2006 Pizzini Il Barone
Day 1 - Sweet cherries, musk, leather & ground five spice. Tight & ravishingly structured, allowing just a hint of things to come with patience. Glad I decanted 4hrs ago.
Deep ruby in colour, soft chalky tannins & licorice gliding in the middle. Cab sauv, Shiraz, sangiovese & nebbiolo each painting their own varietal brush strokes. There's that unfamiliar but magnetic tangy marshmallow that I am totally flawed by. Must be the nebbiolo. I really like this wine.
Day 2- More tar & aniseed. Less bright red fruit. Still structured with some tannin grip holding the powerful scrum solid & firm. Should go well with the sage roasted pork belly. Flavours rush around the mouth in a smooth, suave, controlled manner; everything in its place.
So well balanced & mesmerising. The cabernet shining more elegantly today with casis & dark plum at the very end. The aroma of the fennel seeds roasting on the pork belly in the oven tantalisingly interweave with those from the glass.
Will not make Day 3. I cannot stop...
Tasted 3rd & 4th December 2011
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