Opened beautifully. Lush first glass. Powerful cherry and dark fruit but not so sweet. Tannins made it mellow but long. Then the wine shut down and didn’t open back up for about 2 hours. It was sweeter but retained the complexity. It was in its drinking window but perhaps a longer decant next time or sit on this a few more years. — 22 days ago
単一畑のブドウで手掛ける希少なバルバレスコ。30年近い熟成を経てもまだ生き生きとしている。フローラルな香りと薄めの色合いとビロードのような質感。優しいチェリーとクリーム。素晴らしいワインだかかなり高価。@Onda Tokyo l小売価格120,000程度 — a month ago
Beautifully aged & mellowed.
Ripe aromatics with mellowed cherry, some dark plum, exotic spice, leather, freshly turned earth. Evolved & so nicely aromatic.
Mellowed tannins on the palate but still present, fresh, the fruit muted & mellowed, still got a lot of life left in it. Beautiful length.
A beauty that has surprised me big time. Truly lovely. — 4 days ago
Even though the vintage is ranked 82 by RP, this wine made an absolute great impression, entertaining different tones every sip. I felt more prominence of paper, forest, dry and wet, and autumn fallen dry leaves, mushrooms, with berries, jammed wild strawberries and some cranberries, coming wrapped in woody aromas. Highly elegant, well but not perfectly balanced with small show-offs of acidity, tannins or sweetness on the runway — a month ago
Ming L
Tasted the 18’ vintage and wasn’t too impressed, given the price point. This ‘17 is quite similar to the ‘18 - nice fragrant nose but the fruits felt a bit diluted on the palate. Granted neither the ‘17 nor the ‘18 is a strong vintage, but there are better bottlings for less. — 7 days ago