2003 Piedmont Party (Troy & Gina's): The first wine of the night and quite a surprise. I was not expecting anything great from this wine, but the location of the vines in the cooler parts of Brunella (where Oderro makes its Dolcetto!) actually turned out to be a blessing from this hot vintage. This was a wonderful example of Barolo from a difficult year. Nice, well integrated tannins and dark, linear fruit. A good, if somewhat short, finish. I'll not hesitate to try this producer again.
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Decanted1hr, 2nd & last bottle, 1st taste 1/12, with similar notes, perhaps a bit more integrated. Loads of fruit, cherry, red plum, hints of blue fruit, could easily be mistaken blindly for new world. Based on this bottle , plenty of fruit left and should hold for several more years. Surprisingly youthful for a 10+ years old Nebbiolo!
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Red center, red rim with some signs of age. Fairly classical Nebbiolo nose, tar, fur, a little sweet, violets and roses, strawberries, some pepper, overall quite complex. Smooth, cherries and menthol, cedar, drying tannins, good acidity, quite fruity with redcurrants and strawberries, sappy, white chocolate, good length. Better than expected, probably too young but good with food.
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12/31/2021 - Wine Spam wrote: 92 Points
Some candied old fruit, and earth, smooth and still bright, medium finish. Drink now.
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3/15/2014 - tastark Likes this wine: 91 Points
2003 Piedmont Party (Troy & Gina's): The first wine of the night and quite a surprise. I was not expecting anything great from this wine, but the location of the vines in the cooler parts of Brunella (where Oderro makes its Dolcetto!) actually turned out to be a blessing from this hot vintage. This was a wonderful example of Barolo from a difficult year. Nice, well integrated tannins and dark, linear fruit. A good, if somewhat short, finish. I'll not hesitate to try this producer again.
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2/12/2014 - wineshaman wrote: 90 Points
Decanted1hr, 2nd & last bottle, 1st taste 1/12, with similar notes, perhaps a bit more integrated. Loads of fruit, cherry, red plum, hints of blue fruit, could easily be mistaken blindly for new world. Based on this bottle , plenty of fruit left and should hold for several more years. Surprisingly youthful for a 10+ years old Nebbiolo!
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11/7/2013 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Red center, red rim with some signs of age.
Fairly classical Nebbiolo nose, tar, fur, a little sweet, violets and roses, strawberries, some pepper, overall quite complex.
Smooth, cherries and menthol, cedar, drying tannins, good acidity, quite fruity with redcurrants and strawberries, sappy, white chocolate, good length.
Better than expected, probably too young but good with food.
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11/23/2012 - vino_Kaz wrote: 84 Points
Very dry. Modest fruit. Translucent and somewhat light. Expected more from an '03 Barolo.
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