Community Tasting Notes 35

• CHINACAT wrote: 94 points

  January 23, 2024 - Dark ruby color and an expressive bouquet. Ripe dark fruit, earthy and silky with lingering flavors and sufficient remaining structure. At its peak. Wonderful bottle.

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• wineswithmuscles Likes this wine:

  December 1, 2022 - A classic Altare showing. Rich, pretty concentrated, as aromas of dried and stewed berries mingle with softer florals, vanilla and an overall nice density. Always an honor to drink older Altare wines.

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• bsw13 Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 20, 2021 - Opened an hour before drinking and poured directly from the bottle. It's excellent. One of the things I love about Altare wines is the consistency. Color is a faded garnet, like the sheen has worn off. A big alcohol nose. Amazing how dry this thing is - tannins softened but very present. Just-about-to-turn-but-still-ripe fruit with solid acidity and a slight smokiness from the bottle age that brings the whole thing together about as good as you can do. Excellent Barolo.

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• wagonwine Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 18, 2018 - Compelling nose urging you back to the glass. Managing the duality of density and leanness, and in harmony to boot. Still very firm tannins suggesting another 5-10 years of life ahead, when paired with the vivacity of the wine and fruit.

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• rocknroller wrote: 93 points

  February 18, 2018 - Monthly Tasting Group: Barolo & Barbaresco (Nolo's Kitchen, Mpls): Medium dark red color. Decanted for 90 minutes; drank 1 glass over 90 minutes. My last bottle and going out on a nice note. I've thoroughly enjoyed these over the years. The nose is pretty with a perfume of dried earth, great fruit - a mix of red and dark red berries, anise, slight savory notes, dried violets, cedar and pencil. The palate is medium bodied, there's still some firmness to the tannins, though they seem relatively ready to play, red fruits, dark berries, ripe raspberry, earthy, dried spices, pencil, and good length. A bit left the next day was still excellent.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer Elio Altare
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Code 4000122902615

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• In Cellars 223 (52%)
• Consumed 207 (48%)

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