2004 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino

Community Tasting Notes (37) Avg Score: 96.5 points

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  2/2/2024 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Vinous Monfortino Dinner with Roberto Conterno; 2/1/2024-2/2/2024 (Legacy Records, NYC): Tasting the '04 in a flight alongside the 1995, 1997, and 2000, it was clear that there was some evolution in the winery from 1995-2004. The 2004 was more elegant, especially in the tannins, and more pure than the preceding three wines. There's also simply a lot more fruit here despite not that big of a difference in age. I found this closed off, much more so than the last bottle I tasted, but showed beautiful pure red fruit, red roses, iron, and a hint of citrus peel. On the palate, it was medium to full in body with dark red, smoky fruit, iron, and fresh roses, with fantastic sweetness, and lots of tannin, but very fine grained. I was surprised by how reticent this wine was compared to the bottle I had in 2020, but the potential is high, and this bottle seems to mark a turning point in the winery's quality (not that the older bottles aren't great, but starting with the '04, the wines seem more polished).

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  10/16/2023 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points

  Rose, tar, violet and rubber.

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  1/28/2023 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 100 Points

  This was from a tasting pour generously shared from a 750 after a quick decant. After a brief sip I determined to let it breathe in my glass for an hour so, after which the palate began to match the evocative nose; this is a bruising and likely eternal wine, simultaneously perfumed and powerful, just beginning to flash layers of complexity (I would hold for a decade, had I any...)

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  10/1/2022 - canan wrote: 99 Points

  50th Birthday Tasting (Vesterbro): Pure elegance and finesse with so much intensity that is completely mind blowing. The elegant red currant and strawberry fruit is laced with a refined tannin structure and an amazing depth while still maintaining its elegance. It is not a powerful wine but instead the intensity clearly dominates the wine and just lifts it to a very special level.
  An absolutely stunning wine!

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  7/27/2022 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points

  Strong showing with modest but present tar and rose aromatics. Very integrated palate with refined tannins.

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