2016 Bruna Grimaldi Barolo Badarina

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  10/3/2022 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  Quite a bit of chocolate and fig to the aroma. Ripe and heady. A bit chunky and not as fresh as I thought it might be. Maybe let down by the cork?

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  1/27/2021 - Gregory Dal Piaz wrote: 91 Points

  Warm berries greet the nose followed by discrete notes of butchers wax, licorice, mace, cinnamon, and some late arriving tobacco, dark soil tones and candied black fruit elements. Supple and fairly large scaled on entry with ripe tannins and good acidity covered with deep cherry fruit that displays moments of cocoa, pine, clay, and incipient tobacco complexity. A bit chewy, definitely powerful with excellent depth and concentration, which lead to a moderately long finish graced with noble tannins and gorgeously pure if not terribly complex fruit. Turns a bit plummy with air, with dried fruit character creeping in around the ages. Just a lovely wine to drink, should be a crowd pleaser at maturity. Lots of chalky, clay character emerges with air.
  
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  11/12/2020 - BordeauxNut wrote: 93 Points

  After being open a couple hours, the sulfur finally blows off. Rusty iron, violet, cinnamon, some hard candy cherry fruit. The longer it sits, the more it opens up. Mid-weight palate — lots of energy with zippy acids and plenty of structure wrapped around a good core of fruit. Powdery, ripe tannins. Really nice balance. Liked this one a lot after it opened up. Really a beautiful wine. Highly recommended.

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