Piane, Boca

This still needs time. Lean and tart...got better after a few hours and I could see the potential, but this amazingly was too early.

2013 vintage

Nicely floral and high-toned. Still a bit lean and surprisingly youthful. I'd continue to age in hopes of unlocking more complexity.

2013 vintage

Surprisingly a bit lean and still very youthful.

2013 vintage

Gorgeous stuff, still quite tense on the palate, it is much more expressive on the nose, this still needs a year or a few to open up. Airy and lifted on the nose: red cherry and plum, a little prune, a little leather and tobacco, so many delicate spicy tones, a distinct alpine forest element, like a stand of spruce and balsam fir are right here in the room, notes of petrichor, wild mint, fennel and pepper too... Tangy and …

2013 vintage

With a couple of hours with air this comes good. Dark plums, tobacco, stingy tannins indicatin a long life ahead.

2013 vintage

Unfortunately, this bottle was not preserved well. It was not corked, rather it was very acidic, almost the cork did not hold tight. That said, it would have probably been a great wine. Nice acidity, nice structure. A pity.

2013 vintage

Did not exhbit lots of concentration and typical nebbiolo flavors

2013 vintage

Bue au restaurant Ca' del Profeta à Montaldo Scarampi (propriété de l'ex-footballeur international brésilien Hernanes qui accueille personnellement les convives). C'était notre seconde visite et c'était à nouveau un excellent repas. La carte des vins, par contre, n'est pas à la hauteur de la cuisine. Nous avons choisi, par défaut, ce Boca Le Piane 2013. Le vin était légèrement trouble, nez de sous-bois, goudron, clairement trop évolué pour le millésime, bouche un peu déséquilibrée, astringente, tanins sèchards, un vin clairement …

2013 vintage

Cheval Blanc 1947 and company (Tøyen, Oslo) : Excellent bottle. Very floral nose. Some minty notes as well. Lovely palate, all in its place. Surprisingly mellow tannins, this is very drinkable now. Long finish with minerals and red fruits. A super buy.

2013 vintage

Drinking terrifically. Pure, beautiful nebbiolo flavors with gossamer tannins.

1985 vintage

Starting to get to a place where it doesn't need a ton of air to shine, but I would still recommend decanting this for a few hours. Gorgeous fruit here, red and black cherry, red plum, a little tart wild blueberry, citrus... violets and roses, licorice, mint, fresh piney alpine air.... tense and tart on the palate, the tannins are so composed, and this may well get silky in a few years. So fine and fresh, long and flavorful, intense …

2013 vintage

Decanted 1 hour. Very perfumed. Fantastic nose of red fruit, mint, bitter orange, smokiness/forest floor, lilac. Palette: medium body, medium+ tannin, very fine; fruit on palette is a bit darker---ripe black cherry, otherwise similar notes as nose and with a high-toned graphite background. Elegant; long finish.

2013 vintage

dark burgundy red, little clarity, ruby hue Nose: black cherry, plum, violets, chocolate, dirt, ash, clove, mint, minerals, smoke, tannins, touch oak Pal: black cherry, plum, violets, silver, dirt, ash, bitter chocolate, tobacco leaf, clove, mint, minerals, tannins, touch oak Feel: light, medium, savory Finish: long, medium T8

2013 vintage

Light, elegant, very representative of traditional Nebbiolo characteristics (cherry, menthol, rose petals). Still young, but well made. The wine was drunk over an afternoon/evening, and while the notes became more evident with air, the wine did not add any body (not surprising considering it's youth and 12.5% ABV). An enjoyable light wine, not sure the QPR is there for my palate, but clearly a well made, traditional representation of Nebbiolo.

2013 vintage

In a line-up of top-notch aged Barolos and Barbarescos this suffered a little bit and seemed slightly linear compared to some of the best wines. What I really loved here is the freshness and tension. Pure notes of red berries, some mint, crushed violets, cedar wood and plenty of savory spiciness. It‘s medium+ bodied, with good persistence, medium-high acidity and medium+ tannin that is good quality. Good length. This might stilll need a few more years to develop further aromatic …

2013 vintage

5 Stunden vor dem Probieren geöffnet - Noch starke Tannine. Wird sicherlich noch zugänglicher über Zeit. - Schöne Kirsche. Dann auch wieder etwas Erdbeere und Nelke. Typisch nördliches Piemont. - Toller Wein. Allerdings auch preislich schon anspruchsvoll. Schöne Alternative zu B/Bbs. Vielleicht mal zu Lederpastete oder Ähnlichem.

2013 vintage

Lukket, tight, lang, parfymert, lukket. Lang, parfymert. 91

2013 vintage

Day one: too young. Give it lots of air if you want to drink it now. With about 4 hours open, no decanting, in a big Pinot glass, it is still pretty fabulous on the nose. Perfect fresh dark cherry and black plum are prominent, with hints of red fruit and apricot coming through to support. The non-fruit elements are myriad but it is mostly about fruit today: mint, smoke, petrichor, clay, camphor, licorice, mushrooms... it is going to blossom …

2013 vintage

The nose greets you with the full panoply of Nebbiolo flavors, truffles and flowers, but they evanesce even more quickly than one would hope. The body is a little harsh. But perhaps it would have settled down with more air, and other flavors would have emerged.

1985 vintage

Yes, 94 for an unknown area of Piedmont. But wow, just classic nebbiolo flavors and scents. Truffles galore, roses, lilac, mushrooms, cherries, and super old-school, classic wine color/smell. I tried the '89, '90, and the newer vintages and this blew all of them out of the water. For $55/60 please buy a lot of it if you can find it.

1985 vintage

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