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1997 Paolo Scavino Barolo Carobric |
| Vintage | 1997 |  Label 1 of 6   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Paolo Scavino (web) | ||
| Variety | Nebbiolo | ||
| Designation | Carobric | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Piedmont | ||
| SubRegion | Langhe | ||
| Appellation | Barolo |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 93.3 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 18 notes) | |
| Tasted by cnordstr on 11/21/2009 & rated 93 points: Great Barolo, just decanted for 45 mins, improved by the hour, great length, well balanced, happy to have more! (290 views) | |
| Tasted by cvvhrn on 9/12/2009 & rated 95 points: 3rd Annual Above Top Secret . Com Annual Dinner 2008 at the San Jose UFO Expo; 9/10/2009-9/13/2009: Consistent with my prior review. We had ribeye instead of the lamb with this meal. 7/12/2007 rated 96 points: Dinner at Dads with the cousins part II (Dads house): Great wine. Its the first of my barolos that are in a drinking window. it paired well with the grilled lamb that was for dinner. Hints of dust, pencil shavings and fruit on the nose. Hints of berries, rasins, and dust on the palate with excellent soft mouthfeel with a long finish. Very little sediment in the bottle. Seems to have plenty of legs to age further. (504 views) | |
| Tasted by Finare Vinare on 4/26/2009 & rated 94 points: (672 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 4/14/2009 & rated 93 points: Ripe fruits. Full bodied and ripe. Complex wine. (797 views) | |
| Tasted by goofy Yno on 3/18/2009 flawed bottle: corked (1074 views) | |
| Tasted by kstoddard on 3/18/2009 flawed bottle: Italian Offline with Loren Sonkin (Backstreet Wine Salon, Phoenix): Corked. (909 views) | |
| Tasted by Eric Guido on 3/1/2009 & rated 92 points: A totally unexpected showing of this bottle. I had expected a modern, oak influenced candy shop of a Barolo but what I got was a balanced and finessed example of an 11 year old Barolo just coming to age. Color was a brilliant dark red. The nose was a mix of intense spicy fruit, herbs and leather. But then, the palette... Fresh and vibrant red fruits with an amazing expansive flavor of ripe cherry on the mid palette. The finish was long, earthy and full of minerals, stone and tar. I would never have thought this would be a bottle from a "modernist" producer. My second favorite of the evening. (607 views) | |
| Tasted by JordanC on 11/15/2008 & rated 93 points: This beauty is starting to come around. Last tasted in 2004, the wine is now much less primary and is taking on more refined Barolo characteristics. Getting a bit more brick colored and rusty at the edges, the wine still has an Amarone-like raisin note that is not for everyone. It has shed some of its gritty red fruit quality that I remember and now shows more anise, licorice, leather, and a hint of pepper. The tannins are now very well integrated so the wine may not have another 10 more years of youth left in it, but it will drink wonderfully with a bowl of penne arrabiata for some time. This is not an ageless Barolo which means I won't feel guilty having another bottle soon. The wine was NOT decanted. It was consumed shortly after opening with dinner of rigatoni ragu and a cheese dessert course. If decanted and poured after 3 hours it could reflect a different experience. (955 views) | |
| Tasted by otisabdul on 11/14/2008 & rated 91 points: Still quite primary and young-tasting. Decanted for one hour and probably could have used another 2-3 hours. Certainly lots of tools to work with here, but recommend holding until at least 2010. (927 views) | |
| Tasted by rjayson on 12/22/2007 & rated 92 points: Was not able to decant before drinking. Early on-color,nose,taste all very good and typical barolo. By the end of the bottle revealed more complexity. Drank along with the '97 Pio Cesare. (1494 views) | |
| Tasted by Dawa on 11/20/2007: Did not take notes. Starting to show greatness, but like them older than this. Give another 5 years and I will like it even better. (1620 views) | |
| Tasted by Finare Vinare on 8/28/2007 & rated 94 points: Light ruby red in the glass, brick edge. Just a bit cloudy, small deposit. In short, a really delicious nose! Deep, intensely jammy aromas of strawberries and raspberries go extremely well together with tar, leather, dried sausage, truffles, vinous balsamic notes, briar rose, gravel dust and a hint of banana peel. We taste. Wow! What a turbo juice they got together here. We recognise the character of 1997 Bric dėl Fiasc. Harmonious, super-fruity and shining of strawberries and raspberries, so densely packed that swallowing is a long and pleasant effort. Not as hair-raising as the Bric sister, but quite close, instead a bit sturdier. The finish is long and fruity with plum, chocolate, and gravelly terroir. Slightly hot aftertaste. The oak is well integrated into the big body, the chocolate tannins massive, sandy and silky smooth. As we drink the wine it shows even more chocolate (Anthon Berg liqueur stylee). Delivers well after a short while in the decanter. (1847 views) | |
| Tasted by freek on 8/26/2007 & rated 93 points: (1301 views) | |
| Tasted by cvvhrn on 7/12/2007 & rated 96 points: Dinner at Dads with the cousins part II (Dads house): Great wine. Its the first of my barolos that are in a drinking window. it paired well with the grilled lams that was for dinner. Hints of dust, pencil shavings and fruit on the nose. Hints of berries, rasins, and dust on the palate with excellent soft mouthfeel with a long finish. Very little sediment in the bottle. Seems to have plenty of legs to age further. (2183 views) | |
| Tasted by gellie on 7/1/2007 & rated 95 points: (1416 views) | |
| Tasted by gellie on 10/22/2006 & rated 94 points: Outstanding.decanted for 3 hours.power house barolo packed with subtle fruit,Good earthyness on the back palet. (2295 views) | |
| Tasted by markelln@bellsouth.net on 10/17/2006 & rated 93 points: DUO, Miami Barolo BYO Wine dinner (Duo, S Miami Avenue, Miami, FL): Wine # 8, #2 in flight 3. I had double decanted and tasted it in the am.It was again double decanted upon arrival. Having tasted it, I was able to pick it out blind. The roses and anise were accentuated vis a vis the others. The wine is intense, and quite tight now, and should show well in 2 or 3 years. One of the 5 best wines of the night. (3120 views) | |
| Tasted by Vino Me on 5/1/2003 & rated 92 points: A blended wine made from Scavinos Cannubi, Rocche del Castoglioni and Bric del Fiasc vineyards. 305 cases made. Vintage rated a classic 99 by WS. Tried the 1999 in May 2003. It had a coffee and blackberry nose. Wet earth and leather notes in this full bodied wine. Very young. 92+. (3157 views) |
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About red wine Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTracker Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctor Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only) Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa) Regional History: The wines of Piemonte are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piemonte was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piemontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power. |
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