2001 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia

Community Tasting Notes (96) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  2/11/2024 - cweiss Likes this wine:

  Tet. Lovely nose, and a treat but still a little young.

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  2/4/2024 - Bob H wrote:

  Oh, my, this is drinking great tonight. I wouldn’t necessarily call this mature, but it is certainly showing well. Expansive on the palate, good acidity and just plain delicious. Glad to have more 🍷👍

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  12/25/2023 - rlove wrote: 92 Points

  The cork crumbled and I had low expectations but this shower well, similar to a bottle a few months back, with bright red cherry backed by some rose and medicinal notes. Lightweight with fine acidity that brings balance. Very good.

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  12/9/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I agree the bottle variation on this wine is simply insane but this magnum was solid. A touch of brett on the nose but the palate is clean and the wine definitely shows maturity especially in the texture which is silty and layered. The fruit is in the red spectrum and there is a strong dose of crunchy minerals along with hints of licorice and rose petals. Finishes quite complex with dry tannins. Really very good but somewhat surprisingly, the ‘08 Cappellano and ‘06 Mascarello Monprivato were easily better.

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  11/18/2023 - Nanda wrote: flawed

  I've had this wine many times from multiple sources, and unfortunately 80% of the time it's a hot mess of sharpie marker and this might have been the worst example of it.

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