Vilken kväll! Tre på papperet rejäla doningar som dessutom överleverade. Två surgubbar blev fromma som lamm och rent av saligt lyckliga. Det tredje vinet enades vi om att 97 p var precis på pricken. Vinet levererade ett trappsteg över Domenico Clericos båda monster, genom hela kvällen, till alla rätterna... Fantastiskt att det kan göras eleganta viner med full kraft, märg och umpa. Pellefants knakelibraksnabel har nog varit inblandad i produktionen, för detta var förvånansvärt bra viner. Vi beslutade oss också för att återbegå dessa tre viner 2025.
2007 Domenico Clerico Barolo Pajana, 95p
Upon opening:
nose: Lavishingly aromatic. Deep watermelon aromas and sporty male perfume towards Aqua di Gio. Decidedly fragrant and refined, however rather unusual from the wine POV. Wet cement and licorice as well.
Superbly balanced with M-body, lazer-sharp +++ tannins, licorice galore and still very young. There is a lot of unrealized potential just waiting to come out. Has enough umpa-umpa to develop for at least 10 more years and live long after that.
Adter 5 hrs decant, the aromatics refined themselves towards dried leaves, some smoked meat and away with the perfume. Palate stayed tight (Som hos flickan från Gränna) throughout the evening and married all foods.
2 more btls to go, next one ~2025.
At overperforming Restaurant Tani.
2007 Barolo Ciabot Mentin, 94 p
Nose: Red berries, rosehips, violets and freshly cut cucumber. Toffee with chocolate-like overtones. Some faint watermelon as well.
Taste: Not completely balanced as acids kick in and take over too much. Other than that, a screamingly young, solid 91p wine upon opening and 94p as the evening went by. There was no layering at the get go but after some hours of good treatment, it showed its BIG feet well. Have high hopes for this one for the future.
Compared to the other madly great Barolos tonight, this one performed as a GREAT but little bit bland wine.
2nd btl, only 1 more to go. Next one around 2025.
At fabulous Restaurant Tani (Tokyo).
2006 Giovanni Corino Barolo Vigna Giachini, 97p
Upon opening:
Nose: Amazing aroma that is huge and enticing. Brown bananas and brown apples galore with a distinct feeling of a wet autumnal day. Soot, smoke, wet cement and no sight of violets. Still very young but not without interest.
Palate: Intense, elegant and powerful M-bodied, super fit martial artist. Mouth-coating with M+++ tannins. Fruit and M++ acids cooperating perfectly. Some rubbery aromas in the aftermath. Long and VERY satisfying.
Still pre-window according to our books, but DARN delicious.
It was tonight's best wine and at the restaurant had lost the mushy fruit aromas and steadied its autumnal expressions. Absolutely FABULOUS.
4 btls to go. Next one post-2020 (if I can muster up some self-discipline).
At amazing Restaurant Tani.
