Getting to know the 1961 Giacomo Conterno Barolo @ Home

Dinner with Doug K.

Steak with a mushroom sauce.

• 1961 Giacomo Conterno Barolo 93 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  Beautiful translucent orange/rust color. Quite a bit of sediment. Very much alive, although I suspect this was at it's peak a decade ago. Much more secondary and tertiary flavors now. Leather, earth, mushroom, dried flowers and hints of balsamics. This possesed a very nice, sweet, bouquet that comes from extended bottle aging... almost a sweet old wood smell. Still holding its structure and it went very well with food. I suspect this will continue to hold at this stage for a while.

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Aged Gouda, Camembert, St Andre

• 2005 Bookster Merlot 92 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  Very nice, old world styled Merlot, with a good stuffing of blueberry and ripe plums. Some cedar, minerals and spice. A bit short right now due to the tannins that clamp down.

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• 2003 Gerhard Hattenheimer Hassel Riesling Spätlese 88 Points

  Germany, Rheingau

  A bit less structured than I remembered. Still a big, fat, auslese style of wine. Started to firm up again with some air.

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