Twenty years old with heady aromas of caramel, toffee, and dried fruit, lightened by lively acidity and still gripping tannins. Drunk and enjoyed with lamb chops.
Twenty years old with heady aromas of caramel, toffee, and dried fruit, lightened by lively acidity and still gripping tannins. Drunk and enjoyed with lamb chops.
Nov 5th, 2016
Opened at 2:30. Double decanted just prior to dinner. Tight and tannic. Took awhile to coax it out of its shell. Went great with porcini rubbed antelope steaks. My 1500th wine on Delectable!!
Opened at 2:30. Double decanted just prior to dinner. Tight and tannic. Took awhile to coax it out of its shell. Went great with porcini rubbed antelope steaks. My 1500th wine on Delectable!!
Sep 13th, 2020
October 2018: Nose is excellent, palate still young, wait 5 yrs? Revisited, another bottle opened Oct 14, 2020, Slow ox 1 hour in the bottle. Very mature, off peak, in blind tasting was mistakenly identified as its brother, Case Mate 1998, the former being very mature with nice nose and black fruits - as the Case Mate presumingly should be - while the latter showed up very young and more towards red fruits. Presumably, should have been vice versa. What a turnaround - 2 years between the two bottles opened! Drink Up!
October 2018: Nose is excellent, palate still young, wait 5 yrs? Revisited, another bottle opened Oct 14, 2020, Slow ox 1 hour in the bottle. Very mature, off peak, in blind tasting was mistakenly identified as its brother, Case Mate 1998, the former being very mature with nice nose and black fruits - as the Case Mate presumingly should be - while the latter showed up very young and more towards red fruits. Presumably, should have been vice versa. What a turnaround - 2 years between the two bottles opened! Drink Up!
Sep 25th, 2018
bouquet- amazing. old wood, baked cherry pie, cherry schnops, clove, tarragon
flavor- butter, cedar, soft red cherry puree, licorice sooooo soo good.
bouquet- amazing. old wood, baked cherry pie, cherry schnops, clove, tarragon
flavor- butter, cedar, soft red cherry puree, licorice sooooo soo good.
Aug 1st, 2016
Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
