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1999 Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Vignolo
Nebbiolo
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Langhe
- Barolo
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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t_moderne wrote: flawed
January 31, 2024 - Opened and decanted
Ruby rust color.
Nose offers stewed fruits and cedar; touch of menthol.
Tastes better than it smells.
Dried fruit, plums/prunes and leaves with the menthol note.
The nose suggests it is cooked and suffered from heat damage.
Too bad as there was potential here. Disappointing.
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NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 95 points
January 24, 2020 - What a great bottle of Vignolo. Explosive aromatics of ripe dark red cherries, plum, some red berries, smoke, menthol, leather, etc. It‘s medium-full bodied, dense and pretty structured, with medium-high acidity and medium+ tannin that is very good quality. Long finish with plenty of complexity. This is in a perfect place now with still vibrant fruit but tertiary notes starting to build up. What a beauty.
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sburtt Likes this wine: 93 points
December 18, 2019 - incredibly fruity given the age, fresh, clean, scents of cherry, red fruit, sous bois, mushroom, gentle tannin on the palate, and somewhat sweet on the end, very nice, lacking the wow effect
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RichardP wrote: 92 points
March 1, 2018 - Menthol on the nose; on the palate, rich cherry and red berry fruit with strong notes of iron and earth over lighter floral notes, and strong tannins and acidity on the medium to long finish. Although this was decanted for two hours and drunk over two more, it didn't fully open up; this needs several more years, and it should be decanted for sediment. This shows the "iron fist in velvet glove" side of Barolo. Very good value at about $60.
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pdicorpo Likes this wine: 93 points
August 7, 2015 - Fantastic bottle of wine! Ready to drink now. very smooth but still rich with flavor.
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By Antonio Galloni
1999 Barolo: Brilliance, Intensity and Class (Aug 2014), 11/1/2012 (link)(Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Vignolo) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
Cavallotto: The Barolo Riservas (Apr 2005) (link)(Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Vignolo) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
November/December 2002, IWC Issue #105 (link)(Fratelli Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Vigna Punta Vignolo) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- Type Red
- Producer Cavallotto
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation Riserva
- Vineyard Vignolo
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barolo
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 48 (43%)
- Consumed 64 (57%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- AppellationBarolo