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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 52 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Blanc_de_Blancs on 3/14/2024 & rated 97 points: Pouring Light Garnet,
Nose of Dark Fruits, Cherry, Tar and Violet, moving into tertiary notes!
Fruits starts to fade into the background
Medium Body with Lively Acidity, Burst of Tannins in the end!
There is so much complexity and concentration if you enjoy tertiary and savoury Wines!
One of few barolos that will stick in my head! (410 views) | | | Tasted by cct on 2/2/2024 & rated 96 points: Giuseppe Rinaldi at Chi Siamo, NYC (Ch Siamo, NYC): Giuseppe Rinaldi at Chi Siamo, NYC
Double decanted in the Am then drunk at dinner.
A little closed and stern at first, but opened over a few hours. Tar, darker nebbiolo fruit, violet more than rose, iron and cured meat. Structured and firm t first, but opening gaining palate breadth and depth. More violets, some umami, porcini notes. Still tannic on back end. Early peak for me. 96 (577 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 7/1/2023: An Epic Summer Wine Weekend - Year 2; 6/30/2023-7/2/2023 (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada): This pours light garnet in the glass. Medium plus bricking. Perfect bottle, perfect label, perfect fill, perfect cork. The nose on this one was hard to pin down and really quite illusive as we followed over 24 hours waffling between soy sauce, beef stock, black licorice but also showing pretty red fruits, light cherry, lemon peel, then BBQ chips. The palate is quite youthful, dominated by structure and ungiving with medium plus tannin and acid. Unfortunately this never really came around to show much and was a disappointment. Not rating due to the precocious nature of what was on display. (1342 views) | | | Tasted by hajoha on 2/20/2023 & rated 88 points: Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 1996.
En nydelig fullmoden nese.
På smak er den dessverre på vei nedover.
Absolutt drikkbar, men ingen eufori her.
Helt oppløste tanniner i en brukbar finish. 88p
Her finnes det bedre flasker der ute. (1248 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 4/14/2022 & rated 91 points: a true old school brute. the bouquet was beautiful, the color opaque, and still a load of tannic structure....in that regard it felt like a 10 year old wine. Unfortunately the fruit doesn't fully stand up to that, and tastes like it's becoming secondary. would have been nice to enjoy that in a more balanced structure. good case scenario is 10+ years from now the tannins will mellow and this will be a wonderfully tertiary wine (1890 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 12/25/2021 & rated 96 points: Nose: Where the pair of 06s showed off the younger side of Giuseppe Rinaldi, this was a gorgeous example of mature Giuseppe Rinaldi. This was right at that intersection of primary fruit fading slightly as the sour red cherry and raspberry tones meld into the rest with violets, balsamico, licorice, plums, roasted herbs, menthol, crushed rocks, earth, tobacco, and leather notes.
Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with crisp, high acidity and silky, high tannins. The structure has pulled back to a point of being present, but not dominating. The feel is elegant and balanced with sour red cherries, raspberries, balsamico, licorice, violets, plums, menthol, crushed rocks, tobacco, and leather notes.
Overall: This was from magnum and it was gorgeous. This was a real treat and right in a perfect place. (2094 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 3/9/2021 & rated 96 points: This final bottle is a big winner. Nose is earthy, tarry, floral. The palate sings with very dark fruit, with significant chewiness along with leather fumes which add another dimension to the *taste*. The flavor profile evolves into a strong tartness that cuts through the 25 year old juice that is getting a little sweet. Moderate tannins carry one after the tartness and the rest have faded. A joy to drink. (2642 views) | | | Tasted by Robmcl920 on 12/27/2020 & rated 96 points: The ‘96 Brunate was a dark, savory and masculine Barolo, showing youthful in its structure but with minimal fruit - yet it did so in a very appealing way. The aromatics were cool in tone with dark blue and black fruit, violets, balsamic spices, iron, menthol, roasted meat, tar, and tobacco. The aromatics were incredibly complex and constantly changing in the glass throughout the evening, highlighting different aromas and more or less of the fruit over time. On the palate, the ‘96 was a beast of a wine with high concentration, high acidity, and significant structure with a burst of youthful tannin at the back end. The wine showed a touch of dark red and black fruits, but the palate was dominated by iron, roast meats, and intense saline minerality.
This was an incredibly enjoyable and unforgettable wine, and after tasting the ‘06 and ‘08 last week, this is clearly from another era at Rinaldi. While the fruit here is distinctly in the background, there is so much complexity and concentration that if you enjoy tertiary and savory wines, this likely has decades to go. (2867 views) | | | Tasted by Topper on 8/31/2020: flat and faded. Past its prime. Very different from the last one I opened 4 years ago (2618 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 5/24/2020 & rated 94 points: I last enjoyed the 1996 Brunate-Le Coste at a small trattoria in Cissone on Marta Rinaldi's recommendation and the wine hasn't evolved much in the intervening years with a classic Barolo profile defined by rose, iron, and balsamic notes. Elegantly textured with soft tannins and vibrant acidity framing bloody iron flavors. Good length. Very good and should continue drinking well for the next decade. (2503 views) | | | Tasted by Happybob on 4/7/2019 & rated 93 points: Drink now! Perhaps a bit past its prime and a bit oxidated on opening, but it got better over a few hours. Still a great wine and one of the most "pure" Barolo experiences I've had. (3004 views) | | | Tasted by Ms. Bubblehead on 11/19/2018: 1996 was a good vintage, and this wine did show a lot of potential. On the nose, quite dark fruits, black tea, tar, licorice, and smoke, on the palate, the tannin was still developing in my view, the wine was very muscular with strong backbone, it seems to be still young to consume, can wait for couple more years.
Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo wine dinner in New York with friends
List of wines we had: 1985 riserva selezionata Brunate, 1993 Brunate Le Coste, 1994 Brunate Le Coste, 1995 Brunate Le Coste, 1996 Brunate Le Coste, 1997 Brunate Le Coste, 1998 Brunate Le Coste magnum, 1999 Brunate Le Coste, 2001 Brunate Le Coste, 2004 Ravera magnum, 2005 Brunate Le Coste, 2006 Brunate Le Coste, 2007 Brunate Le Coste (2804 views) | | | Tasted by JWG on 10/8/2018 & rated 94 points: Don't have my notes, but was a top level barolo from good old Giuseppe. (2457 views) | | | Tasted by BaroloRob on 7/7/2018: Flawed/Oxidized (2685 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Trader on 4/6/2018 & rated 98 points: Drinking great right now. Easy tannin, mild bricking along the edge with a brooding dark core, violets, licorice, earth, licorice, dark fruit undertone...One of the best bottles of Barolo I've ever had. (3073 views) | | | Tasted by cct on 10/8/2016 flawed bottle: '96 retrospective at Franny's, Brooklyn
off bottle. A shame (3968 views) | | | Tasted by pwillen1 on 3/6/2016: Raiding the Cellar (Castagna): classic cherry, pepper, all there, not awkward at all, amazing youthful, exciting, invigorating. Fascinating in that you can drink it now with pleasure but should last indefinitely too. (4770 views) | | | Tasted by Topper on 2/22/2016 & rated 93 points: Very nice wine that is drinking surprisingly young for a 20 yr old wine. Are they still making them like that? Beautiful red fruit, almost like a California Pinot but with only the tiniest hint of secondary flavor. If you want to drink this now for the purity of the fruit, go at it. If it's mature Barolo that you're after, this is going to need 5-10 more years. Gorgeous wine either way. (4233 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 11/20/2015 & rated 95 points: The mature, gorgeous nose exposes truffle, rose, iron, and balsamic notes. On the palate, a perfect balance of acidity, alcohol, and smooth tannins, with dark fruit, earth, and iron flavors. The finish lasts 60+ seconds, although the fruit is slightly bitter. A reference traditional Barolo. While this wine is unlikely to significantly improve, it has many years left. Drink through 2025 at least. (4469 views) | | | Tasted by Happybob on 10/25/2015: Great structure and finish and heft, but not enough fruit yet even after open in decanter for a 4 hours. Perhaps it just needs more cellar time and/or more time to open. Still very nice, but if the fruit can come up this will be a world class Barolo. (4036 views) | | | Tasted by BordeauxBuff on 9/20/2015 & rated 98 points: I have had the pleasure of tasting this wine on numerous occasions over the past few years, and it continues to improve, and leave me breathless!
Amazing richness and depth, trademark notes of menthol, tar, licorice and a slight basalmic note in the finish, which lasts for almost 60 seconds! This is a very powerful Barolo with great structure, yet the tannins are extremely finished. This wine is in complete balance, and is firing on all cylinders!
This wine was clearly shut down for many years, but I believe it is only now beginning to enter the early end of its drinking window. I have 3 more bottles of this beauty, which I look forward to revisiting in the very near future. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Drink 2015-2025+ (3372 views) | | | Tasted by mullerlele on 7/5/2015 & rated 88 points: Mild licorice note on the nose. Stewed cherry, lots of red fruits, slightly meaty, and herbs on the palette. It feels like the wine has been sleeping a bit too long in the cellar. Should have been drunk a couple years earlier. (2556 views) | | | Tasted by Serge Birbrair on 1/25/2015: not ready, give it another 15 years (3196 views) | | | Tasted by jjs57 on 12/23/2014 & rated 87 points: This wine needs years in the bottle. It is not close to being ready to drink. Wish I hadn't opened it. (2932 views) | | | Tasted by bconly on 12/12/2014 & rated 92 points: Needs about another thousand years. (2792 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Historic Piedmont: A Trip Back In Time (Nov 2015) (11/1/2015)
(Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate-le Coste) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, November/December 1998, IWC Issue #81
(Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate La Coste) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jon Rimmerman
Garagiste (10/17/2008)
(G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste) Barolo Vertical Dear Friends, After the 2001 G. Rinaldi offer earlier in the week, many of the replies asked for older wine from this producer - how about a 12 vintage vertical directly from the source? An offer like this makes all the solitary days of running around on your behalf worth it - Barolo is one of the most difficult wines to acquire in a vertical series as most producers hold little of their production back due to the high cost of keeping stock (rather, by selling it right away the high intake of cash is more of an allure). With most producers, you can easily piece together a vertical from a multitude of sources but original cellar stock? That's rare. I would consider this one of our first really major offers of the season because it took the most cajoling (and effort) to make it happen. I know this isn't a price-point most of us trade in but it's very special to me nonetheless. I'm also sure you can find this cheaper on an individual bottle basis (if you purchase the bottles one at time from the cheapest source) but the conditions will all be different and the real intent of this is to open the entire lot on the same night at a Barolo event or to take possession with known provenance/history and then open them one-by-one over the course of a few months (to get an ideal vintage comparison in a relatively short period of time) - I think you will be very surprised at the results. Maybe it's a bit clinical of me to think the provenance is that important but this vertical insures the same history on each wine and the same conditions for all 12 bottles (albeit, of different ages) - that is a rarity in our industry and even rarer with Barolo - it is the main reason why I jumped at the chance to showcase the relatively unheralded glory of this producer that should (in time) be looked at in the same league as Giacomo Conterno, Giacosa and Mascarello (who is Rinaldi's cousin). In a blind tasting, I have no doubt that a number of wines below would equal or surpass that of the preceding three great names: This vertical contains one case of wine (12 bottles) - all original cellar stock. Don't poo-poo the 1994, Beppe Rinaldi now considers it to be a bigger success than the 1995 (that's why you don't see the 1995) and he insisted on including it to show that great terroir can win out over vintage (there's almost no 1994 available at the winery and quite a bit of 1995 so it's not like he's trying to dump the 1994). You can look up reviews on this set if you need to (Tanzer has especially gifted things to say about the 2004s) but I feel strongly that this collection should be enjoyed without the pressure to live up to reviews - sometimes it's better to just let the wine do the talking: G. Rinaldi Barolo Vertical 1993 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 1994 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 1996 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 1997 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 1998 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 1999 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 2000 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 2001 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 2004 G. Rinaldi Barolo Brunate Le Coste 2000 G. Rinaldi Barolo Cannubi Ravera (San Lorenzo) 2001 G. Rinaldi Barolo Cannubi Ravera (San Lorenzo) 2004 G. Rinaldi Barolo Cannubi Ravera (San Lorenzo) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Italy7611 |
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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 CellarTrackerBrunate Le Coste Brunate near Barolo on weinlagen-infoItaly 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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