2008 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano Nebbiolo
Almost over the hill. Color's purple-brown. Initially fruit's stuck between plum and prune and there's a lot of cocoa here, but soy sauce takes over leaning more toward the latter with muddy soy sauce flavors taking over as it effectively dies in the glass on the last drop. Recent notes on CT indicate that this is an unusually poor experience, however, others should expect better. Cork was fine, and so was provenance, at least while I owned it--came from a bottle signed by the winemaker when he was on tour in Bellingham about ten years ago. Maybe it rode around in the trunk on a hot day.