2006 Renato Ratti Barolo Marcenasco

Community Tasting Notes (147) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  2/29/2024 - Nw23 Likes this wine:

  Drank 2/27/24. Opened it an hour before tasting. Bright acidity that was softened around the edges.

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  2/5/2024 - COWineLover wrote: 86 Points

  Acquired more than a dozen years ago, and stored in a temperature and humidity controlled cellar. First bottle in a number of years. Have also consumed the 2005, and own the 2007.
  
  Poured about 90 minutes before consuming. Plenty of orange at the rim. Aromatically this offers tobacco, damp soil, and some floral. On the palate the attack starts with a sour and tart black cherry. A pasty blackberry moves this into the mid-palate without much fanfare. On the brief finish this offers more of the sour black cherry notes. Frankly a very puzzling tasting - no wow factor, no savory qualities, no energetic grip. Seems to plod along without direction, energy, or uniqueness. Comes across as something that has passed its best days. Just blah.
  
  I recall the 2005 exhibiting similar ‘meh’ qualities after about 15 years, whereas the younger version had more drive and definition. Seems to be a good example of an entry level barolo that is better in the first 10-12 years. This is a pattern I am finding more frequently, even in well regarded vintages.

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  2/2/2024 - drrobvino wrote:

  Had my other bottle of this wine about 3.5 yrs prior.
  This one had a cardboardy note that kinda blew off over 30 mins, revealing beautiful Nebbiolo fruit of sour cherry and tobacco.
  Nice but had some minor flaws.

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  12/19/2023 - pmik wrote: 90 Points

  Vinnørd Storchsvej. Past peak but still very much drinkable - drink now!

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  12/2/2023 - Robwild Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Smooth and silky. Did not decant and opened up in glass. Well balanced and good structure with mild tannins. Lucious fruit, with oak, leather and tobacco. Threw off some nice sediment (lees/pectin). In it's prime, but with should drink well for the next couple of years.

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