1988 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  7/1/2023 - Bandreas Likes this wine:

  Warm, reddish brown color, on the paler side; on the nose leather dust, rose petals and quite a bit of tannin.
  On the palate at first quite soft and smooth, then the tannins kick in, together with noticeable acidity. The finish is attenuated.
  The wine shows its age and - at first - seems a little tired, but after 2 hours of exposure to air is coming out "full throttle" like the genie out of the bottle, strutting its stuff: Tar, leather, wet forest floor and a great aristocratic demeanor. Almost a miracle! My wife was absolutely enthusiastic about it.
  Wonderful foil to the slow cooked lamb shoulder!

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  12/25/2019 - Bandreas Likes this wine:

  Warm reddish-brown color, a little less intense than the Brezza Sarmassa tasted alongside..
  To my taste this was less complex, more closed onto itself and also a tad more austere than the Sarmassa.
  Some people preferred it over the Sarmassa; I was not one of them.
  Still: a good wine; an old style Barolor which went well with the accompanying goose..

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  12/20/2014 - cct wrote: flawed

  Dill and celery seed. VA. Bruised apples. Flawed. NR

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  12/16/2014 - Bandreas Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Brownish red color; on the nose typical smells of old Barolo: lovage, licorice, damp earth, autumnal forest, truffles etc., etc.
  On palate quite forceful and intense; this wine has a strong presence at the table, no shrinking violet here!
  It has good balance with a firm tannin/acidic backbone. Quite refined.
  Will last for at least another 5 years

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  12/4/2014 - dcwino wrote: flawed

  Mostly Baroli gathering at Aggio (Aggio restaurant, Baltimore): My contribution. It seemed slightly off with noticeable nail polish/VA note. Very mineral driven wine. MY batch had a noticeable bottle variation.

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