Decanted off just a little sediments. This is a wine I bought on release now the last bottle. Paid good money 20 years ago at close to $50. The wine showed a very bright color. Fresh looking still. Quite red and with hardly any tile color. Medium bodied now but still with good tannins. Fresh nose but with a little dried herbs and dried flower. Tasting much younger. The nose is recessed with only light perfume. Excellent now. We brought it to an Italian steakhouse. Very fitting. Not the best older Barolo I have had but very nice. Impressive is that it showed so little age. Been in a cool cellar for nearly 20 years.
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Simply excellent and performing just as one could hope. Speaking of Barolo-Barolo and the warm 1997 vintage in a way, that is just so on point! No tiredness at all. One of the first bottles of Premium wine I bought back in 2000/2001 as a 18yo kid and stored in my cool cellar since. 91-92p => 92p for sentimental reasons:-)
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4/25/2023 - Wineteacher Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted off just a little sediments. This is a wine I bought on release now the last bottle. Paid good money 20 years ago at close to $50. The wine showed a very bright color. Fresh looking still. Quite red and with hardly any tile color. Medium bodied now but still with good tannins. Fresh nose but with a little dried herbs and dried flower. Tasting much younger. The nose is recessed with only light perfume. Excellent now. We brought it to an Italian steakhouse. Very fitting. Not the best older Barolo I have had but very nice. Impressive is that it showed so little age. Been in a cool cellar for nearly 20 years.
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12/2/2021 - SineQuaNon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Simply excellent and performing just as one could hope. Speaking of Barolo-Barolo and the warm 1997 vintage in a way, that is just so on point! No tiredness at all. One of the first bottles of Premium wine I bought back in 2000/2001 as a 18yo kid and stored in my cool cellar since. 91-92p => 92p for sentimental reasons:-)
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2/28/2020 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 88 Points
After 23 years still a beast with upfront tannin and rustic earthy notes. Went well with spaghetti.
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7/4/2015 - Montana wrote: flawed
Saved it too long. Dumped two bottles of this wine.
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2/2/2014 - Montana Likes this wine: 89 Points
This is a fabulous wine but starting to look a tiny bit cloudy. Time to consume all we have left.
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