TN: 2004 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Langhe Nebbiolo Starderi (Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC)

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  • 2004 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Langhe Nebbiolo Starderi - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC (11/13/2009)
    Dark ruby, but the cloudiness I noticed last time seems to have settled out. Beginnings of a little bricking at the edges. Alcohol and a little funk on the nose. Tar. Not getting much fruit yet, but it may have to warm up. (Just came from the cellar @57°.)
    Lots of swirling and hand warming the bowl, I’m now getting spicy flowers and cedar. Light sour cherry, lacking a bit on the mid-palate. Tannins have smoothed out considerably, but the fruit is fading as predicted. I think these are drink sooner rather than later (87 pts.)

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Interesting that this Nebbiolo is not showing the typicity of the '04 Barolos, with extreme florals on the nose, and it also seems opposite of a Barolo (from '04) in that it already seems to be fading away, whereas the '04 Barolos are rather big and need time to settle.

Nice notes, thanks.