2004 Paolo Conterno Barolo Riserva Ginestra

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  1/21/2019 - doctornoah Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Balanced red fruit, little bit of tar. Just starting to enter an early drinking window for those who don’t mind some tannin

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  9/12/2016 - Neurowine1 wrote:

  Pulled the cork after 1.5 years after initial coravin. It has held up nicely in the sense that the wine was not oxidized in the slightest, which is a testament to the device. For whatever the reason, time was not good to this one. The wine seemed a bit dumb and subdued, however, which is not my recollection at all. While I was expecting new wood to really show (as I think this is a modernist Barolo) there just wasn't a lot going on, and it seemed rather devoid of any particular character. Mostly it suffered from being drunk alongside an 04 A. Conterno Barolo and an 04 A. Conterno Barolo Romirasco, two spectacular wines that FAR outclass this. I have a couple more bottles and I will see how they do, probably skipping the coravin with the next ones.

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  3/21/2015 - Neurowine1 wrote: 92 Points

  Coravin. Sweet Jesus! Still very youthful and barely showing its stuff, but clearly this is gorgeous. Stacked and packed with gobs of dark fruits, tar, saddle leather, tar, and more tar. No experience with P. Conterno but this is the real deal. This is a baby and easily there is 20 years on deck here. Love it love it love it.

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  9/9/2014 - fatfishzsy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  第一天：开瓶时没有马厩等不愉悦的味道，但单宁浓重的无法化开，满嘴泥土感，瓶醒2小时后，单宁软化，3小时后，甜香出来，新鲜水果的香气扑鼻，口感很有活力，口中余香保持30秒。四小时后原塞回瓶。
  第二天：早上打开，由于温度原因又变的紧闭，晚上打开，随着温度升高，单宁软化的足够，果香还有，单宁不够细致。
  第三天：果香基本消失，单宁还能感受。

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  5/29/2013 - gfwetzel wrote: 91 Points

  Old world Barolo. Raspberry and cherry on the nose (along with alcohol and volatile hydrocarbons). Cherries and stone fruit on the palate. Acidic, but balanced. Tannins present, but not overwhelming.

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