Community Tasting Notes 59

• chablis28 wrote: 93 points

  April 29, 2024 - Old Guys Lunch @ Ciao Bella Bloomington Mn. CV,DM,JV,MA,DD & TS. My wine in our last flt with Tom's stellar 07 Renato Ratti Barolo Rocche that did my wine one better. Both btls were excellent examples of ready to go (w/ 2-3hr decants) 14yr old Barolo & Barbaresco. As expected, the Barolo was a bit bigger but its tannins were placid with a suave velvety mouthfeel. The Barolo also delivered a bit more richness and fruit. Possibly producer style? My Produttori was more classic, leaner and more earthy w/ some leather notes. That sad, both were great examples of the beauty of Nebbiolo in the right hands. A really fun flight! 93+ my Barbaresco / 95pts Tom's Barolo.

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• NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 1, 2024 - The 2007 was showing really beautifully. Healthy color, deep and ruby with some bricking. There are notes dried fruits, some super ripe plums, graphite, some tar, flowery notes too, overall more ripe, but still covering the medium-high tannin and the medium+ acidity. Pretty full-bodied. Good length. More opulent, round and layered than some of the other vintages, with very good persistence and length.

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• 560 B&W Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 6, 2024 - Pnp with pork. Quite lovely. Ready, imo.

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• englishman's claret wrote: 92 points

  October 30, 2023 - Followed for about two and a half hours, the 2007 Montestefano needs every minute of that to show its best. Deep, brooding, and serious, this eventually offers red more than black cherry, a little licorice, and a little tar. It's really the deep, focused depth of fruit that enchants in the end but it will require some time to really unfold. Drinking from 2027 onward seems reasonable, otherwise with a long decant (though it seems generally inadvisable to squeeze things from wines that they are not prepared to give).

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• neilsforest Likes this wine:

  October 22, 2023 - Opened 3 hours before drinking. Compelling nose . Some interesting complexity but rather dry medium length finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Produttori del Barbaresco
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Montestefano
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barbaresco
• UPC Codes 451191027503, 665529001756, 8025022001745

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• Pending Delivery 16 (1%)
• In Cellars 705 (61%)
• Consumed 436 (38%)

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