We cracked this ystrday at John's:
1. Il Podere dell'Olivos Nebbiolo SantaBarbaraCnty (12.5%) 1989: Med.color w/ considerable bricking; rather smokey/oak some tarry/faded rose petal slight old Gattinara rather fragrant/floral/lilacs quite complex lovely nose; very tart slightly bitey/lean smokey/metallic tarry/pungent light floral/rose petal fairly complex flavor w/ light/bitey tannins; very long/lingering dried rose petal/floral/lilacs some tarry/pungent/smokey/earthy finish w/ some bitey/angular tannins; drying out a bit but still showing lovely Nebbiolo perfume and some bitey/austere tannins.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. I'd tried this wine almost two yrs ago when JimClendenen pulled out of his library a bunch of his Nebbs at a tasting at the wnry he did for me. It seemed pretty hard/austere then but had wonderful aromatics, one of the charms of Nebbiolo.
This btl seemed pretty hard at first, but several hrs later when I got it home, the tannins had smoothed out considerably. That sort of thing doesn't happen very often in an old wine.
Will take my remaining btls ('88 & '89 and Parabola '89 Barbera/Nebbiolo blend) out to NEB#5 in a few weeks.
Tom