Azienda Agricola Quazzolo
Riserva Barbaresco Nebbiolo
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
It only got better with time.
Anyone have a jar of Trader Joe’s Amarena Cherries in their fridge?… well, a whole new world is here.
Upon pouring, the nose is decidedly nice…if innocuous, you may think you’ve had that one before…you may be mistaken.
light cherries , wood shavings, graphite, the mysterious forest you wish to be in.
After a while that nose and palate deepen to .. forgive me.. something Kirsch like, sappy, very cherry with all kinds of tertiary qualities appearing. A little funk, a bit of acidity, some flowers( big red ones),and masonry bricks hot in the sun. On the palate, it’s rich, not cloying, full w/o corners, enveloping. With braised pork butt, porcini & fennel seed served with polenta it’s hard to ask for a better companion
With Randy.
Thanks @FassSelections
It only got better with time.
Anyone have a jar of Trader Joe’s Amarena Cherries in their fridge?… well, a whole new world is here.
Upon pouring, the nose is decidedly nice…if innocuous, you may think you’ve had that one before…you may be mistaken.
light cherries , wood shavings, graphite, the mysterious forest you wish to be in.
After a while that nose and palate deepen to .. forgive me.. something Kirsch like, sappy, very cherry with all kinds of tertiary qualities appearing. A little funk, a bit of acidity, some flowers( big red ones),and masonry bricks hot in the sun. On the palate, it’s rich, not cloying, full w/o corners, enveloping. With braised pork butt, porcini & fennel seed served with polenta it’s hard to ask for a better companion
With Randy.
Thanks @FassSelections
Now that’s frikkin’ delicious. Even w a post Covid mouth. Mentholated cherry dirt that is always evolving. The color is brick, that dark but translucent red on it’s way to brown. Some have noted in previous vintages a muted nose, but while not exuberant, that Piedmonte sense comes through. Lots of most pleasant dirt on the palate chased by dark cherries, no glimmer of heat at 14.5°. Could be six years that helped.
Marvelous stuff.
Thanks to Lyle @ FassSelections
Now that’s frikkin’ delicious. Even w a post Covid mouth. Mentholated cherry dirt that is always evolving. The color is brick, that dark but translucent red on it’s way to brown. Some have noted in previous vintages a muted nose, but while not exuberant, that Piedmonte sense comes through. Lots of most pleasant dirt on the palate chased by dark cherries, no glimmer of heat at 14.5°. Could be six years that helped.
Marvelous stuff.
Thanks to Lyle @ FassSelections