2005 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Barbaresco Vürsù Vigneto Gallina

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  2/26/2023 - norway08 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  2005 has better concentration and structure than the 2003 which was tasted alongside in a mini vertical. A well matured Barbareco with a nose of prune, dried flowers, plum, black cherry, tobacco, tar and vanilla. Bold and rounded. Very long finish.

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  11/3/2020 - peterchoy wrote: 93 Points

  Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of light ruby colour, with fading garnet rims and legs.
  Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of red fruit of cherries, black fruit of blackberry, dried fruit of prune, floral notes of violet, mineral notes of earth and tar, sweet spice of thyme, pungent spice of licorice, animal notes of meaty, maturity notes of truffle. The wine is developing.
  Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has medium tannin of silky texture, medium (+) alcohol, with medium body and medium (+) intensity flavours of black fruit of blackberry, red fruit of dark cherries, floral notes of violet, sweet spice of thyme, mineral notes of tar. The wine has a medium (+) finish.
  Conclusion: Very good quality Barbaresco with an intense nose showing great complexity, with a good balance of fruit (both red and black), mineral, sweet spice and violet, and a nice mushroom aroma, the wine is elegant, well-balanced on acidity with silky tannin, showing good concentration of flavours and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now but can benefit from further ageing of another 3-5 years.

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  9/22/2019 - mrbry83 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Fairly developed mature at this point. Heavy bricking / brownish color. Nose has some minty stuff going on along with fair amount of tertiary. On the palate, grippy tannins still. Definitely in a place where you should start drinking this up, but still has a fair amount of structure that it'll go for some while as well.
  
  Received this last year straight from the winery so it's essentially a "library" release.

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  11/10/2016 - whybuyone wrote:

  This is obviously a well made wine but it showed nothing of interest. The fruit wasn't really present and the tannins were not harsh. It was just a plain, decent Barbaresco. I don't know that age will improve this. Not a value for the price. I've had La Spinetta Barolos and other 05 Barbarescos that were much better.

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  2/28/2014 - Mistress of Wine Likes this wine:

  Decanted for a few minutes before trying but would have benefitted from many hours. Beautiful and relatively forward aromas of cherry, violet and tar. This didnt prepare me for the fierce tannins. Headed for beauty i think but only after a much longer beauty sleep. Still, happy to make its acquaintance on this list.

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