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1971 Renato Ratti Barolo Marcenasco |
| Vintage | 1971 |  Label 1 of 5   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Renato Ratti | ||
| Variety | Nebbiolo | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | Marcenasco | ||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Piedmont | ||
| SubRegion | Langhe | ||
| Appellation | Barolo |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 93.5 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 3 notes) | |
| Tasted by DaleW on 12/4/2009: My intention was to open to check for corkiness and let these slowly oxygenate. But when I went to open this just before guests arrived, cork was like sawdust. I decanted through a filter, and a rather foul smelling light color browning wine came out. The bottle had more sediment that I have ever seen other than MAYBE a VP. Since a couple people couldn't make it, I had decided to skip flight 5, but added back in as I expected this to be undrinkable. But lo and behold, when I went down for the first flight, the color had deepened. And the foul smell had blown off. And by time it was served (about 3 hours after opening) it was a perfectly nice mature Barolo. Good acids, red and black cherries, wet moss, tar. The miracle bottle. F on opening, B+/A- later. (150 views) | |
| Tasted by ezagottis on 4/30/2009 & rated 93 points: (215 views) | |
| Tasted by Fefe on 4/29/2009 & rated 94 points: (197 views) |
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About red wine
Varietal character (Appellation America) | Nebbiolo on CellarTracker Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctor Vignaioli Piemontesi (Italian only) Union of Producers of Albese Wines (Albeisa) Regional History: The wines of Piemonte are noted as far back as Pliny's Natural History. Due to geographic and political isolation, Piemonte was without a natural port for most of its history, which made exportation treacherous and expensive. This left the Piemontese with little incentive to expand production. Sixteenth-century records show a mere 14% of the Bassa Langa under vine -- most of that low-lying and farmed polyculturally. In the nineteenth century the Marchesa Falletti, a frenchwoman by birth, brought eonologist Louis Oudart from Champagne to create the first dry wines in Piemonte. Along with work in experimental vineyards at Castello Grinzane conducted by Camilo Cavour -- later Conte di Cavour, leader of the Risorgimento and first Prime Minister of Italy -- this was the birth of modern wine in the Piedmont. At the heart of the region and her reputation are Alba and the Langhe Hills. This series of weathered outcroppings south of the Tanaro River is of maritime origin and composed mainly of limestone, sand and clay, known as terra bianca. In these soils -located mainly around the towns of Barolo and Barbaresco -- the ancient allobrogica, now Nebbiolo, achieves its renowned fineness and power. |
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