2008 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Romirasco

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 95.2 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View SaxWine's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/31/2024 - SaxWine wrote: 96 Points

  Still amazing acidity at 15 years +. Some red fruit there as well balanced with notes of licorice and tobacco. Leather on the nose. Wonderful wine! Aldo Conterno never disappoints.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Rote Kappelle's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/22/2022 - Rote Kappelle Likes this wine: 96 Points

  A pivotal firm in the modern era for Barolo and in a positive way. No over-reliance on new oak, but a very strong focus on the vineyard and quality of fruit. I am not a complete fan of their work - sometimes, though excellent they can be a little anodyne. The Romirasco is rarely anodyne.
  
  Colour is deep, garnet and brick. The nose is that immediately intoxicating blend of clean fruit with dried herbs, woodsy aromas (but not as in oak - think the earthy, fresh smell as you walk through a forest) and a hint of tar. This is what Barolo is meant to be. I am in heaven and on the first night I spend the evening mostly just smelling the wine.
  
  The palate is very intense, possesses great length, the tannins are ripe and almost sweet, which is good, because many will find them a bit like the Hindu Kush in terms of presence. I fear no tannin, so the weak can perish on the climb as far as I am concerned; f*^# them all.
  
  We have a truly intoxicating mix of candied fruit, dark cherry verging on plum, a little strawberry/rose sweetness and lift and then the savoury to balance it all so beautifully. It is almost damned contrapuntal, and it isn't hard to hear Baroque music as you linger over each mouthful.
  
  The wine is 15% ABV but it carries this easily. If you find this hot you are a swine and doomed to perish the first time the mercury hits 20 degrees Celsius and I will help to dig your grave - it will be unmarked.
  
  An interesting vintage that started full of problems, but finished well and it favoured those who, like Conterno, managed the vineyard meticulously.
  
  I am enchanted.
  
  Note made late on day 2, un-decanted bottle, using Riedel Bordeaux glass. I have found this shape the key to my move from Barolo sceptic to Barolo lover. If, like me, you find yourself thinking 'what is the fuss all about?' try this shape, because it may change things for you. I had used the usual Burgundy shape and tried the ISO shape on various high-quality Barolo and found little joy at all.

  4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View joshabramson's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/24/2022 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Big, dark, coats your mouth and stains your teeth. Demands a few hours of air, but with 2-3 hours I find this to be quite approachable and open for business. Lots of structure but precise and fine, although a bit hot on the finish I find at 15% alcohol. This is a bit of a beast that will continue to develop for many years, but I quite like it now!

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View MWiking's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/12/2017 - MWiking wrote: 94 Points

  this wine is in a tunnel right now, totally muted and shut down, had it in a decanter for hours but still shy. thats why the score is a bit low now, I think this wine can come out on the other side in a fantastic shape.
  
  Nose is so shy from start, but you can sense red berries, crushed stones, some stems, tar mint and sweet cherries.
  the taste is also shy but at the same time beautiful with red berries, rose hips, tar, stones, mint and tar. still strong tannins in this wine.
  94 for tonights performance.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Tim Heaton's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/8/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  Opera Wine 2017 - 100 Great Producers (Verona, Italy): Impressive. The darker color and profound aromatics go in one direction, but the palate snaps back in another direction, with the wine remaining perplexing - it's lighter in body than the color and powerful nose would suggest. With some more swirling, this adds a little weight, the core of red/black fruits seem to flex their muscles - as if to say, "come back in 5 years, I'll be ripped". And I think it will be, ripped, as it were, this is an exciting wine, and I hope it realizes all of the potential it's suggesting today. HOLD highly recommended
  
  https://www.ItalianWine.blog

  5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

View all 15 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.