TN: Older Note on Older Barbaresco

[jrufusj]

Apologies for the slightly stale note from a wine at Thanksgiving dinner with the cousins in Tokyo. I'm going through a project (connected to a New Year's Resolution) to transcribe tasting notes stored on various scraps of paper or in my head and get them loaded into Cellar Tracker. You guys are the victims.

1974 Castello Montegrosso Barbaresco Riserva - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco

Brick orange, but fairly solid at the rim...nose began with straight tea...prompted instinctive fear of dead wine with residual tannin...two swirls and a good sniff started to show a little sweet fruit, a little earth...a small sip showed mostly sweetness on the palate...further swirls, sniffs, and simple time brought out tar, a surprisingly vibrant floral component, and a bit of deep cherry fruit...palate maintained typical old-wine sweetness...recurring nose over two hours was increasingly tar and flower oriented. In great shape and was a great accompaniment to 18 mo Comte, 24 mo Gouda, and 36 mo Parm after Thanksgiving dinner.

Take care,

Jim