Community Tasting Note
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JamesTye Likes this wine: 90 points
September 25, 2013 - From 750ml. Opened and served straight away. Colour was light, red brick, slighly brown edge. The wine immediately impressed with an intriguing nose of cherry, mushroom and truffle and was instantly recognisable as a traditional style Barolo. The palate was initially closed and quite tannic. As it opened up in the glass, the palate started to reflect the nose with the same cherry, forest floor and truffle scents. A big wine with a decent length finish and well integrated but imposing tannins.
This is an immediately impressive Barolo but, confusingly, the last glass was the most disappointing. The wine completely shut down after a couple of hours - both the nose and the palate - and became drying and lifeless. This might have been the food pairing but it troubles me about where this wine might end up in the cellar. There is a chance that this will be slightly empty shell in 10 years time (I've had this experience with Conterno wines in the past) but it is undoubtedly well-made, delicious and a good showcase for the variety at 7 years of age.1 person found this helpful 5,941 views
2 Comments
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Seth Rosenberg commented:
9/26/13, 8:13 AM - Thanks for the detailed review on the wine and its evolution in the glass. I don't have much experience with Aldo Conterno's wines, but I've found that wine some very young wines, they might opening up somewhat after the cork is pulled, but there is only a window and the wine begins to shut down again. I certainly found this with the 05 Burgundies. Could that be what is happening?
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JamesTye commented:
9/28/13, 8:31 AM - You might well be right Seth but I thought I best report that this happened. My guest at dinner is a Spanish wine maker and he reported exactly the same boom and bust evolution in the glass.
I also had a 1997 Conterno Barolo recently that really should have been better so I was trying to draw some conclusions. Let's hope that I'm wrong and this wine evolves beautifully!