1990 Ceretto Barolo Zonchera

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  10/4/2020 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 93 Points

  this was an auction victory
  this proves every barolo worth it's name should be aged for 30 years
  was not sure what to expect but integrated fruit and secondary notes a delight

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  8/26/2016 - WoodieBayArea wrote:

  remember this being very nice with italian food in Pasadena, good acid and some red currants and a touch of spice, at this point largely a food wine

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  5/1/2016 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 89 Points

  Had in Nola with the boys so no notes, this was lacking fruit and seemed way past peak, not because it was soft and faded but because the fruit had left the planet

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  2/22/2016 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points

  Orange peel hints and iodine minerality with light rose petal notes--lighter pale body with good zippy acidity and fine chalky tannins. Drinking wonderfully right now with lovely perfumey tertiary notes. Very good, and in good shape.

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  11/27/2014 - Paul S wrote: 95 Points

  The Great Barolo Tasting (Taberna): Blind tastings really are great levellers - this relatively humble wine was superb. It was my favourite in the flight, perhaps even of the night, beating out a starry line-up including a very impressive but far from ready 1990 Monfortino. The Zonchera had a wonderful nose, almost feminine, with fragrant spice and perfumy floral notes accompanying sweet dark fruit aromas with a little earth touches at the side. Lovely. The palate had that same feminine feel to it, with a lovely effortless depth to its clean, clear dark fruit fruit floating on a base of truffley mushroom notes. There was almost balletic, tip-toey balance and a pure, elegant feel to the way it all came together, so that it was almost gentle in the way in caressed the palate. It was only on the finish where the tannins asserted themselves, with a slight powdery, mouth-coating grip, as the dark fruit was kissed with a touch of herb and spice and a twist of orange peel. A very complete, very balanced wine and, unlike some of the others on show, this was quite drinking at peak. Bravo.

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