2013 Fontanafredda Barolo Serralunga d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  8/6/2023 - CheapAndBest wrote:

  With summer's best fresh tomato risotto and crown cap rib eyes with chimichirri made with roasted scallions and roasted lemons
  
  Decanted and left alone for half a day.
  
  Did not work as well as I would have hoped. Hypothesis is that the significant airing made the wine too mellow to work with the bright sparkly (fresh tomato charred lemons etc) food
  
  The other wine (good quality Chateaneuf du Pape) worked brilliantly
  
  Will stick with more north italian/umami food for next bottle

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  3/16/2023 - Bonesetter Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Fontanafredda are one of my reference Baroli. Colour, weight, nose, palate are all a classic example of Barolo. While there was nothing spectacular about his one, it still hit all the right points. And the QPR is good.

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  3/10/2023 - S. Connery Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Lys rød farge i glasset. Aroma av kjølig frukt. Overmodne moreller med litt snerp. Godt av litt lufting, og da kommer den seg fort. Hadde ventet litt mer av denne, årgangen tatt i betraktning.

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  12/24/2022 - CheapAndBest Likes this wine:

  Porchini/Truffle pasta. Followed by simply grilled steak and minted peas. 2016 basic barbaresco pre-meal
  
  Into decanter 8 hours before drinking
  
  Did well with the food. Acidity and strength were great counterpoint
  
  Has 2-5 years to go before hitting super-goodness. Was very nice with the decant but will become better later

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  11/20/2022 - Mezz Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Really excellent right now in this format, consumed among friends for their wedding. Showing textbook sour red cherry, violets, hints of cedar, and a remarkably fine tannic finish. Outstanding wine, especially for the price.

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