2003 Andrea Oberto Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  12/9/2022 - Endodr Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Aromas and tastes of cherries, leather, and cedar. Smaoth tannins. Fully mature and ready to drink

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  1/4/2015 - Lobonick Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Tar, earth, black fruit, cigar box, complex spices, and a sweet baked orange peel effect. This wine is drinking gorgeously now. It's expansive, chewy, beautiful, and has a very, very long finish. Tar and baked, almost-burnt caramel, dominate the mid-palate while a slightly-coarse graphite creates the texture of this wine. Acidity is firm, but in balance against the fruit and earthy notes. Just beautiful.

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  12/28/2014 - sequoiagrove Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I've had trouble understanding why barolo is so popular and expensive, as they are usually watery , sour, and flavourless. I bought this one from an Italian premium winestore for a last attempt at concluding that Barolo is not for me. The store owner said that this was the only one he had that was mature for me to fully understand what Barolo is. He certainly knows what he is talking about. Because I love it. Before decanting I pulled the cork and it smelled of premium Tuscany cigar. The wine sniffing the bottle has the same cigar with some red fruits. The colour is amber and transparent, and I had a sip. Reminded me of a much older Vina Tondonia Grand Reserva. Earthy, woody, distant red tart fruits. Into the decanter it went for 5 hours. Then I had it with barolo reduced mushrooms and small onions, rosemary taters and pork leg . Taste was the same tuscany cigar, then earth, mushroom, ripe cherries, and bark. Like taking a stroll in an old forest. Certainly Tondonia is the closest wine I can think of. But after dinner I pulled out some Jamon Iberico. Then the wine changed character. Reminded me of well aged older Beringer Private reserve and 1987 BV G. Latour. Darker more apparent fruits emerged, and eucalyptus, with a rough texture from "chewy" tannins that I love. Really impressive wine that you can shape as you want (except if you want fresh and fruity).

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  12/25/2011 - boegemann wrote: 90 Points

  Lovely and aromatic with red cherries and black licorice. On the palette the red cherry returns with rose leading to an interesting prune as the black licorice brings it all back together. Tannins build slowly and crescendo big.

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  1/10/2009 - dwoody wrote: 91 Points

  Dark reddish and a little rusty looking. The nose leaps out of the glass and smells of sour cherry and tar. Very nice smelling nebbiolo. Sour, tart, cherries on the tongue with very present tannins. Mouth drying and earthy with a nice floral componet. Big wine. Definately a modern interpretation of nebbiolo and I like it. Drink now with decanting or up to another 5-7 years.

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