2019 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 98.7 points

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  10/12/2023 - shifter Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Cask sample with Roberto. Nose is bursting from the glass immediately. Purple fruit on the palate with tons of structure balanced by pure elegance. A beautiful wine already in balance, excited to see how it develops in the bottle.
  
  Interesting note is he bottled the entire Francia and Arione vineyards as the Monfortino, which means 30k bottles of Monfortino. Bottling in '24 and release in '25.

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  4/22/2023 - Andre Brattland wrote: 98 Points

  Cask sample with Roberto. Really distinctive and clearly rocking in the aromas with rose petals that seduce with cherries, a little field strawberry, a little herb, spice and light fruity sweetness.
  
  Medium to full-bodied wine with this wonderful delicacy that seduces from here to the moon with this fierce herbal note that lies over fresh almost youthful purple fruit, red berries, some smoke and licorice. Really deep and really dense fresh fruit that needs time to open up. But this will be one of the best Monfortino! .Long firm tannins in the more austere finish and with wonderful acidity. This is as it should be! Minimum 20-30 years in. 98 points.

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  4/19/2023 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine:

  Visit to Giacomo Conterno: Very brief impression tasting at the winery.
  
  In 2019, all of Arione and Francia will be used for the Monfortino. Roberto said it was clear at the time of harvest that he would produce only Monfortino from both vineyards.
  
  It's hard to evaluate this wine from a very brief tasting amidst other conversation. But my two takeaways were that (a) the 2019 returns to a more pure, red fruited expression of Monfortino, as I recall the 2013-2014, but as opposed to the 2015 which was much darker and spicier in tone, and (b) I found the texture of this vintage to be somewhere in between the 2013 and 2014. I did not find the 2019 to be as finessed as the 2014, a truly special wine where the tannins seem nonexistent each time I have tasted it. But in an absolute sense, this wine is super finessed, as I found the '19 Monfortino rich and concentrated with the tannins almost hidden by the density of fruit. Compared to the 2013, at least, I think the '19 is also a bit more fruit driven and with less savory complexity, but it's unclear to me if that is because of the timing of tasting this or because of the vintage itself.

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  4/12/2023 - cct wrote: 99 Points

  With Stephanie, Erin, and Roberto
  
  A lung filling nose. Deep with balsam, florals violet as much as rose and cool cherry fruit. More expansive and intense yet less overtly structured than Ceretta. Monumental intensity but with more grace. Seamless. Inner calm regal effortlessly fantastic wine. Long doesn't quite describe the length. Finishes with firm ripe tannins. Stunning

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