1970 Giacomo Conterno Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  8/29/2021 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:

  This was a fun and lovely bottle to try. The cork seal seemed pretty solid. The wine was classic old nebbiolo color; pale, browning color; the nose however was captivating. Dried mint, the smell of walking through a pine forest after rain, dusty library, dried cherry, orange peel, a hint of dried rose petal. The palate was not quite as good as the nose; still structured and it was slightly drying, but it was so elegant and delicious with food. Really very good, but definitely needs to be consumed sooner rather than later.

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  1/10/2021 - europat55 wrote: 87 Points

  Nose: B+ Palate: B
  My #10, Group's #10 (113 pts). Tasted blind.

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  11/29/2020 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  On the nose, I found aromatics that were mature and a bit savory, with dried red cherries, smoked meats, dried roses, earth, and star anise. On the palate, the wine was medium-bodied and retained a good level of concentration, with smoky, dried red fruit and floral tones, leading into a finish with smoke, licorice, and earth alongside the dried red fruit. The tannins were fully resolved, with the wine showing the attractive sweetness of aged Nebbiolo along with sharp acidity. It was a savory, masculine expression of Nebbiolo.

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  12/12/2018 - MC2 Wines wrote:

  This wine was very odd. Poured the color of a darker rose rather than a red wine. It's clearly oxidized. Very light. Maybe some orange peel. It was a funny wine. Prob something off with the bottle, but not the standard corked.

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  11/17/2018 - Lype Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Oozes high quality, excellent package of fruit and aromatics, expensive but lives up to its reputation. Good traditionalist producer.

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