2015 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Francia

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  1/31/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

  A Taste of Serralunga Dinner-La Festa del Barolo 2024 (Locanda Verde, New York): Dark ruby. Rich but not lush deep black and some blue fruit as well. Piquant and alive in the mouth, fantastic drive and penetration. Classic, stately, full of soil and stone dust. Magnificent wine that manages to be accessible now due to its incredible material that stands up to the structure. Wow.

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  11/24/2023 - B Paul wrote:

  Decanted and followed over a couple of hours. Very concentrated cherry with tar, leather. Quite a bit of structure that shows up on the finish. Great material, but needs some time.

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  10/1/2023 - shifter Likes this wine: 95 Points

  PnP. Ready to go right out of the gate with lots of beauty framed by some soft but present structure. Bright red fruit with tar and leather. Continued to develop over lunch. Naturally very young, but supremely enjoyable at this stage.

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  2/5/2023 - csimm wrote: 96 Points

  Aromas of leather, crushed dried roses, macerated red cherries, and alcohol peek through an otherwise muted nose, signaling a reticent Barolo that is wondering who in God’s name set the alarm clock ten years too early?! Tight on the palate, with some sleep inertia reluctantly keeping the flavors from expanding. Sandalwood, plum, tobacco, leather, and bitter spice hop-scotch across the palate, skipping most of the mid-palate, and clenching up on a tart and slightly warm finish.
  
  Oxygen is the hot cup of coffee this wine needs to rouse its spirits. Initially with a cantankerous 4-year-old “I don’t wannnnnnaaa get up for breakfast” protest, depth and complexity slowly, begrudgingly, make their appearances from under the covers. Fuzzy cedar-inflected tannins become more refined with air. Sherry-drenched cherries and unsmoked cigar make for an old-world charm, coupled with leather and river rock notes.
  
  And just when you think it is about to give up the goods and unfold into a wave of flavor-generosity, it… doesn’t. So, that’s about as far as it gets, which is perhaps further than I had anticipated. Sure, it needs a decade or two to get to work and promote to VP of grandeur, but it’s a prodigy primed for splendor down the road. A very eligible bachelor type of wine that checks the boxes. Mom would be proud.
  
  Hold until 2035. Or, just pony-up son and open it now with a super fat decant and enjoy it for some of its already-supercool suave James Bond posing (think Sean Connery in Dr. No, with his signature Walther PPK in one hand and a martini in the other… and Sylvia Trench in the other)…. Will he be able to stop the radio beam weapon from destroying mankind…?!
  
  96+ points.

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  12/11/2022 - Bosbevok Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Beautiful dark brooding belly in the glass. Bright minerally and floral notes initially, but one can already note the coming cigar box and ceder flavours. Red and black bon bons on the palate with an appealing tannic grip that hints towards an amazing integration of constituents. Still obviously young but set up to be a future knock out that we have come to expect.

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