This is the barbaresco cole.
Nose is cherry flower with some spice. Expansive. Beautiful perfume. As it opens the nose gets a bit darker. Deep Lilacs?
Palate has that quazzolo just grab you by your socks better than fruit fruit. Some spice. A hint of cherry licorice. Super fresh. As it opens a bit Plummer but still fresh.
Bought from fass selections — 4 years ago
Nose is plum and plum flower. Spice. Clove Lovely.
Palate is such juicy succulent fruit. Plum and cherry. Lovely spice. Elite quazzolo deliciousness. Grippy tannins.
Much more on the elegant side than the 16 which was a force of nature.
A Fass selections wine. — 4 years ago
Nose is relatively mute initially. But then each aroma reveals itself. Beautiful cherry, like stunning and detailed cherry like you will not believe. Holy shit. Sawdust. Like wood shop, end of class, 8th grade sawdust. So pure. Spice. Some roses. Heavenly nose. Palate is exquisite. Amazing ripe tannins intermingled with dynamic fresh and super deep cherry fruit. Palate is elegant. No hard edges. Superb power and concentration. Dense yet lithe. Superb sap and length. Amazing build on the finish. One of those finishes when you think it ends it really is just beginning. Wow. After like 15 minutes this nose goes into overdrive. Just an insane perfume that leaps out of the glass. — 5 years ago
Pooneet K
Last had 2+ years ago and this is honestly drinking pretty similarly. Very nice bright cherry. Wonderful acid and earth and tannin balance. Could use a few more years for the tannins to integrate a bit more, but quite delicious. Excellent pairing with a roast chicken and mushrooms cooked in the chicken fat. Opened 5 hours prior and decanted for 1 - could have used more. — 6 months ago