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• MattJ Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 31, 2023 - This was in excellent condition for 30! Decanted some sediment. Dark ruby, with slight bricking and only hint of age was a slight Madeira note on the nose. Balanced, good length, this was singing and went well with our filet mignon dinner and good company.

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• originalverkorkt Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 13, 2022 - If there is a Barolo that can be called classic, it is the one with the "Barolo formula" of Pio Cesare. The wine has been around for almost 150 years and has always been a cross-locational wine, combining the best of Serralunga d'Alba (Ornato, La Serra and Briccolina), Grinzane Cavour (Gustava and Garretti), La Morra (Roncaglie) and Novello (Ravera). The Nebbiolo fruit, at least today, is fermented in stainless steel for about 25 days and left on the skins. This is followed by aging in 2,500-liter French Botti. Whether this was exactly the case in 1993, I can not say.
  
  But what I can say is that the 1993 was a Berolo to kneel down. A wine for all the senses and the intellectual in equal measure. It still had a subtle, ripe fruit of wild strawberries, small red cherries complete with cherry pits and purple flowers and wilted roses. Equally present were the tertiary aromas of leather, tobacco, earth, truffle and the ethereal notes of mint and coriander and blood oranges. 1993 was anything but an enthusiastic year in Barolo with lots of rain, coolness, a stormy summer, a hot August and a changeable September. But this wine is simply delightful, soaring, fresh yet powerful, and a Barolo par excellence that should easily remain at this level for another ten years or more.

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• Tarrant wrote: 90 points

  February 21, 2009 - Our first really aged Barolo, I've gave this a 90 by virtue of it's distinctive character, this may have been past it's window, but it was really interesting and evoked a lot of conversation - Dark reddish/brown, ambering rim , full bodied, notes of tar, flowers, cherry, earth, mushroom and vanilla on the nose, very complex/balanced, a touch flat in the middle, the finish was very good, silky smooth with decent length, very interesting! (90 Points).

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• Ian S wrote:

  September 20, 2008 - The relatively light colour of this wine is moving from red towards tawny and there's similar evidence of maturity at the rim.
  
  On the nose it's subtle but persistent, showing a sweet leathery edge to the fruit, and on swirling the nose brings this wine right into classical Nebbiolo territory (Tar and roses if you like). The palate is beautifully balanced with acidity in tight support, almost moulded around the fruit - never sticking out but always sufficient. There's that quite typical Nebbiolo sweetness to the aged fruit, but counterbalanced by the acid and soft tannins. Subtlety very much in evidence here and there is complexity and length, but without great intensity. It really is a wine that you savour the finish though.
  
  For me this wine is 'in the slot' and if you have any I'd recommend drinking it anytime over the next 3-4 years, but it may even go longer.

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• Vintage 1993
• Type Red
• Producer Pio Cesare
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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