1989 Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Vignolo

Community Tasting Notes (6) Median Score: 94 points

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  9/23/2018 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  Ristorante Bovio with Luca (La Morra, Cuneo): Rusty red colour. A complex, poignant bouquet of dry clay, tobacco, preserved and dried red fruit, old leather, burnt toffee and lemon zest. On palate, I saw this Barolo as evolved, not tertiary, and appropriately oxidised, not oxidative. The tannins are now perfectly melded with the fruit and there is sufficient primary fruit, for me, to match the acids. Fresh and dried red berry fruit and plums. Earth, tar and tobacco leaf. Complex and layered and beautiful with both my duck dishes. However, mine was the minority view having the Vignolo as wine of the dinner, with others suggesting it was perhaps too advanced.

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  2/24/2017 - cct wrote: flawed

  Tucson Nebbiolo Winter Escape 2017
  
  Double decanted in the AM for sediment
  
  Ripe but disjointed with a candied, flawed feel to it. Some cough syrupy notes. I have a hard time thinking this was a correct bottle for tis maker this vineyard and this year. Did not drink it except to come back and confirm it. the same the next AM. NR

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  6/20/2016 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  Dinner at Bovio, La Morra: Earthy brown colour. An autumnal, detailed bouquet of dried leaves, clay, tartufi neri, dried porcini, preserved red fruits with flecks of raisin. Not at all sherried on bouquet or in the mouth. On palate, poignant and ethereal with wholly secondary and tertiary notes. Mellowed and savoury, any fruit sweetness now gone. The tannins are now fully resolved and softened. The fruit however is still very much alive with good concentration and volume. Beautifully balanced with lovely acidity. Complex and nuanced showing forest floor, earth, porcini, old red fruits, balsamico and cigar. Paired well with my duck and black truffle cannelloni and the sweeter cheeses. A wine to drink soon though.

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  11/14/2015 - kenv Likes this wine: 94 Points

  NK 1989 Barolo Dinner (Dovetail Restaurant, NYC): [Double-decanted at 2pm.] Lovely, complex cherry nose. Still quite tannic, but delicious, long, and complex.

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  9/3/2015 - jerhardt wrote: flawed

  The first time I have ever had a waiter rip the entire top of a bottle off when trying to open it. Apparently there was some flaw in the glass, as this drank very oxidized. Disappointing, as this should have been a great bottle.

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