left.
Aug 12th, 2017
perfume of wild mushrooms, incense, tobacco (dried & menthol), roses & cherry ~ massive core of fruit & spice that grows in size over time and in length ~ I only wish I could enjoy this over a longer period of time!
perfume of wild mushrooms, incense, tobacco (dried & menthol), roses & cherry ~ massive core of fruit & spice that grows in size over time and in length ~ I only wish I could enjoy this over a longer period of time!
Dec 27th, 2016
No riserva this vintage...this is delicious and showing great bright fruit...
No riserva this vintage...this is delicious and showing great bright fruit...
Feb 7th, 2015
Magnum. Big wine. Still closed. Nice fruit. Needs years.
Magnum. Big wine. Still closed. Nice fruit. Needs years.
Dec 17th, 2014
This was having some trouble. I recall a quote, “If you can’t say something nice, at least have the decency to be vague.” Unfortunately I have to throw the somm under the table. Decanting a wine with age means to pour the wine off the sediment, not pour the whole wine into the decanter. I’m no man if the world when it comes to wine everything, so I just don’t know if that shwoosh of sediment throughout each glass caused this wine to not show its stuff, or if it was just an unhappy bottle. It was certainly resting in a happy cellar for a very long time. From what I have read about the 1999, we didn’t experience that. Argh.
This was having some trouble. I recall a quote, “If you can’t say something nice, at least have the decency to be vague.” Unfortunately I have to throw the somm under the table. Decanting a wine with age means to pour the wine off the sediment, not pour the whole wine into the decanter. I’m no man if the world when it comes to wine everything, so I just don’t know if that shwoosh of sediment throughout each glass caused this wine to not show its stuff, or if it was just an unhappy bottle. It was certainly resting in a happy cellar for a very long time. From what I have read about the 1999, we didn’t experience that. Argh.
Oct 19th, 2019
Simply spectacular. Nose was out of this world. Luxardo Cherries, licorice, fresh cracked white pepper, wet leather. Best Barolo I have ever had.
Simply spectacular. Nose was out of this world. Luxardo Cherries, licorice, fresh cracked white pepper, wet leather. Best Barolo I have ever had.
Oct 12th, 2019
Racy.
Oct 30th, 2015
Freshly laid road, dried violet and bramble fruit on the nose. Unbelievably bright and energetic on the palate, softened, fine but firm tannin and acidity that lingers for a long time.
Freshly laid road, dried violet and bramble fruit on the nose. Unbelievably bright and energetic on the palate, softened, fine but firm tannin and acidity that lingers for a long time.
Jun 20th, 2015
At Nathan's house. Of course.
At Nathan's house. Of course.
May 2nd, 2015
Surreal with layers and layers of flavors. What Barolo is all about.
Surreal with layers and layers of flavors. What Barolo is all about.
Mar 28th, 2015
Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
