2016 Comm. G.B. Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero

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  4/15/2024 - Xavier Auerbach wrote:

  Duroché Masterclass and Lunch (Restaurant Rijsel, Amsterdam, NL): Feels very closed, the aromatic expression is very limited, there are no roses. Does not do it for me. At a closed stage or an off bottle? Not rated.

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  2/9/2024 - RayOB Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Drank at 67
  Incredible depth and palate. Beautiful classical nose. Delicious.

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  12/23/2023 - Aleks Che Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Smoked sweet cherry

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  12/6/2023 - steko78 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Intense and captivating nose of strawberry, slightly jammy, rose, hearth, with a medicinal note. The palate is extremely refined, with silky and caressing tannins, aromatic intensity, and a lingering finish. A remarkable bottle.
  
  Nez intense entêtant de fraise très légèrement confiturée, rose, âtre, note médicinale. La bouche est d'une extrême finesse, tanins soyeux et caressants, intensité aromatique, longueur. Une bouteille marquante

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  11/21/2023 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The ‘16 Monvigliero was again an incredibly distinctive and enjoyable wine, but didn’t show as well as it did in 2021 or 2020. This bottle was from the same trustworthy cellar as the bottle I had in 2021. I’m not sure if my lower rating of this bottle more so reflects the wine itself or my own preferences. I’ve been fortunate to drink a lot of Monvigliero lately, and I guess I am starting to tire a bit of the wild whole cluster aromatics of this wine. Based on a recent bottle of ‘19 Castelletto, I think I prefer the Burlotto bottlings of Cannubi and Castelletto that are more classic expressions of Nebbiolo.
  
  The nose was super perfumed from first pour onwards, with little change in the glass. I found super ripe, candied red and blue berry fruits and floral tones, menthol, exotic spices, and olive tapenade. The aromatics were so candied and sweet, while also suggesting an intense, high acid wine with the olive tapenade and almost brine like aromatics. On the palate, the wine is medium to light in body, showing very finessed with minimal tannin perception. I found super sweet, candy like red and blue fruit and floral tones like on the aromatics, spices, mint, and herbal notes. The wine showed medium acidity and lacked some of the inner sweetness and acidic drive of the ‘16 Rinaldi Brunate alongside it.
  
  One observation I had with this bottle is that the Monvigliero showed best around cellar temp. As the bottle warmed up, the alcohol was noticeable - not because 14.5% is necessarily that high these days, but because this is such a light bodied wine that the alcohol sticks out more than it does a fuller bodied Barolo.

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