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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.8 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 44 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Axone on 3/10/2024 & rated 94 points: Double carafage rapide puis épaulé 24 heures.
Fruits rouges, acidité assez vive, le vin est assez vertical mais se boit sans aucune difficulté.
Pas de scandale à l'ouvrir maintenant mais je pense qu'il sera mieux dans 5 à 10 ans. (912 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 3/1/2024 & rated 91 points: Late Night Dinner with Vignerons (Wally’s - Santa Monica CA): Late night. Magnum. Elegant and graceful red cherries throughout, with a hint of power on finish, but highlighted by its finesse. (933 views) | | | Tasted by Krokfjord on 9/3/2022 & rated 95 points: Jeg drikker sjelden nebbiolo selv, det lille jeg har smakt av 2012 har vært blodtight nå - det var ikke tilfelle her.
Dyp kirsebærfrukt, blomster, markant syrlighet, men med bånndrag som en gammel 911 (mye macho-metaforer i dag) og punsj nedenfra og innenfra og opp i mellomgulvet. Relativt raus munnfølelse, men samtidig elegant. Vanvittig lengde som egentlig hadde fortjent at noen tok fram stoppeklokka. Nebbiolo er nok ikke «min greie» som sådan, men som uttalt ved bordet: - Hadde dette faktisk vært min greie, hadde jeg rulla rundt på gulvet nå. Dette var en stor vin som selvsagt tåler tiår på langs, men som var perfekt inne i et tidlig vindu og ga fantastisk mye nå. (2747 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 4/19/2022 & rated 94 points: During a tasting dinner of the Pipette group. Initially closed, then opening up more and more. Very balanced for a Barolo, not too ripe and hot, the 2012 vintage and the elegant Rinaldi style have created a great food wine. the Nebbiolo tannins could benefit from further softening. I would give this another 2-3 years before opening. (3482 views) | | | Tasted by ubercuvee on 10/7/2021 & rated 93 points: How much 2012 Barolo is too much 2012 Barolo (Noize): Caught a bit in the shadow of the Brunate, and had the benefit of less oak than the Chiara Boschis and Elio Altare tho (3726 views) | | | Tasted by NoTrollingerPlease on 6/25/2021: Rinaldi Tasting + X (Freiheit Vinothek, Ulm, Germany): *** no detailed note, just to remember the wine – other users please ignore ***
Still very young and far from its full peak, but already beautiful. 92-93 (3494 views) | | | Tasted by Voodoo_Champagne on 4/10/2021: The wine was decorked at noon and tasted at dinner , decanted 2 hours, a fresh and young wine, but totally amazing, had it all dark berries, minerals and tamed tannins underneath, the price has gone skyhigh and I will never pay this amount of money ever, so Barolo has reached Burgundy high levels, Antonio Galloni I hope you get well paid, you made it happen, shame on you🤮 (3795 views) | | | Tasted by Dionysos 1920 on 2/13/2021 & rated 95 points: Couleur relativement soutenue, vin épicé, corpulent, sur la puissance plus que sur le fruit, tabac, chocolat, moins séduisant au nez que le Monvigliero de Burlotto dégusté hier. Un peu animal, bouche ample et puissante, tannins encore très présents mais sans aucune verdeur, excellent potentiel, doit encore s’équilibrer entre une puissance un vin qu’il faut “oublier” à la cave pour quelques années. (3405 views) | | | Tasted by RayOB on 10/3/2020 & rated 98 points: Drank at Noble Rot
What can you ask for from a master but perfection. This bottle is definitely on its way there. Beautiful traditional with a sense of place. Go out and get some. (3216 views) | | | Tasted by mchern02 on 8/28/2020 & rated 92 points: 2 hour decant
Beautiful fresh and highly aromatic nose of sweet tar, roses, lavender and violets, dark red strawberries, and fresh red fruits. Very tight tannins on an elegant body with a compact structure, wound up which I think will bloom beautifully. Long finish with some fruit poking through and still tight austere tannins.
Needs five plus years and is super tight today but beautiful nose and texture should reveal a 94-plus wine in wine. 92 today. (2665 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 11/23/2019: Piedmont II - better and learnings; 11/23/2019-11/29/2019 (Barolo, Alba, others): Another favorite in the flight. I know it's too young and I agree, but there was all of that iron and red fruits and this slightly dark and brooding character to the wine and yet at the same time a certain preciseness. Which I appreciated. Very nice (3981 views) | | | Tasted by retired_and_roving on 11/23/2019: Thanksgiving week in Piemonte; 11/22/2019-11/30/2019 (Milan, Barolo, Alba, Barbaresco): At the Barololand tasting room. My favorite of the flight we tasted here. This is a step up from the '12 Fenocchio, coming across as more elegant and feminine in character. Red fruited, lighter earthy notes, dried herbs and minerals. Very pretty! Maybe still a bit young but accessible for current drinking. (4241 views) | | | Tasted by Markus IWC on 6/20/2019 & rated 96 points: Rinaldi provning, vin 8:
En vanlig (miss)uppfattning är att klassiska Barolo har tanniner som taggtråd och kräver decennier i källaren innan de är drickbara. Fördomen kom rejält på skam ikväll, vinerna var förvånande tillgängliga och uppvisade i flera fall härliga mognadstoner och komplexitet trots sin ungdom.
Transparent röd i färgen. Elegant och sval näsa med röda bär, rosor, tobak, apelsinskal, mint och tranbär. Förvånande mogen och utvecklad i doften. Tanninrik, bra drag i syran, kraftpaket. 96p
(2574 views) | | | Tasted by Stanrocks on 1/11/2019 & rated 91 points: Nice ruby, light, nose goes from flowers, pot pourri, to tar, back to rose... changes a lot and along the tasting... opened and decantered one hour before tasting, palate shows very nicely without harsh tannins, good balance, long, good freshness, will seriously improve with time... a very serious wine (3850 views) | | | Tasted by JOsgood on 12/19/2018 & rated 94 points: A far different expression from a year ago. Tonight much less exuberant. More minerals, less fruit. Still excellent and alluring as it settles into a shorter maturity curve. Has lost its baby fat for sure. (3891 views) | | | Tasted by acheng on 11/19/2018 & rated 94 points: Best Barolo so far this trip. Fetching perfume combined wth intensity and purity of fruit was a beauty to behold and absorb. Outstanding. (3483 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 5/21/2018: Opened last night. Light ruby. Promising nose of tar and tobacco. Light to medium weight. Pretty clenched now (apparently more open last night) with little in the way of fruit and lots of acidity and tannic grip. Um, probably not the best time to open one of these. (4587 views) | | | Tasted by burlingtonm on 4/21/2018 & rated 93 points: The youngest in a Rinaldi vertical. Closed , hard and not very accessible. All the components are there but this needs lots of time to realize its potential. (3925 views) | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 2/7/2018 & rated 94 points: this was fantastic, and will get better (95?)... it had big red fruit, great structure with plenty of acidity to go the long distance, and had moderate-plus tannins which were grainy and pleasant (if you like structure)... wow this was good, too bad it is nearly $200 a btl (3609 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 12/6/2017 & rated 93 points: J50 (Copenhagen): Juicy, yet firm with clear cut tannins. This is the right stuff, and while it can be approached now, it has a long life ahead. It is real barolo with red berries and hints of kamfer, a joy to drink. 93++ (4043 views) | | | Tasted by Claret & CdP Gang on 11/18/2017 & rated 94 points: Tasted blind at Bangkok La Casa Nostra's Piedmonte Lunch with 2 Barbaresco & 6 Barolos. Lighter color, very fragrant wine - earth, truffles, finesse & elegant, fuller in the mouth, silky, guessed it right the 2012 Rinaldi tre, has that X factor, classy, barnyard after 3 hours, my top 3 of the tasting with the 2012 Cappellano Barolo & 2012 Giacosa Barbaresco Asili
94+ (3642 views) | | | Tasted by JOsgood on 11/2/2017 & rated 97 points: Sick, sick Barolo. A full sex bomb. Lacy red fruits with explosive perfume on the nose. Wow! Tasted at Trattoria La Coccinella in Serravalle, Langhe. (3756 views) | | | Tasted by LW31 on 4/26/2017: Shutdown but soft. Paler color than '07 next to it. Touch of brett on the nose. Would imagine these need a few years to develop and then drink well in a forward, easy style. (3989 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 2/4/2017 & rated 94 points: A wide variety at LWS (Gruaud, D'Issan, Rinaldi +++) (Colonial Beverage, Chesterland Ohio): Wes opened this as a bonus. It had about an hour of air and while it obviously needs more (or cellaring) it was great. Deep ruby in color. Lovely nose that with some coaxing shows roses, cherries, tar and also a bit of an herbal note (in a good way). On the palate, this has strong tannins. Cherries with tight layers that explode in a swirled glass and then repack into a dense wine. Long finish. I know this is not inexpensive, but a great wine. I hope Wes has some left to try today, i bet it was better. Thanks. (4667 views) | | | Tasted by HowardNZ on 1/1/2017 & rated 95 points: Dinner at Andrew's place: Tasting this wine was a good reminder of how important context is in wine tasting. I served this wine blind with the Ca' del Baio and that made for a very interesting comparison. Visiting Rinaldi earlier in the year, I tasted the 2012 Tre Tine with the 2013 Brunate. With the Brunate as context, I described the Tre Tine as "refined", "precise", "[e]thereal and finessed", which it is. However, compared with the dense and grippy 2013 Brunate, I underestimated the serious fruit weight, structure and power in the 2012 Tre Tine. The Tre Tine a beautiful, serious wine. And it's no shrinking violet. Aromatic with lifted perfumes of violets, tar and dark berries. Some nice fruit sweetness on entry, and lovely, silky texture, but that real depth and concentration (not present in the Ca' del Baio). Dark fruited and liquoricey. It's enjoyable to drink now but should really be cellared for 8-10 years. (4871 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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GIUSEPPE RINALDI
A family-run production company, it exclusively produces grapes produced from its own vineyards. At the beginning of the 19th century, Battista Rinaldi was a cultivator of some vineyards of the Feudo of the Marquises Falletti di Barolo. Later he became a farmer owner and, initially, a seller of the grapes produced. Later, with his sons, he became a winemaker and bottler. The same company tradition, of character and craft dimensions, today continues with Giuseppe Rinaldi and the fifth and sixth generation daughters. The company produces Barolo for about 60% (Brunate vineyards, Le Coste, Cannubi-San Lorenzo, Ravera) and for the rest, Piedmontese wines such as Dolcetto d’Alba, Barbera d’Alba, Nebbiolo and Freisa delle Langhe, Ruchè.NebbioloNebbiolo is a red grape indigenous to the Piedmont region of Italy in the Northwest. The grape can also be found in other parts of the world, though they are not as respected.
Nebbiolo is often considered the "king of red wines," as it is the grape of the famed wines of Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG, and Roero DOCG. It is known for high tannins and acidity, but with a distinct finesse. When grown on clay, Nebbiolo can be very powerful, tannic, and require long aging periods to reach its full potential. When grown on sand, the grape exhibits a more approachable body with more elegant fruit and less tannins, but still has high aging potential.
"Nebbiolo" is named for the Italian word, "nebbia", which means "fog", in Italian and rightfully so since there is generally a lot of fog in the foothills of Piedmont during harvest.
Nebbiolo is a late-ripening variety that does best in a continental climate that boasts moderate summers and long autumns. In Piedmont, Nebbiolo is normally harvested in October.
More links:
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTrackerItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorPiedmont Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only)
On weinlagen-infoLanghe Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero | Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa)BaroloRegional History:
The wines of Piedmont are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piedmont was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piedmontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power.
map of Barolo DOCG
An interesting thread on Traditional vs. Modern Barolo producers:
https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=106291 |
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