Decanted 3 hrs. Like most Altare Barolos, I am totally seduced by the nose, that heady concoction of rose petals, brown sugar, other baking spices, more flowers, touches of soy or other saline material, gets me every time. Most of these traits repeat on the palate, and then add some very high quality black cherry fruit. And then mid palate see's a brick wall of tannin, perhaps one of the more structured reds I have had in quite some time. It does turn a bit dry on the finish, which became a bit of a distraction for half a glass, and then either my palate succumbed or just waived the white flag - but it didn't stand out as much for the rest of the bottle. I can see this being a little decisive for some, not the last word on subtlety, but I am a fan for sure. Big time hold here.
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4/7/2024 - Dale M wrote:
Decanted 3 hrs. Like most Altare Barolos, I am totally seduced by the nose, that heady concoction of rose petals, brown sugar, other baking spices, more flowers, touches of soy or other saline material, gets me every time. Most of these traits repeat on the palate, and then add some very high quality black cherry fruit. And then mid palate see's a brick wall of tannin, perhaps one of the more structured reds I have had in quite some time. It does turn a bit dry on the finish, which became a bit of a distraction for half a glass, and then either my palate succumbed or just waived the white flag - but it didn't stand out as much for the rest of the bottle. I can see this being a little decisive for some, not the last word on subtlety, but I am a fan for sure. Big time hold here.
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2/26/2024 - jmoon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Straight down the line aged Barolo. Good fruit but still very dry and always will be.
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12/9/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Earthy and dirt on the nose now.
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12/8/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
On day five really roasty tobacco on the nose, more fruit on the mid palate but the back has dried out. Should have drunk it sooner!
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12/4/2022 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Funny, in a flight of young quickly opened Barolos where the tannins are high, this still manages to show a touch of plushness in the mid palate.
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