1974 Giacomo Conterno Barolo
Nebbiolo
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Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
(Giacomo Conterno Barolo) At first the nose had a tomatoey dried cocoa powder element but then after an 1 hour it really came together and had spice, flowers, mature cherry fruit and wet earth on the nose. Also an intriguing hint of chocolate. Supple and ripe on the palate. Long finish with ripe tannins. At first it was very tannic but as the wine aerated the tannins became integrated with the rest of the wine. I say this wine will live for at least 20 more years. As it was just reaching maturity.
12/1/2004, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)
3/12/2021 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 92 Points
In a lovely stage of it slow, graceful decline, with just enough dusty fruit to match the acid, but the tertiary notes of balsamic and soy along with some violets, fennel and rose water really stole the show.
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1/1/2018 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lovely mature Barolo. Good fill level, cork in good shape. Dusky garnet with plum tones. Darker register of iron, rust, tar, tobacco. Fruit present but a little tired. Tannins resolved. Acid in balance. Fun to taste after all these years -no where near a Monfortino, but it holds its own.
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10/7/2014 - etyc Likes this wine:
For me, this had the best nose of all the Reds we had - roses, violets... A suave wine on the palate - silky with medium length. Would've scored this higher had it not faded in the glass, comparatively quicker than the other reds...
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10/9/2013 - Rubinstein wrote: flawed
Flawed
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8/9/2011 - NicolaiS wrote: 95 Points
Fresh and vibrant - beautiful.
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