Opened and decanted Ruby rust color. Nose offers stewed fruits and cedar; touch of menthol. Tastes better than it smells. Dried fruit, plums/prunes and leaves with the menthol note. The nose suggests it is cooked and suffered from heat damage. Too bad as there was potential here. Disappointing. Will mark as flawed.
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What a great bottle of Vignolo. Explosive aromatics of ripe dark red cherries, plum, some red berries, smoke, menthol, leather, etc. It‘s medium-full bodied, dense and pretty structured, with medium-high acidity and medium+ tannin that is very good quality. Long finish with plenty of complexity. This is in a perfect place now with still vibrant fruit but tertiary notes starting to build up. What a beauty.
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incredibly fruity given the age, fresh, clean, scents of cherry, red fruit, sous bois, mushroom, gentle tannin on the palate, and somewhat sweet on the end, very nice, lacking the wow effect
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Menthol on the nose; on the palate, rich cherry and red berry fruit with strong notes of iron and earth over lighter floral notes, and strong tannins and acidity on the medium to long finish. Although this was decanted for two hours and drunk over two more, it didn't fully open up; this needs several more years, and it should be decanted for sediment. This shows the "iron fist in velvet glove" side of Barolo. Very good value at about $60.
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Distinct spearmint note. Lovely barolo, still plenty of tannin, starting to get the brick aromas mature baroli get, drink now to 2020. I still see the herbal/medicinal notes Tanzer talks about. It's good to be alive and own wine like this :-)
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Old Barolos and Riojas (Incontro, Robertson Quay): Still young, but this was clearly a really good wine, with plenty going on. Lovely nose for a start - dirty earth, meat, a hint of flowers, iron mineral - quite captivating really. Still rather tight on the palate though, where fine but firm tannins and high acid formed a firm backbone for otherwise really pleasant and open flavours of dark cherry fruit, a little tar, and a little spice playing alongside smoky, earthy notes at the finish. Nice depth, good length, lovely balance, great integration. I really liked this. What really stood out was the wonderful balance, structure and completeness, but one gets the feeling that there is just so much still coiled up tight. Nice now, but it needs time. When I came back to the wine at the end of dinner, a good two hours after it was poured, it was still going strong, opening up to show nice pure fruit tones to go along with all that structure. This certainly is one for the future. Excellent.
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Beautiful, smooth traditional expression of barolo from a fantastic producer. Can't wait to drink the sibling from the sister vineyard which should be stellar.
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1/31/2024 - t_moderne wrote: flawed
Opened and decanted
Ruby rust color.
Nose offers stewed fruits and cedar; touch of menthol.
Tastes better than it smells.
Dried fruit, plums/prunes and leaves with the menthol note.
The nose suggests it is cooked and suffered from heat damage.
Too bad as there was potential here. Disappointing.
Will mark as flawed.
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1/24/2020 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 95 Points
What a great bottle of Vignolo. Explosive aromatics of ripe dark red cherries, plum, some red berries, smoke, menthol, leather, etc. It‘s medium-full bodied, dense and pretty structured, with medium-high acidity and medium+ tannin that is very good quality. Long finish with plenty of complexity. This is in a perfect place now with still vibrant fruit but tertiary notes starting to build up. What a beauty.
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12/18/2019 - sburtt Likes this wine: 93 Points
incredibly fruity given the age, fresh, clean, scents of cherry, red fruit, sous bois, mushroom, gentle tannin on the palate, and somewhat sweet on the end, very nice, lacking the wow effect
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3/1/2018 - RichardP wrote: 92 Points
Menthol on the nose; on the palate, rich cherry and red berry fruit with strong notes of iron and earth over lighter floral notes, and strong tannins and acidity on the medium to long finish. Although this was decanted for two hours and drunk over two more, it didn't fully open up; this needs several more years, and it should be decanted for sediment. This shows the "iron fist in velvet glove" side of Barolo. Very good value at about $60.
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8/7/2015 - pdicorpo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fantastic bottle of wine! Ready to drink now. very smooth but still rich with flavor.
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2/25/2014 - ubercuvee wrote:
Distinct spearmint note. Lovely barolo, still plenty of tannin, starting to get the brick aromas mature baroli get, drink now to 2020. I still see the herbal/medicinal notes Tanzer talks about. It's good to be alive and own wine like this :-)
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8/30/2013 - Ultimatewinekick_Andreas wrote: 92 Points
Nice classical Barolo.
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10/27/2010 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Old Barolos and Riojas (Incontro, Robertson Quay): Still young, but this was clearly a really good wine, with plenty going on. Lovely nose for a start - dirty earth, meat, a hint of flowers, iron mineral - quite captivating really. Still rather tight on the palate though, where fine but firm tannins and high acid formed a firm backbone for otherwise really pleasant and open flavours of dark cherry fruit, a little tar, and a little spice playing alongside smoky, earthy notes at the finish. Nice depth, good length, lovely balance, great integration. I really liked this. What really stood out was the wonderful balance, structure and completeness, but one gets the feeling that there is just so much still coiled up tight. Nice now, but it needs time. When I came back to the wine at the end of dinner, a good two hours after it was poured, it was still going strong, opening up to show nice pure fruit tones to go along with all that structure. This certainly is one for the future. Excellent.
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8/21/2010 - TheFoodieTraveler wrote: 89 Points
Great earthy complexity but too much tannic to fruit ratio
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7/15/2008 - bearsfan wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful, smooth traditional expression of barolo from a fantastic producer. Can't wait to drink the sibling from the sister vineyard which should be stellar.
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