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Red
1964 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo
Nebbiolo
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Langhe
- Barolo
Label borrowed from 1967
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Community Tasting Notes 32
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enthusiastic_amateur Likes this wine: 91 points
March 3, 2024 - Still retaining a dark core of fruit, would not have guessed this to be a 60 year old wine. Elegant throughout the palate but left wanting for more complexity on the finish. Overall very nice.
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Beachfan Likes this wine: 93 points
February 12, 2022 - Fully mature, but not frail, tar on the nose leather on palette, dark plum. Zero sediment!!
Notes From MS: rose and cola. -
PSPatrick wrote: 91 points
June 17, 2020 - I had a great bottle of Francesco Rinaldi Barolo 1970 about a month ago and have been waiting for an opportunity to indulge in another old vintage of Francesco Rinaldi's Barolos. Bottle and cork of this 1964 were in impeccable condition. The wine threw a lot of sediment and the bottle was crusted, but the wine was easy to separate from the sediment since the bottle stood upright for the last couple of weeks.
The wine was medium to dark garnet in colour and looked quite youthful and dark for a Nebbiolo at this age. Cherry, lots of sweet tobacco, mushroom, spices, ethereal notes, herbal notes and balsamic notes on the nose an palate. Full-bodied, with lively acidity, round, mostly resolved tannin and very good length. Full, ripe, broad and quite sweet, much sweeter than I like even in old wines.
I found surprisingly little Nebbiolo typicity in this 1964. Legend is that it used to be quite common to blend some Barbera or Dolcetto into Barolos in the old days and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the 1964 includes a very generous dash of Barbera…
Even if this was not the profile I was looking for when I pulled the bottle, it is still quite impressive how well this Francesco Rinaldi Barolo 1964 ages!1 person found this helpful Comment -
retired_and_roving wrote: flawed
May 22, 2020 - Wine in the time of Corona Virus - Quarantining in NYC & NH; 3/7/2020-9/1/2020 (NYC/NH): Decanted this a few hours in advance - cork was a soppy mess and the wine was very brown and quite musty on the nose. Was hoping some airtime would add color and liven up the wine - alas it was not to be. Either corked or just Dead on Arrival - this puppy was undrinkable sadly:-(
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_water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 93 points
May 10, 2019 - Incredibly impressive for the age. So dark in the glass and no way indicating a wine that is over 50 years old. A far more aged nose. Flavours of Mint, floral and tar. Layered. Balanced. But so tannic. Drink up.
Shared with KB, DH, Gord, AO, and ST
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2018, Issue #73, In a Piemonte State of Mind Another Round of Barolo, Barbaresco & Friends(Barolo- Francesco Rinaldi e Figli) Subscribe to see review text.
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Jul/Aug 2014, Issue #52, A Slew of Barolo and Barbaresco Vertical Reports For Too Much of a Good, Old Thing Is Never Enough(Barolo- Francesco Rinaldi e Figli) Subscribe to see review text.
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Sep/Oct 2010, Issue #29, Handicapping the 1958, 1964 and 1971 Vintages in Barolo and Barbaresco- Patience in Piemonte Has Such Fine Rewards(Barolo- Francesco Rinaldi e Figli) Subscribe to see review text.
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Jul/Aug 2010, Issue #28, Francesco Rinaldi e Figli- Traditional Piemonte Excellence That Waits Only For the Fullness of Time(Barolo- Francesco Rinaldi e Figli) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
1/16/2014 (link) 94 points(Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo) Lightly bricked medium dark red violet color; aromatic, deep, dried berry, black cherry, anise nose; delicious, rich, dried berry, tart black cherry, anise, dried cherry palate; should go 15-plus years; long finish 94+ points
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By Richard Jennings
10/6/2013 (link) 93 points(Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo) Bricked dark red orange color with orange meniscus; earthy, coffee, date cake, coffee syrup, light molasses nose; tasty, mature, date cake, saline, salty date palate; long finish (surprisingly dark in color for an old Barolo) 93+ points
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By Richard Jennings
1/15/2013 (link) 93 points(Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo) Bricking very dark red violet color; mature, dried black fruit, dried fig, tar nose; tasty, mature, dried black fruit, dried fig, baked black fruit, tar palate; long finish 93+ points
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By Richard Jennings
1/19/2011 (link) 94 points(Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo) Bricking medium dark red color; appealing, earthy, autumnal, roast rabbit nose; tasty, grippy, dried cherry, roses, rabbit jus, youthful, autumnal, with smoke, tar and char showing up toward finish; long finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1964
- Type Red
- Producer Francesco Rinaldi e Figli
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barolo
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
- In Cellars 214 (70%)
- Consumed 88 (29%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerFrancesco Rinaldi e Figli
- VarietalNebbiolo
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarolo