2017 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Tre Tine

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  2/22/2024 - Jens DT Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drak med far og Mussi hos Damiano. Elegant. Lys. God balance og lang eftersmag. Mere stringent og stram end Conterno, som vi også fik😍🍷

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  11/28/2023 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The ‘17 Tre Tine is a promising wine, showing the strengths and weaknesses of the ‘17 vintage - the expression is classic Tre Tine and doesn’t show much of the heat of the year, but the tannins are a bit stricter than normal and the wine lacks a bit of the density of the best years. This is not an early drinking wine. It is probably best left for at least another 5 years for the wine to open up a bit and for the strict tannins to soften. As usual (2019 may be an exception), in 2017 I think the Brunate is the wine that is easier to drink young as it is more finessed and exotic while the Tre Tine is more classic.
  
  On the nose, I found classic aromatics of sweet red cherry, rose petals, menthol, and a touch of a more rustic leather note. On the palate, the wine is medium to light in body with a classic but simple expression of sweet red cherry fruit, red floral tones, and mint. It seems tight right now, so I bet more complexity will emerge with time. At times, it is strict and at times, a bit more of that Rinaldi sweetness emerges. The tannin quality here is good by 2017 standards, but a bit grainier than usual for Rinaldi, but with 5-10 years in bottle this should be drinking well.

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  9/24/2023 - palfr2 Likes this wine:

  Nose of raspberry , cool cassis, flowers with also some ferrous element , none of which betrays a warm vintage. Seamless transition between nose , palate and finish i.e. no clipping sensation, rather spherical and good balance. Tannins are rather unobtrusive and low-gripping for a Nebbiolo-based wine that is. Fruit on the palate is more cooked/stewed. Great resonance on the finish. Quality drink no doubt. In my world this scratches the same itch as a cool Burgundy vintage and would hold its own with elite 1er Cru, possibly above.

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  12/24/2022 - rlove wrote: 94 Points

  Rinaldi's 2017 Tre Tine is excellent (possibly superior to the Brunate today?) with red cherry, rose, and earth. Lithe and vibrant with bright acidity and good depth to the red fruit that offers excellent persistence on the finish. Very good even tonight but obviously hold this for a bit.

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  10/8/2021 - Drankard wrote:

  Medium bodied wine, delicate red fruit, floral with a tannic bite. Good balance.
  Everyone enjoyed this but I thought this lacked depth. Hard to justify the price tag.

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