1998 Conterno Fantino Barolo Sorì Ginestra

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  12/31/2022 - Dionysos 1920 wrote: 97 Points

  Couleur encore soutenue pour un vin de près de 25 ans, nez expressif avec toutes les spécificités d'un grand Barolo, épicé, floral, fruité, orange sanguine, bouche ample, tanins fins mais encore présents, belle longueur, superbe acidité, un tout grand vin, magique, une superbe manière de commencer l'année 2023.

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  9/25/2022 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Showing well considering the vintage. Nicely balanced, lovely nose, clear, dense fruit, with a notch or two too much oak.

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  2/11/2021 - PSPatrick wrote: 90 Points

  A bottle I bought only recently. Dark brick-ish colour, orange towards the rim. Very evolved. Some sweet, dried fruit, dried cherry, damson plum, intense rose petal, some caramel, herbs, lovage, spices, glycerin and balsamic notes, with good length. The tannin is only partly resolved and still has some dryness and grip, but is integrated well. The alcohol (14% ABV) comes through a little, adding to the impression of sweetness. Broad and more evolved, earthy and tertiary than a 22-year-old Barolo should be, but fairly balanced. Kind of grew on me even if I could not enjoy drinking more than two glasses without food because of its lack of freshness. Even sweeter, but also more harmonious with food on day two. Does not win a price for elegance, but … Drink now, pair with food.

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  8/14/2020 - Dionysos 1920 wrote: 94 Points

  Couleur évoluée mais encore soutenue, nez épicé, fruits noire, confituré et dense, cerises noires, fumé, bouche ample, dense, fruitée, tannins fondus mais encore présents, belle longueur, une très belle bouteille encore en pleine forme

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  3/25/2020 - Frijole wrote:

  dark burgundy red, medium clarity and cloudy, brickish hue
  Nose: plum, leather, cola, minerals, earth, oak
  Pal: plum, leather, tar, cola, dirt, earth, minerals, oak
  Feel: medium, full, grippy
  Finish: medium
  T7
  (has come down quite a bit, perhaps over the hill)

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