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I’ve lined-up a good number of 2001 wines for drinking in the coming year. For ageworthy wines, my preconception is that 2001 has lots of interest and so their twentieth year is a reasonable time to check-in. I’ve got high hopes for red Burgundies at this stage - a bottle of Meo’s Clos Vougeot 2001 was spectacularly open and delicious a couple of years ago, others have been less amazing but certainly promising. It was a very good year in Piedmont, though my preconceptions are that more time will be needed - I’ll open a few to see. Otherwise I’m expecting good drinking from N Rhone, Tuscany, California.
This got off to a really bad start...
G. Mascarello, Barolo Santo Stefano Di Perno 2001
Corked. Such a shame, as the previous bottle in Dec 2019 was glorious, open, in early maturity and a contender for WOTY.
...but got better.
Brovia, Barolo Villero 2001
Translucent colour, as much brown as orange, bright. Gorgeous nose, detailed and complex, harmonious, lovely. Dried herbs, underbrush and peppery spice, typical orange peel, smoky, red fruit, black fruit, a heady white blossom perfume emerges. Palate has raspberry red fruit and good raspberry vinegar acid cut. The texture is almost silky, as the tannins are almost, but not quite, fully integrated. Creamy aspect to the texture. Very long, all very delicious. Certainly in a drinkable place, early maturity even in the sense that the tannins are resolving. What haven’t arrived yet are the secondary evolution smells, so another 5-10 years before any more of these here.
Any more thoughts or notes on 2001 in its 20th year?
This got off to a really bad start...
G. Mascarello, Barolo Santo Stefano Di Perno 2001
Corked. Such a shame, as the previous bottle in Dec 2019 was glorious, open, in early maturity and a contender for WOTY.
...but got better.
Brovia, Barolo Villero 2001
Translucent colour, as much brown as orange, bright. Gorgeous nose, detailed and complex, harmonious, lovely. Dried herbs, underbrush and peppery spice, typical orange peel, smoky, red fruit, black fruit, a heady white blossom perfume emerges. Palate has raspberry red fruit and good raspberry vinegar acid cut. The texture is almost silky, as the tannins are almost, but not quite, fully integrated. Creamy aspect to the texture. Very long, all very delicious. Certainly in a drinkable place, early maturity even in the sense that the tannins are resolving. What haven’t arrived yet are the secondary evolution smells, so another 5-10 years before any more of these here.
Any more thoughts or notes on 2001 in its 20th year?