2001 Giuseppe Cortese Barbera d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 86.5 points

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  4/6/2008 - 5laton wrote: 88 Points

  Not flawed :) Very nice, fully mature barbera. Lighter bodied as barbera should be, with good concentration and flavors of bright red berry fruits, cigar ash, touch of caramel, juicy acidity. Any tannin that was present is resolved. This seems fully mature, if not already heading down the other side.

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  11/10/2007 - biff_of_burl wrote: 84 Points

  First bottle (see previous) was corked. This was OK but still thin. Don't wait with this vintage. Cork, again, was perforated and showing signs of seepage.

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  11/10/2007 - biff_of_burl wrote: flawed

  Gone...corked. On its way to cooking vinegar. I have a few left, will see shortly. Stay tuned. Cork itself showed signs of seepage.

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  8/15/2007 - 5laton wrote: flawed

  Pulled the cork and was greeted with vinegary, sewer-y, perhaps lactic aromas. Took a sip and let's just say it tasted not unlike the nose (phew). Dumped the bottle into a flower vase (makeshift decanter at my friend's pad) and the wine seemed to spritz a bit as it filled the vessel, so perhaps this bottle has many problems. Curiously the wine almost pulled itself together with an hour of decanting, but remained undrinkable, the nose and palate still dominated by that strong whiff of vinegar.

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  11/2/2006 - thebonnydooner wrote: 87 Points

  I actually quite liked this. Quite light both in colour and on the nose, showing definite garnet hints of age on the rim. Nose was also pretty mature with soft cherry and plum fruit with hints of forest floor and mushrooms. Palate was pretty smooth, juicy with nice plum and red cherry acidity, dry tannins and a good finish. A little biting with acidity but great with food. Lacking a little depth and concentration for a better score but a lovely mid-week wine with some pasta.

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