2001 Elio Grasso Barolo Riserva Rüncot

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  3/27/2019 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  the bouquet really does nothing for me but it is wine full of character and some complexity - still some tannins but no idea where it goes from here....

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  4/16/2016 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  almost a "porty" nose disguises a delicious and, to my perhaps naive tastes, fully mature wine

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  3/13/2016 - Mentat wrote: 92 Points

  Very atypical nose, sweet banana bread, nail polish, almost tropical. Can it be new oak and hence the new-world character? Nice secondary flavor developing with crushed rock on the bed of red fruit. Can still wait for couple more years.

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  11/19/2015 - rlove wrote: 91 Points

  Nose of cherry, coffee, leather, and oaky vanilla. The palate shows more elegance and femininity, with less oak dominance, sweet red fruit and minerality. Balanced acidity. Tannins are a tad drying. I am generally a fan of Grasso's Baroli but this effort may not have the fruit to counter the 100% new oak.

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  4/19/2015 - KeithSurg wrote: 92 Points

  Decanted from magnum. Nose of oak, smoke, tar and dark fruit. Minerals and tannins more prominent than fruit on the palate, finishing with vanilla and coffee notes.

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