Josetta Saffirio, Barolo

Decanted 10 hours, clear off of what appeared to be grape skins. Amazingly pale, tawny on opening and redder hours later. As with the previous bottle, this seems a very mild wine, but also gains fruit and flavor the longer it airs; the best glass was the last, about 13 hours after opening. Enjoyed with lasagna Bolognese.

No doubt this type of wine would not please everybody, but I cannot help but be fascinated. Decanted about 3 hours before dinner, the color was sallow burnt carmel, although the nose was shy but clean. The last 2-3 ounces were poured through a Japanese tea-bag filter, and what was left in the bottle really looked like grapeskins. At dinner the color is ruby with a tawny edge, the nose is still shy but notably florid and of wet berries. …