1996 Gianni Voerzio Barolo La Serra

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  2/14/2023 - Meerlust wrote: 92 Points

  The color is age appropriate with a light red center with bricking up to the orange rim. The nose is quite lovely with roses, tilled earth, bing cherry, and a hint of tar. On the palate, cherry, cranberry, roses, graphite, cinnamon, bbq spice, smoked meat, and a hint of tarry bitterness on the mid palate. This medium-bodied wine has vibrant acidity that accentuates the red fruit and floral notes with dusty, integrated tannins and a slightly clipped finish. With homemade lasagna, the spices are enhanced, it it paired beautifully with the food. Overall, my last bottle, and it was absolutely delicious.

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  12/24/2019 - Meerlust wrote: 90 Points

  Blood red center with little bricking at the rim. The nose is quite lovely with rose petals, red fruit, and woody notes. On the palate, there is ample oak, giving a woody profile, with dark cherry, plums, tar, and rose petals. There is above-average acidity and a tannic backbone supporting this medium-bodied wine. Overall, this seemed overoaked initially, but with air, the oak recedes and the dark cherry and tar notes move forward. It paired well with homemade lasagna with sausage and meatballs. This was a good wine but slightly below expectations for the vintage and the vineyard.

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  8/29/2016 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  I wanted wine, but I got newly crafted oak furniture. The only thing that I liked about this wine was the texture. It was lovely. Other than that it was oak juice. Even 20 years from the vintage the wine was completely obscured by its oak. Just a sad waste of good grapes.

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  12/28/2014 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Pre-New Year with Robin Part 1 - Twixmas: Mid mahogany to more noted browning rim
  More classic Barolo bouquet with more noted tertiary development. Shows dried earth, rose petals and cigar box.
  A more solid, densely structured wine with good depth and concentration but not the elegance of 1997 tasted alongside. However, some flesh to the core with dark chocolate notes and spice that run to a long farewell with gently pulling tannins make for a lovely wine. Perhaps less dynamic than the 1997 and without the layers.

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  11/11/2014 - LambertsCellar Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautiful, albeit distinctly modern, expression of Barolo. The nose is amazing. Sour berry, truffle, roses, tea, tar, menthol on the nose. Medium bodied on the palate and medium finish. Very nice.

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