2013 Elio Altare Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  4/22/2024 - danstrings Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Showing great and fresh - lovely violet / roses / tarry nose. Silky palate with good grip and earthy minerality. Nice.

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  3/30/2024 - platpeeps Likes this wine: 93 Points

  The initial smell and taste were the classic tar and roses notes so beloved of fine Barolo. At first sip the wine appeared to be hard and tannic, but it developed sweet plummy fruit and a silken texture. Further characters developed such as spice and leather, but then liquorice and cough linctus. In spite of its maturity it was still fresh, developing an impressive length of finish. A delightfully complex wine that just kept improving. Enjoyed with an oxtail casserole. In a word, stunning. 93 pts

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  9/10/2023 - DMET Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Shockingly Thai was incredible.
  
  Great nose, earth, berry and cassis. Really smooth and delicious.

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  4/26/2023 - platpeeps Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Initially tannic and fresh this had herby flavours of plums, liquorice with a small dollop of tar. It opens out beautifully, to develop a silky texture and flavours of prune. Savoury in character, it effortlessly demonstrates complexity and ultimately ends on an exquisite finish. In spite of the power there is always a delicacy which to my mind makes a great wine. CHP 93 pts

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  1/21/2023 - DMET Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Way too early 7-10 years I’ll try again should have learned this last year.

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