Great showing for this wine. Pop and pour, it is close to fully mature but not quite. Medium ruby in color. The nose took about thirty minutes to open. Cherries, slight roses, slight menthol, tar and spice. Full bodied. Light tannins. On the palate, plenty of cherry fruit, some dried cherries, underlying spice and dry earth. Lots of energy. Nice balance. Delicious. Long finish. This should easily do another ten and probably 15 more years. It drinks well on its own, but is better with food. It went nicely with a Spinach Lasagna.
This is still young but a very nice showing. It might still get a bit better but for the most part is close to peak. Ruby in color. The nose has cherries, tar, slight dried roses. Also a bit of tea. On the palate, there are fresh and dried cherries over a bit of forest floor. Good acidity. Layers unwind in the glass. Long finish. Pretty much everything one could want from this wine at 15 years from vintage. It will work well with past and meat dished but even light fol or salads.
This is at the beginning stages of being ready to drink. It probably should have been decanted, but, so it goes. Deep ruby (dark for Barolo) in color. The nose is really interesting with cherries, soy sauce, slight tar and anise. On the palate, this has firm tannins. Black cherry and cherry fruit with a nice char underneath. Good acidity. Long finish. This worked quite well with a pasta dish (duh). It should easily go another decade and closer to two. While at one time this was a very modern Barolo, at least this vintage seems a bit more restrained or perhaps the oak and tannins h
Ruby in color. The nose is very nice with cherries, slight floral notes and tar. On the palate, this has a nice complexity. Layers of cherries, dried cherries and forest floor. Good not great acidity. Long finish. This seemed to coming right along, so we left about 1/3 of the bottle, recorked and on the counter to follow. On night 2, the nose of this was model airplane glue. Very hard to get past. It was fine on the palate, but the nose was terrible. Not sure what that means about ageing but I wouldn't let this get a ton of air once its opened. That said, on Night 1, it was outst
Bought on release for $19.99 and consumed in 2017, this is what value wines are all about. Sure, its not Barolo, but it drinks in that style and is excellent. Ruby in color. The nose is mature with cherries, dust, tar and dried roses. On the palate, this does not have much depth but nice cherry and dried cherry fruit. Good acidity. Certainly at its peak or slightly past. It begs for food and delivers at the table. Great value.