June 5, 2023 - totally oxidized and undrinkable
September 11, 2020 - Popped & poured for our Xtremo virtual tasting. Substantial browning evident here. Nose was a bit funky at first, but faded with some time. Light to medium body wine. Dried sour cherries here, tannins fully resolved. Somewhat short finish. Pleasant enough barolo but waited to long to open.
April 14, 2017 - Drank at Pieros after finishing off a 1997 Tiezzi BdM, which was preferred. This wine was lighter than expected. Red cherries, dried tannins, some earthy dustiness, and slightly bitter on the finish. A pleasant enough barolo but a bit too much on the light side for my taste. Still good fruit level, tannins mostly resolved. Some tar too. Finish was medium length
January 5, 2017 - quality & mature wines tasting event (my home): medium light transparent brown
excellent old dried ripe cherries nose, deep truffles & earthy notes and acetone hints
slightly oxidised, medium bodied, soft integrated tannins, ripe dry old cherries flavours, soft structured, medium complexity, well balanced and harmonised, medium finish & aftertaste.
requires 2 hours of decanting.
seems at peak (or even at bit behind ?) - drink now.
June 10, 2016 - Smelled amazing with small hint of oak. Unfortunately finishes quite tart. Not my favorite of the Aldo wines.
November 22, 2015 - Rødbrun farge med tydelig oransje kant. Aroma med preg av Kirsebær, morkent treverk, madeira, tjære, høstløv. Smaken følger aroma. Ok lengde. Tanninene er nesten borte, men den har fremdeles ett bra syrenivå som gir fin ryggrad. Dette er en vin som er over toppen og på vei nedover. Jeg kommer ikke til å kjøpe mer av denne årgangen.
September 18, 2015 - HDH auction tasting at Tru; 9/18/2015-9/19/2015: There's a slight bit of wooliness on the nose here, but there's some pleasant notes of tar and mushroom as well. The palate is quite ripe and shows some red fruit notes. The tannins have receded into the back, so this is very much accessible now. Certainly, this is on the more fruit-forward side of things but still quite classical and restrained.
May 11, 2015 - I suppose it was drinkable, but the V/A prevented it from being enjoyable. 1/3 bottle remained for day 2, not sure if it showed any better then as I was already back in CO. Flawed for my palate; a shame as the one I opened ~ 18 months ago just killed it.
Slow-O 3 hours, served non-blind.
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March 22, 2015 - Light red to brown color. Nose of a mature red, almost maderized.
Sweet red cherry notes, but tannins overwhelm. 89. Drink now.
February 27, 2015 - Ripe fruit, with some drying tannins and a thinness/ astringency in spite of phenolic ripe (over) ripeness. A little dusty and herbal on the back end. I am not sure where this is going, and may come together, but for now, it si out of place a bit. I have not loved the Aldo Conterno wines form this era. 89 pts