2008 Cappellano Barolo Piè Rupestris Otin Fiorin (Gabutti)

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  4/6/2024 - peter@tactic.net.au Likes this wine: 100 Points

  One of the best wines I’ve ever had. 2008 vintage. Fresh, all the wonderful traits of a top line Serralunga Barolo.

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  1/14/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Double decanted 10 hours before dinner. Pale garnet with watery rim. Even after this amount of air, at first it was subdued aromatically, and the palate was classically lean, acidic, mineral old school Barolo with a good dose of VA. What a difference another 90 minutes in the glass made! It gained weight and texture to reach a beautiful middle weight and glycerine mouth feel, and modestly sweet red cherry and spice emerged to complement sharper fennel tones. There is still moderately grippy tannin underneath all of this to provide backbone for further aging, but it too relaxed enough to permit delightful drinking tonight. Hardly a sumptuous wine and the aromas never soared, but genuinely excellent.

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  12/9/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Out of magnum and double-decanted for 5 hours. This opened and improved dramatically in the glass showing incredibly bright dark berry fruit with superb intensity and lift. Quite young for sure but towards the end of the bottle, it became beautifully layered with fabulous notes of tarpit, black fruits and slate minerals. The finish shows great intensity and complexity with firm but supple tannins. The brightness of this wine and the quality of the fruit is incredible and it’s the kind of wine I can never imagine getting tired of drinking. Wowza! 96+

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  11/7/2023 - JulianSkeels wrote: 94 Points

  I enjoyed this much more than the last bottle, which I felt wouldn’t age for a long time. This had much more fine tannin and structure with medium fruit. My impression is that it will peak in 5-10yrs. Lacks real definition at the moment despite showing class. 93pts now but clear 95-96pt potential.

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  10/6/2023 - PC73 wrote:

  not quite as good as prior bottle
  not faulty, just not showing great

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