Barolos

Becky's House
Tasted Sunday, May 5, 2013 by rocknroller with 427 views

Introduction

This was a club event featuring Barolos.

Flight 1 (7 Notes)

  • 2006 Azienda Giribaldi Barbaresco 87 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco

    Medium dark red color. Tasted 1 glass over 2 hours plus. Decanted 1.5hrs. Dry earth, oak, spice, dried cherries. The palate is srustic, tannic, earthy, woody, oak, spices, dried red berries. Disappointing. 87(-) pts.

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  • 2004 Camerano Barolo Cannubi San Lorenzo 89 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Ryusty dark red color. 2 hr decant. Drank 1 glass blind over 2hrs. Seemed pretty clearly Barolo, and with some age, though I said around a 2000 vintage. The nose was excellent and really outshined the palate. Nose shows lots of damp earth, berry, dried herbs, rose hips, very floral. The palate shows raspberry, tart cherry, firm tannins, oaky, rather stern at this point. If the palate ever measures up the nose this could be really nice, for now 89-90pts

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  • 2004 Fratelli Seghesio Barolo Vigneto la Villa 92 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Medium dark red color. 2hr decant. Drank 1 glass over 3 hours. Another gorgeous nose with plum, mulberry, logan berry, floral, cedarbox, vanilla, spice. The palate is fresh, dark berries, nice, oak, licorice, dusty tannins. Very complex, medium body, cherries emerge later, nice acid, long finish. 92(+)pts. My #4 and group #3 WOTN.

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  • 2004 Andrea Oberto Barolo Vigneto Rocche 93 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Medium dark red color. Decanted for 3 hrs. Drank 1 glass over 2.5 hrs. This really grows on you, still needing time emerge. after another hour this was singing. The nose is very earthy, damp, cherry, red cerries, cedarbox, scorched earth, dried wood. The palate is elegant, nicely layered, with nice cherry and red berry fruit, leather, cedar, long silky finish. Tannins are round and starting to loosen. 93pts. My #2 WOTN and group #1 WOTN.

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  • 2005 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Colonnello 92 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Medium dark red color. Decanted for 3 hours. Drank 1 glass over 2 hours. Nose is still a bit tight on pouring, opens gradually over 30 minutes, becoming floral, subtle mushrooms, cherry, briar, vanilla bean. The palate shows cherry, briary, vanilla bean, firm tannins, tart fruit, nice finish. Young, but well balanced. My #3 WOTN. 92(+)pts.

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  • 2004 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Romirasco 94 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Very dark red color. Decanted 3 hrs. Drank 1 glass over 2 hours. This was an impressive wine, very complex and exciting. The nose shows scorched earth, vanilla bean, dry wood, leather, briary. The palate is elegant, mint, bright berry, medium body, lots of anise, oak, spices, long finish. All of this is wrapped up around a core of currently grippy tannins. My WOTN and group #2 WOTN. 94(+)pts

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  • 2000 Luciano Sandrone Barolo Cannubi Boschis 90 Points

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    Very dark red color. Decanted for 3 hrs. Drank 1 glass over 1+ hour. I don't know, this didn't seem close to the last bottle of this we had. The nose was tight, mostly oak. The palate though is rich and velvety, black and red fruits, lots of wood yet, strong oak, heavily spiced, tannic, grippy, licorice. 90(?)pts.

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Closing

Group WOTN voting:

#1 2004 Oberto Rocche, 25pts (3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1=25pts)
#2 2004 Conterno Romirasco, 19pts (3+3+3+3+3+3+1=19pts)
#3 2004 Seghesio Vigneto la Villa, 16pts (3+3+2+2+2+1+1+1+1=16pts)
#4 2000 Sandrone Cannubi 11pts (3+2+2+1+1+1=10pts)
#5 2005 Conterno Colonnello 2pts (1+1=2pts)
2004 Camerano (0pts)
2006 Giribaldi Barbaresco (0pts)

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