1978 Vietti Barolo Rocche

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  5/18/2021 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Another interesting Barolo, long in the tooth but still with some energy. Nose was best early after opening, rich and still a bit fruity, palate showing lots of brown sugar and leather. Steadily fell apart, after 6 hours oxidized into a portiness that was still ok.

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  5/18/2021 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points

  Dinner with the wine group (Millbrae, CA): Light ruby-tawny; aromatic, leafy, red fruited, floral, roses; light bodied, high acidity, balanced alcohol, elegant and lifted throughout, red fruited, some balsamic and soy; medium-plus finish. Really lovely mature Barolo, ready to drink now. 92-93
  Day 2: This held up very well in a small 4oz bottle filled to the top.

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  7/16/2020 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points

  Stood up for 3 months and carefully decanted off its sediment. Light ruby with a tawny edge; high intensity aromatics with some tamari, some smoke, savory, dried flowers; palate has a wonderful elegant mouthfeel with its light body and smooth, elegant tannins, balanced by fresh high acidity, 13.9% alcohol, more tamari on the palate with a ton of umami complexity, lovely depth of flavor through the midpalate; medium to medium-long finish. A lovely fully mature Barolo with impeccable balance, showing well now and a relatively rare treat for me. 92
  4 hours decanted: this lost a bit of its initial character. Now more of a generic aged Nebbiolo. The rare old Nebbiolo that is best right after decanting.

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  4/15/2020 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 91 Points

  After decanting for 4 hours. A nose of a clearly long aged wine, dried flowers, smoke, a bit of leathery dust. Fruit faded from palate, dusky smoky flavors. Good balance. Interesting older Barolo but this bottle is far beyond its prime.

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  1/9/2018 - Mansavage Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The colour was very brick and well back from the edge. Most intriguing was the nose; smells like dried flowers and the part of the college library where no one has been in a long while. Very emotive. Supple in the mouth. More dried out than I had hoped for based on the last bottle I tasted this but still not dusty.

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