1978 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino Speciale

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 97.4 points

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  2/2/2024 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Vinous Monfortino Dinner with Roberto Conterno; 2/1/2024-2/2/2024 (Legacy Records, NYC): The '78 is a wine I have dreamed of tasting, and it did not disappoint, although even so I found myself preferring the more recent vintages. This is such a youthful, vibrant wine that will seemingly be immortal with proper storage. On the nose, I found dark red cherry fruit, iron / blood, roast meats, balsamic spices, and a hint of VA. On the palate, the wine is so youthful, full in body with the tannins having largely integrated by now, creating a perfect mouthfeel. Dark red fruit, leather, balsamic, sweet spices, and iron are among the many notes in this complex wine. As with most of the wines, there is a perfect blend of fruit and savory characteristics and the wine is very vibrant with high acidity.

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  5/22/2023 - fclarity wrote: 95 Points

  Tasted blind, this wine had a deep red center with light red / orange rims. The medium intensity nose put forth cola, black cherry, black spices, and fresh tobacco.
  
  In the mouth, this wine was rich, balanced, and showed notable rounded tannin. It seem a touch tight even though it had received several hours of air.
  
  This wine came across like a heavy duty Burgundy until some of the Nebbiolo flavors started to show themselves. It was beautiful and I would expect it to improve over the next 10 years and last many decades.

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  2/5/2022 - Mentat Likes this wine: 98 Points

  1978 Piedmont Horizontal:
  
  All bottles opened 12 hours in advance for bottle breath.
  
  Dark and brooding at first even after 12 hours of bottle breath. Then waves of balsamic-laced fruit hits you head-on, very deep but lifted. Laser focus mid-palate opens to impressive finish that goes on and on. This bottle feels so young and has the stuffing to go on for another 20 years with ease.
  
  Noble and fascinating.

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  3/24/2021 - The_Cat Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Did need 3 hours decanting but then great overwhelming complex nose lots of different fruits first layers of mushroom and truffle dark chocolate and sweet spices a great wine with a glorious future. Still grippy tannins and endless finish.

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  10/28/2019 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points

  Huge nose - super effusive red cherry, cocoa power, and spice, but unfortunately marred by a bit of VA. Good, but not profound.

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