The nose is pleasant but a bit musty and tired, like I’ve rented a 150 year-old farmhouse on the coast of Ireland for a quiet weekend away. Upstairs, in an old sock drawer, is an ancient bag of potpourri containing dried herbs, crusty rose petals, and lumpy brittle strawberries that mingle with the peat and damp hay drifting through the air. The palate is fresher, brighter, the same but somehow newer, like the proprietor of the old house, a 30-ish strawberry blond named Fiona, whose great-great-grandfather built this place with his bare hands, has burst through the front door to greet me with a wink and wry smile. Like her, this wine is feminine but not delicate, stout but not burly, complex but not ostentatious. I’ll spare you any further indulgence of this tortured metaphor, but this wine is nearly everything you want in a mature Barolo – the acid is bracing in a good way, the tannin fully resolved, the balance exquisite, the length prodigious.
The nose is pleasant but a bit musty and tired, like I’ve rented a 150 year-old farmhouse on the coast of Ireland for a quiet weekend away. Upstairs, in an old sock drawer, is an ancient bag of potpourri containing dried herbs, crusty rose petals, and lumpy brittle strawberries that mingle with the peat and damp hay drifting through the air. The palate is fresher, brighter, the same but somehow newer, like the proprietor of the old house, a 30-ish strawberry blond named Fiona, whose great-great-grandfather built this place with his bare hands, has burst through the front door to greet me with a wink and wry smile. Like her, this wine is feminine but not delicate, stout but not burly, complex but not ostentatious. I’ll spare you any further indulgence of this tortured metaphor, but this wine is nearly everything you want in a mature Barolo – the acid is bracing in a good way, the tannin fully resolved, the balance exquisite, the length prodigious.
May 29th, 2020
Beautiful bottle... Smooth, layered... Even better over the course of the next hour in decanter. Great value. 👍👍🍷
Beautiful bottle... Smooth, layered... Even better over the course of the next hour in decanter. Great value. 👍👍🍷
Nov 17th, 2015
A bit of stink. Lovey fruit still but dries quite quickly on the palate. Given the vintage, a good bottle
A bit of stink. Lovey fruit still but dries quite quickly on the palate. Given the vintage, a good bottle
Mar 25th, 2018
Black tea, dried apricot, dressed with chocolate on the nose. Taste of black tea, dressed with sweetness, bitterness of coffee, and tannins. Lingering aftertaste of a mix of tea, brownies, and tannins. Pleasant experience. Had a 2nd bottle 6 months later. notice some zest of tangerine, and spice.
Black tea, dried apricot, dressed with chocolate on the nose. Taste of black tea, dressed with sweetness, bitterness of coffee, and tannins. Lingering aftertaste of a mix of tea, brownies, and tannins. Pleasant experience. Had a 2nd bottle 6 months later. notice some zest of tangerine, and spice.
Nov 2nd, 2015
Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
