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1998 Gianfranco Alessandria Barolo San Giovanni |
| Vintage | 1998 |  | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Gianfranco Alessandria (web) | ||
| Variety | Nebbiolo | ||
| Designation | San Giovanni | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Piedmont | ||
| SubRegion | Langhe | ||
| Appellation | Barolo |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 7 notes) | |
| Tasted by wineismylife on 3/16/2010 & rated 92 points: Tuesday with the Texes (Amici's Signature Italian, Carrollton, TX): WIML92 Tasted at an offline. Garnet to dark garnet color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of black berries, anise, herbs and a bit of black cherry. Flavors of black berries, black licorice and a bit of black cherry. Medium to bright acidity, medium to firm tannins, medium to full bodied. Drink now with some air time or continue to hold. My personal preference is to hold. (182 views) | |
| Tasted by Winetex on 3/16/2010 & rated 91 points: See notes from 2/6/10; this bottle was better than the previous one but still has the rustic, tannic finish. Good with food to soften the rough edges. (208 views) | |
| Tasted by Winetex on 2/6/2010 & rated 90 points: Clear, dark ruby red with slight sediment; A Montforte mountain of tannins but with an aromatic nose and classic Neb flavors. Better with food because of the tannins. This might have been difficult to taste on release due to the tannins, wow. Well-priced for the quality. (253 views) | |
| Tasted by fiat600 on 1/18/2010: Tasted 2010-01-15. 95p (249 views) | |
| Tasted by Landshark on 12/9/2009 & rated 91 points: (275 views) | |
| Tasted by rmalloy on 6/21/2008 & rated 92 points: Blind-reviewed yesterday: 93. Today the wine has softened out and is tastier, but I dropped it a point because I may just have a fondness for barolo--a wine so different to me than all the other wines out there, which are generally fruit-driven if not fruit bombs. This wine has notes of tar, blackberry, roses, minerals, vanilla. Still very leathery, but has good balancing acidity. Should improve with time. I liked the '96 better, and it was cheaper, but I consider this wine a fair value nonetheless. My kind of wine. (490 views) | |
| Tasted by 14Frimaire on 4/15/2007: While distinctly modern, I don't think this has made it all the way to the dark side. Yes, the color is dark and it operates more on the meat, coffee, tar, and iron side of the spectrum than floral and rose petal -- but it works. The wood is still obvious but tasteful (and I am generally pretty sensitive on that score), the material deep and layered. With about an hour of air this was approachable, on much more than a scientific level, but no doubt its best days lie ahead. (683 views) |
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About Red Wines 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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