2011 Adriano Marco e Vittorio Barbaresco Riserva Basarin

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  2/4/2020 - oldwines Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tasted at the Barolo and Barbaresco World Opening Tasting Event in NYC. The 2011 vintage was a warm and somewhat forward vintage but in Barbaresco had better structure than Barolo...that is visible in this case. This had tart acidity and good structure and a nice textured mouth feel. I got rose petals, and cherry on the nose and palate. Ripe but formidable tannin will still need some years in the cellar but this was racy and pretty attractive. After the Brunello tasting last week, this was my first wine of the day and it certainly woke up my palate with a jolt especially compared to a lot of the Brunello's last week that I thought were excessively modern and flabby in some cases.

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  8/10/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  Garnet+ core, with very pretty, traditional nose of sweet red fruit, tar, roses, and soil. Very classic, traditional presentation consistent with the vintage's warmer, riper, more approachable qualities. Whereas the nose says traditional, the palate comes across with some creaminess, the fruits are sweet, and the tannins round; that is not to say this is in any way inferior, the tastes, weight and balance are excellent. The grapes for this wine come from select parcels within Basarin cru, picked ~ 1 week after the others, then alc. fermentation in stainless, 22 days of maceration, then 2 years in botti grandi. This wine really brings it, great experience. 15,0% abv. (resolved) , drink 2018-2033. highly recommended
  
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