2009 Cappellano Dolcetto d'Alba Gabutti

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 86.6 points

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  1/16/2015 - JohanPe wrote: 89 Points

  Closed at first but opens up after about two hours. Tart blackcurrant, blueberry and raspberry jam, nail polish, rusty metals and some undergrowth. After a few hours a pretty great nose. A firm mouthfeel with energetic acidity and soft, mature tannins. Short aftertaste. Not as good after a night in the fridge, lost the fruit and too much metal. High quality Dolcetto, qpr through the roof.

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  3/14/2014 - dausau wrote: 84 Points

  Starts of somewhat dirty, but shakes it off after an hour. Nice fruit and good concentration.

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  2/2/2014 - JohanPe wrote: 87 Points

  Mörkröd klar frukt. Järn, vanilj, nagellack, körsbär. Trevlig nos.
  Finmaskiga, smekande tanniner och pigg, inte på något sätt trött, frukt. Metallisk och något bittergrön efter. Harmoniskt och okomplicerat, ett lysande matvin men funkar också på egen hand.
  En seriös Dolcetto helt enkelt. 87+.

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  7/5/2013 - MrBjorn wrote: 85 Points

  initialt bara frukt (körsbär, blåbär) efterhand undervegetation, blommor och rostigt järn. Påtagliga och grovkorniga tanniner och bra syra gör det till ett matvin i första hand. En ovanlig dolcetto med personlighet som jag faktiskt tror skulle vinna på längre lagring (!?)

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  4/13/2013 - Beerzebub Likes this wine:

  Aromatic - cool berries and cherries, black pepper, raw meat, tar, dried flowers. A bit austere on the palate, with firm tannins dominating the fruit, and a good amount of acidity too. But the fruit makes it to the finish, where it lingers along with dried flowers and a good dose of minerality, more than a touch bitter.
  
  After a few hours, the fruit is more open and prominent and quite tasty, but the tannins are still raging and the minerality has become even more serious with almost tongue-numbing iron. At its best with food, but this is quite enjoyable even on its own - if you don't mind the tannins and bitter iron finish - with delicious fruit, good acidity, and real meaty-tarry-floral-mineral depth.

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