1978 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo Cavalieri del Tartufo e dei Vini d'Alba Cannubio e Brunate

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  4/27/2020 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Some Special Bottles for a Friend's (Almost) 50th (Home and Zoomland): One of the more difficulty bottles to open that I can recall. The cork literally crumbled when I tried to extract it (with a Durand, no less), pulverized dust that left little hope. Nonetheless, I grabbed a decanter and some coffee filters and went to work. These efforts were well rewarded a few hours later. The wine showed absolutely no ill effect, and in fact likely would have benefited from several hours' more air. A beautiful nose of licorice and sweet herbs. An ethereal mouthfeel, almost elusive, but what it lacked in concentration, this wine made up with a purity of flavor that was somewhat haunting. Not as powerful as the best of the vintage, but quite a showing.

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  6/17/2010 - kenv wrote: flawed

  Barolo at Pepolino (TriBeCa): Fragrant herbal nose with some hints of oxidation. In the mouth, maderized. Too bad. Not completely bad, but not quite right. Double decanted about 4pm. Drunk around 8pm.

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