1964 Cappellano Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  2/3/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  La Festa del Barolo: Gala Dinner (The Pool in NYC): This wine truly split people and I can understand why. In a line-up of multiple old Cappellanos (we were totally spoiled this evening) this was the oldest and yet it poured a bright red ruby color and it would have been hard to ascribe 10 years to the bottle much less almost 60. Very fresh and bright and classic in style. Good fruit. Well structured. The person who brought this also brought the 1971 which had more challenges and the wines were from the same lot. I hope that means we just had a truly lovely bottle. It can happen from time to time with the old ones.

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  10/28/2019 - Ben H. Likes this wine:

  A bottle that was full of vigour, with the typical laciness of older Cappellano Barolo. Even better on day 2 despite having been double-decanted for 7 hours the first night.

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  9/14/2019 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This was a lovely wine from the time it was decanted. We served it along with a 1971 G Rinaldi and it was clearly the better wine. I have had this wine before and this bottle was better than the last. Upon decanting this wine had none of the volatile acid nose of the Rinaldi. It was a rich, dense and balanced wine tasting much younger than a 55 yo wine. Rose petals, tar, leather, cinnamon, wet earth and forest floor predominate with a hint of cherry. It took over 3 hours in the decanter before it was in full bloom. I really liked this wine.

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  6/16/2019 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Classic old school Barolo. Rose petals, tar, dark wet earth and hints of red fruit. A little lighter bodied than I anticipated but still a very nice wine. We served this along with a Borgogno Barolo Reserve 1964 and to my surprise the Borgogno was a little more complete. It had a similar flavor profile with a denser core and more body. It also had more black fruit flavors. Both were very nice wines. I decanted both of these wines about 3 hours before we drank them and they could have used a little more time in the decanter. Live and learn.

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  3/6/2019 - Lype Likes this wine:

  Utterly seductive bouquet, elegant fudge and caramel, herbal notes, rose water, there's also gentle presence of tar and black tea which are typical to aged Barolos, extremely good balance between fruit, resolved tannins and acidity, a really classy wine which is drinking perfectly now, I do not see this developing but will last. My favourite in the vertical of 1978, 1974, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968 and 1964. I understand that some preferred the 1971 which has a lot of layers and is still developing but this one won me over with its seductive qualities.

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