Jeff Collins
Owner Peabody's Wine & Beer Merchants and Benchmark Provisions
9.1
Delicate but deep flavors. Nice level of maturity. Showing well right after pulling the cork.
Delicate but deep flavors. Nice level of maturity. Showing well right after pulling the cork.
Mar 30th, 2017 '04, indicative of the vintage, quite ripe, intense, with a great balsamic complexity, I'm going to let it open a bit, as it's got some balls...
'04, indicative of the vintage, quite ripe, intense, with a great balsamic complexity, I'm going to let it open a bit, as it's got some balls...
Sep 3rd, 2016 Dried herbs, pumpkin spice, leather, cranberry. Lacked a bit of chutzpah for my taste, although it is young
Dried herbs, pumpkin spice, leather, cranberry. Lacked a bit of chutzpah for my taste, although it is young
Dec 24th, 2015 2003 vintage. A little hot, otherwise nearly perfect.
2003 vintage. A little hot, otherwise nearly perfect.
Jan 1st, 2015 A welcoming, fruit-forward example of the style, perhaps unexpectedly so.
A welcoming, fruit-forward example of the style, perhaps unexpectedly so.
Dec 18th, 2014 Nebbiolo
Aug 13th, 2014 2003. Still a baby Barbaresco but it's drinking so nicely.
2003. Still a baby Barbaresco but it's drinking so nicely.
Jan 24th, 2013 Dark chocolate, cherry liquor, balsamic, fennel root, caraway, fresh cigar.
Dark chocolate, cherry liquor, balsamic, fennel root, caraway, fresh cigar.
May 18th, 2017 Opens up with time 30 mins or so.
Opens up with time 30 mins or so.
Dec 31st, 2016 Plenty of life; this is just a baby. Cranberry for days. Nicely integrated tannins. Delicious
Plenty of life; this is just a baby. Cranberry for days. Nicely integrated tannins. Delicious
Dec 26th, 2016 
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
