2010 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo Gramolere

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  10/15/2023 - Rich S Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted for 30 mins. Medium ruby color with nice clarity and some bricking towards the edges. Nose of ripe red cherry, cherry cough drop, touch of brown sugar and sweet baking spice and a hint of something in the mint/herbal family. Similar flavors on the palate with ripe red fruit, slightly baked in the forefront with some of the herbal and cough drop notes on the back end. High, mouthwatering acidity. Tannins still very present as well but not in a bad way. Better with food than on its own but this is a very nice bottle of Barolo at a good stage in its development. Drink or hold.

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  6/4/2023 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened and drank a glass a couple of weeks ago Vacusealed and put into a standard refrigerator. Drank two more glasses tonight with a lamb shoulder chop. Spicy and peppery on the nose. The feeling on the palate is similar with lots of energy and acidity. A swirl of flavors. Young but ready. Suggest opening for an hour at least.

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  1/28/2023 - depechemoroder Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Slightly more mature than I would have expected and with the faintest touch of a rustic edge. Beautiful high-toned cherry fruit, but softened by leather, ceps, and coal dust. Rather lithe on the palate, but with a bit of a chewiness on the finish. Hard to pin this down - lovely to drink, feels like these may need more time, but also feel advanced in some aspects. The perplexing qualities of Piedmonte.

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  1/25/2023 - WhinyWiner Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Not ready yet. Gave it over 2.5 hours in the decanter and still never got very interesting. Still a good wine to enjoy with food, but too austere. Give it 3+ years.

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  10/16/2021 - rwpalmer wrote: 92 Points

  This bottle seemed at the beginning of its drinking window. It has the presence and weight on the palate that one would expect. Although tannins remain firm, they are ever so smooth and a hint of sweetness has crept in. The nose is a rich mix of spices--camphor and cinnamon perhaps, but more complex and interesting. I'd reckon that a similarly good bottle, kept a further 5 years, would be even more interesting and integrated.

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