Vinous Piedmont Icons Dinner @ Legacy Records (Legacy Records, NYC): The '04 Montefico was very pretty, showing a delicate and sweet fruit expression alongside some of the more savory, meaty notes I found in the other Roagna wines. On the nose, I found red cherry fruits, iron, raw meat, red floral tones, and minerality. On the palate, the wine is quite tight and clenched, but what's there is really nice, with iron, red cherry fruit, red floral tones, smoke, and leather. The fruit profile is a tiny bit oxidative, but nowhere near as much as the 2000 Crichet Paje or 1996 Pira. The sweetness of the fruit really stood out here.
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Nice dark-fruit perfume but with a hint of rusticity (Brett?). Elegant on the palate but quite chunky tannins. All in all a nice wine but a little disjointed and rustic.
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(Roagna Monte Fico Barbaresco) #3; VaynerPAZZZ; COLOR-medium; NOSE-pine tree; maple; very earthy as well; insect repellant; some black fruit (mulberry); very funktafied; PALATE-very complex, but quite tight; dry city, USA; not really feeling this wine; AG-95; GV-90
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10/17/2023 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Vinous Piedmont Icons Dinner @ Legacy Records (Legacy Records, NYC): The '04 Montefico was very pretty, showing a delicate and sweet fruit expression alongside some of the more savory, meaty notes I found in the other Roagna wines. On the nose, I found red cherry fruits, iron, raw meat, red floral tones, and minerality. On the palate, the wine is quite tight and clenched, but what's there is really nice, with iron, red cherry fruit, red floral tones, smoke, and leather. The fruit profile is a tiny bit oxidative, but nowhere near as much as the 2000 Crichet Paje or 1996 Pira. The sweetness of the fruit really stood out here.
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12/6/2022 - jamesabdavis wrote:
Nice dark-fruit perfume but with a hint of rusticity (Brett?).
Elegant on the palate but quite chunky tannins. All in all a nice wine but a little disjointed and rustic.
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10/7/2022 - Larre Likes this wine: 93 Points
Similar to previous notes. Lots of secondary notes, lacks a bit of fruit, and might be beyond its prime drinking window. Still a great Barbaresco! 93
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3/6/2021 - LWI wrote: 92 Points
Good depth, tannin makes it unbalanced at present. 10 more years, at least?
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10/10/2020 - Larre Likes this wine: 94 Points
See previous tasting notes.
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