1990 Barolo with Eric & Leo's Barolo Group

Paprika Restaurant, 110 St. Marks Place, NYC
Tasted Wednesday, February 16, 2011 by kenv with 850 views

Introduction

Eric Guido organized this tasting. It was a huge success!

I'll write more tomorrow.

Flight 1 - Flight 1 (2 Notes)

Flight 2 - Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo 95 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Opened at noon. DD at 5pm. Drunk about 8pm.] Stunning, ethereal nose of white truffle and sweet red fruit. Silky, expansive in the mouth, but still with a load of tannin. Very appealing sour cherry. Long finish, opens wide. Several of us had the same sense that this wine was wide, while the 1990 G. Rinaldi Brunate Riserva paired with it was pinpoint focused. Both classic, but somehow quite different.

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  • 1990 Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Riserva Brunate 97 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Opened at noon. DD at 5pm. Drunk about 8pm.] Tighter, more focused and intense nose (than the 1990 Bartolo with which it was paired). Thicker in the mouth. Warm and silky. Very long finish. In the mouth, more pinpoint focused than the Bartolo. Both classic, but somehow quite different. Incredible persistence in this wine. Tonight, I give a slight edge to this wine, but both are great!

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Flight 3 - Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 94 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Opened 2pm. DD 4:30. Drunk around 8:30pm.] Stunning nose of roses, iron, and black truffles. Lovely, but not as gripping in the mouth. Slightly disappointing, given the 97 point nose.

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  • 1990 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Colonnello Flawed

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Magnum. Opened 12:30. Drunk around 8:30pm.] Dried red fruit and tar in the nose. More advanced than it should be and fading more quickly than it should. A pleasant wine, maybe worth 91-92 points initially, but from a magnum it should be much younger and better than this showing.

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Flight 4 - Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Villero di Castiglione Falletto 96 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [DD at noon. Drunk about 9pm.] Stunning nose of black fruits and tar. Incredibly sweet in the mouth. Explosive and stunning. Meaty. Christi D says "Tastes of roasted bone marrow."

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  • 1990 Vietti Barolo Riserva Villero 95 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Opened at 7am. DD at 7pm. Drunk around 9pm.] Ethereal nose. Long, rich, backward. Still needs time. Perhaps the only wine here tonight (along with the 1990 Mascarello Monprivato) that still needs time. Serious stuff. Lots of potential. 94-97 points.

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Flight 5 - Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Fratelli Brovia Barolo Monprivato 93 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Decanted 6:30. Drunk around 9:30pm.] Big woody nose. Rustic, sour. A very appealing wine, but may have needed a little more air to show all its stuff.

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  • 1990 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato 95 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Decanted from 3:30 to 5:30, then back in the bottle (according to Mauro Mascarello's advice), but this bottle needed more air than that. Drunk around 9:30pm.] Grilled beef and portobello mushrooms. Tight, tannic, riveting. Will be truly great in 10-20 years! 95-97 points.

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Flight 6 - Flight 6 (2 Notes)

  • 1990 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba 97 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [DD at noon. Drunk about 10pm.] Heady nose of ground beef and white truffles. Amazing length. HFS! A riveting, glorious wine!

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  • 1990 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Collina Rionda 99 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    [Opened 1pm. DD 5:30. Drunk around 10pm.] Is there something beyond Ray Tuppatsch's "Killer Plus"? Maybe it's "I need a change of underwear." This is amazing. The best bottle of this wine I have had. Classic ground lamb, iron, and fruitcake. Sweet black fruit. Silky, elegant, powerful. An overwhelming wine that brings tears to my eyes.

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Closing

We had one corked bottle and one unusually advanced bottle out of 12. So many of the remaining 10 were terrific wines. It is very clear that the best producers made great wine in 1990.

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