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• 560 B&W Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 12, 2023 - Still very tight

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• ilcor wrote: 90 points

  September 8, 2023 - Past it's peak, drink up

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• 560 B&W Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 25, 2023 - Best on night three. 14.5%

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• jeanclaude Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 21, 2023 - Brought to a tasting with some discerning Barolo afficinados. I double decanted two hours beforehand. Impressive nose of deep fruit tar and leather. Really great color. Certainly aged nicely around rim and inward. But took some heat from the group in terms of acidity and tannic nature. It was too much for some. And I understood. Entry was mouth filling then dropped off steeply into an acidic finish. But you never give up on your children. Typical older school Barolo. Never easy. I enjoyed after four hours of air. You should do the same.

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• thesternowl wrote: 94 points

  February 23, 2023 - This bottle of 2010 Pecchenino “Le Coste” was pulled from my cellar on a “school night” and brought to a fun little gathering of service friends after their shift. Opened, splash decanted and consumed over three hours; served side-by-side with the 2010 Roberto Voerzio “Brunate”. The Pecchenino “Le Coste” was locked down pretty hard for the first 30 minutes but shifted dramatically before the hour mark. At that point, it was singing with bright, red and dark fruits, roses, tar and wrapped up in the most elegant package. Compared to the Voerzio, this was lithe and open-knit. A lovely, traditional expression of Barolo that, while endowed with the classic structure of 2010, is just beginning to offer up more of its charm. It’s probably worth noting that Pecchenino actually resides in the Dogliani commune, just across the boarder from Monforte d’Alba. Dogliani is where some of the highest expressions of Dolcetto are produced under the Dogliani Superiore DOCG classification. Pecchenino’s Dolcetto’s are lovely examples and super reasonable…but I digress. Back to this wine, “Le Coste” is a small-ish MGA in the Barolo commune that sits directly south of the town of Barolo and said to share some similarities with the Cannubi MGA just to the north. While I don’t have enough experience drinking wines made with the fruit from "Le Coste", I can certainly draw some parallels. Anyway, on this night, the "Le Coste" by Pecchenino wiped the floor with the "Brunate" from Voerzio, which couldn’t seem to really get out of the gate and even after 3 hours in a decanter. The Voerzio is gonna need forever to come back around. Drink now with at least 30min of air. Otherwise, this will continue to drink well through 2030+.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Pecchenino
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Le Coste
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Codes 8033540570001, 8033540570094

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• In Cellars 425 (68%)
• Consumed 199 (32%)

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