2002 Montaribaldi Barolo Borzoni

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 85.5 points

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  8/11/2009 - Alex H wrote: 81 Points

  Dinner at Lee Kui: Loads of wood, aged furniture, old leather upholdstery, and buckets of dry earth. Very rustic wine with dry palate. Got bark , savory meat and a squeeze of dried berry fruits. This is like a farmer with his soil tainted hands squeezing the grapes to make the wine.

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  8/6/2009 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points

  Cold Crabs at Lee Kui (Lee Kui (Ah Hoi) Teochew Restaurant, Mosque Street): Kindly dropped off for us to try by Waldo. Very nice traditional Barolo notes on the nose - a bit of stinky funk, earth, sweet cherries, rose syrup and some hints of tar. Palate was rather weaker unfortunately. Still, a very pleasant drink. Lightly textured, it showed sweet cherry, dried earth, briary notes, some tea, a whiff of damp mushrooms and a decent balance. I thought it flagged a little at the mid-palate and was rather short on the finish, but it did have a nice linger of tannin, a touch of dried wood and plenty of leathery tones just before it tailed off. Not the most complex of wines, but certainly grew on me over the night. Reflective of the vintage, it was no blockbuster, but I thought this had plenty of charm and a harmonious, integrated feel to it.Very quaffable for a young Barolo too.

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