1937 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  6/21/2022 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 94 Points

  this was a little musty after 30 mins in decanter but you could tell the wine was alive and well... everyone agreed that an hour later the mustiness had gone away and the fruit was shining... just beautiful and friendly on the palate with no tannin and beautiful reddish fruit that waved across the tongue like a flag waving in the wind... WOW (for an 85 year old wine)... had with my mom (and more family) who was born in 1937

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  5/31/2018 - dchain Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Pale ruby, significantly transparent at the rim. Looks like an old burgundy. Smells a lot like a 60s burgundy with rose petal, leather, earth, touch of farmyard but plenty of fruit left in this old bottle. Original “regime” bottle and cork was wizened but intact. I really like it but Jeff Z was not very moved whilst I just so happy that something 81 years old could deliver a pleasurable and thoughtful moment. Still had good fruit in it and life and freshness. Good but I agree the 1947 I had a year ago was even better.

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  4/18/2018 - Krassens Likes this wine: 93 Points

  At vertical tasting of Borgogno Barolo Riserva 1937-1971.
  
  E: Red/brown, clear.
  
  N: Exciting, quite complex. Deep umami notes.
  
  P: Soft yet lively, nutty, very nice fruit. A pleasure to get to drink a wine that has past its 80 year mark. (If it was genuine, that is - some in the audience suspected forgery.)

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  12/27/2017 - Pancreatitis wrote:

  Very tertiary to begin with, offaly, fried liver, old leather, soy, hoisin, beef stock, black olive. Freshened considerably with a 2 hour decant to reveal bright red fruits, baking spice, gingerbread.

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  5/22/2017 - Leigh Johnson wrote:

  Very pale, orange-brick, almost dark salmon. Slightly sherried but still remarkably true to Barolo still, tar and roses yes but more delicate, nuanced. The fruit has fried out a fair bit and the tannins completely resolved but the acidity did not stick out and overall, it was an amazingly successful wine, given its 1937 age.

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