Taurasi Riserva Aglianico

I opened and double decanted this more out of curiosity than a desire to have it accompany our braised lamb shanks. I had a bottle of it back around 2013 or 2014 and it was about as impenetrably tannic as a wine could be. Undrinkable at that time. So I kept the other bottle in the cellar and forgot about it. At age 20, it’s actually pretty good, and I think it would appeal especially to those (looking at you @Doug Powers ) who appreciate aged wine. My brother Angelo’s notes from a bottle a few months ago nail it. Rich nose, full of interesting tertiary scents. There’s still some fruit though. Piercing acids. And the tannins still there but has softened considerably. It’s not my jam, pleasure-wise, but it’s quite interesting and I have to give this credit for aging quite nicely.

Rich, leather, mohagany, pepper, spice, iodine, and black fruit, prunes. This is really hittin’ for me. I think I tried it 10 years ago and it was a tannin- bomb (Christmas tree wine)…tannins are still there, but more fine and dusty. This could age a bit longer.

Seen better days. Dark fruit and…. flat.

Thick. Still very tannic. Some barnyard odors. A strong wine even at more than 10 years.

Fabio had this 5 years ago