1995 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  9/14/2019 - amc Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Upon opening somewhat flat -- but with time <1 hr wine opened and was perfectly in the drinking window; nose with diesel, sesame, leather; on the palate perfectly balanced, silky texture, mod-full, fine tannins, soft ripe fruit, old leather, spice. Paired beautifully with gruyere style cheese. Drink now.

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  6/12/2019 - RKatzDO wrote: flawed

  Corked, dagnanbbit!

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  12/23/2014 - SeattlePaul Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Excellent. Lots of acid, decent fruit. Pretty decent balance throughout. Does not show up as particularly old world in style, but definitely a Barolo, and definitely a good example of the region.

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  1/2/2011 - aagrawal wrote: 88 Points

  Italian Wino Offline (Delfina, San Francisco): A lovely fully mature barolo with a relatively light color. Nose had some interesting red fruit along with a nice earthy/truffle hint. The most notable characteristic of the wine's palate was its high acidity, which helped it pair well with a lovely red-sauce duck pasta.

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  11/21/2008 - br wrote:

  good, deep nose of truffles and black licorice. slight orange tinge around the rim. good structure and acidity in the mouth..med. bodied/ plenty of mushrooms and clean fruit in the mouth.. odd, metallic finish that was a little off-putting. good, solid, old style barolo but not a great wine. if I was a "pointer", I'd land this one in the upper 80's somewhere.
  
  Drank the 2nd half of the bottle on day 2 and the weird finish metallic finish smoothed out. wine was considerably better the 2nd day.

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