Opened and decanted. Brown and lacking odor. Went about my business and returned 4 hours later. Now we are talking! Excellent color, odor, and flavor. Very happy with how this aged. Drink it now and enjoy.
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Very nice, interesting wine but not overpowering. Attractive nose of earth, spice, leather and red fruit. Faded a little with an hour or two of air. Drink now
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Complex, the aromas come up to meet you when the cork is removed. Tannins still evident, so it wants decanting or time open. Lots of life left in bottle.
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Concentrated and complex nose with list of oak, roses and some licorice. Nice velvety tannins but a little "thinner" than I remember from the previous bottle. Still a great Barolo but lacks the concentration to score higher. Medium long aftertaste.
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Medium dark ruby core with brick red hue, it has a concentrated nose, a little sweet and meaty, with plenty of dark fruits and dark cherry. On the palate it showing lots of structure, with ample fruits to support, namely dark cherry and plum fruits. Nice long finish with fine grippy tannins.
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As suspected of course didn't stand a chance to the Spinetta but still a decent wine. I am not sure this will become better with aging - good wine for fun and that's were it stops.
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Beautiful color with ruby red base and brick at the edges. Good smell with lots of things going on, roses, some oak, cherry and licorice with a hint of tar all in a perfect balance. This Barolo is not of the tougher type, rather more subtle with an elegant balance of acid, tannins and alcohol. Improved a lot after 1-2 hours in the decanter. Marvelous wine that is surprisingly accessible now
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Excellent Barolo with perfectly integrated oak, hints of cedar, violet and cherries. Good structure and length. Manage to combine power from their Barbaresco with the subtleness of the rieserva.
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6/28/2021 - MrD Likes this wine:
Delicious. Sad to see it go but didn't want to wait too long. Still had fresh tasting fruit with some nice balanced tannin.
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7/3/2018 - Maestro232 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened and decanted. Brown and lacking odor. Went about my business and returned 4 hours later. Now we are talking! Excellent color, odor, and flavor. Very happy with how this aged. Drink it now and enjoy.
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9/16/2015 - jgresham wrote: 92 Points
This just improves with age. It's getting to it's sweet spot, but has a way to go yet. Delicious none the less.
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2/12/2014 - dankrems wrote: 91 Points
Very nice, interesting wine but not overpowering. Attractive nose of earth, spice, leather and red fruit. Faded a little with an hour or two of air. Drink now
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11/21/2013 - jgresham wrote: 92 Points
Complex, the aromas come up to meet you when the cork is removed. Tannins still evident, so it wants decanting or time open. Lots of life left in bottle.
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9/7/2013 - Highmountain Likes this wine: 89 Points
Concentrated and complex nose with list of oak, roses and some licorice. Nice velvety tannins but a little "thinner" than I remember from the previous bottle. Still a great Barolo but lacks the concentration to score higher. Medium long aftertaste.
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8/18/2013 - hkm520240 wrote: 91 Points
Medium dark ruby core with brick red hue, it has a concentrated nose, a little sweet and meaty, with plenty of dark fruits and dark cherry.
On the palate it showing lots of structure, with ample fruits to support, namely dark cherry and plum fruits.
Nice long finish with fine grippy tannins.
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2/23/2013 - MrD Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good but not as interesting as the 2005. Plenty of fruit but I didn't think there was as much else going on.
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11/10/2012 - robertek wrote: 84 Points
As suspected of course didn't stand a chance to the Spinetta but still a decent wine. I am not sure this will become better with aging - good wine for fun and that's were it stops.
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5/3/2012 - Coollawyer wrote: 90 Points
Smoky almost tobacco taste. Lovely fruits nicely integrated with tannins and acids.
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12/3/2010 - Highmountain wrote: 92 Points
Beautiful color with ruby red base and brick at the edges. Good smell with lots of things going on, roses, some oak, cherry and licorice with a hint of tar all in a perfect balance. This Barolo is not of the tougher type, rather more subtle with an elegant balance of acid, tannins and alcohol. Improved a lot after 1-2 hours in the decanter. Marvelous wine that is surprisingly accessible now
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9/30/2010 - Highmountain wrote: 92 Points
Excellent Barolo with perfectly integrated oak, hints of cedar, violet and cherries. Good structure and length. Manage to combine power from their Barbaresco with the subtleness of the rieserva.
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