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Saturday, November 4, 2023 - Conterno vs Rinaldi; 11/4/2023-11/5/2023: The ‘99 Monfortino is a wine for the ages. It remains very youthful, and kept getting better throughout the evening with air. The best days are ahead, but I found this bottle more expressive than my last in 2020.

While initially reserved, with air, the nose was explosive with dark red to black cherry and plum fruits, dark red floral tones, roasted meats, tar, and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine is massively concentrated and high in acidity, while the tannins are quite finessed and integrated. I found dark red and black fruit, tar, dark red florals, tobacco, roasted meat and sweet spices, so dense but super expressive later in the evening.

This seems like a wine that could go for several decades if well stored, but with air, it was beautiful right now. This is an old school wine with a bit less finesse and precision than the ‘08 Monfortino served alongside it, but if you like classic Barolo this is about as good as it gets.

This bottle was opened at 2PM and quickly double decanted, served around 8 PM, and continued to improve throughout the night.

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