This is an imposing effort that is even more imposingly structured and there is no point in buying this if you're not prepared to forget it in the back of your cellar for at least a decade
these producers keep two-thirds of the harvest for their own labels
Persistent on the mid-palate and solid throughout - long finish w/ great acidity and salivary gland tugging finish
yet maintains its elegance and finesse
Domenico Clerico, Barolo, Pajana 2001 Piedmont This is an imposing effortInto neck 95 CellarTracker Decanted for an hour+. Perfect fill and cork, heavy sediment. A powerful wine with everything in the right place that should have 5 10+ years of life left. Inky black still at the rim, amazing perfume, modern style with black fruits, some sour orange, plum, drying tannins still in the forefront, iron, tar, licorice, pepper, leather, cedar, touch of balsamic, L finish. This tasted younger than the 11 Conterno francia (albeit