1999 Elio Altare Langhe Arborina

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  5/22/2020 - hargy Likes this wine: 87 Points

  still alive and drinkable, if only just - the fruit has faded to almost nothing

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  12/11/2018 - hargy wrote:

  good cork but way gone - not spoiled though just old - not rated

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  6/25/2018 - fozzibaer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Still very drinkable, but felt a bit tired already. Maybe not a good bottle?

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  8/10/2016 - whybuyone Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This is a good Langhe but I think the Altare Larigi is a better wine overall. The Arborina is still quite powerful but I'm not sure it's going to soften much more with time. It just seems to be a bigger, bolder wine.
  
  It opened nicely after two hours. Has a very cherry, medicinal spice quality to it. Definitely not a pop and pour. Give it time to open. Pairing with meat is almost a necessity.

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  6/25/2014 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 92 Points

  An aged tasting of Elio Altare wines with Silvia Altare (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): Quite nice aromas. Hefty, but very pleasing, showing nice Nebbiolo tart notes. Lovely and elegant. Nice palate entry with lots of intensity and tannins. Puckering and lean, gritty and intense... very brutal, but in a nice way. Some herbal notes, but still very primary. Very puckering and brutal tannins still present on the finish. Still, quite nice, intense, but very primary and lots of structure.

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