Community Tasting Notes 32

• KimHartman wrote: 93 points

  April 13, 2024 - Cherries, touch of mango, tea, earth. Fruit is extremely pretty on the nose but does not follow through on the palate, where it feels a little disjointed. For me, slightly behind the Tre Tine this year. Uncertain how it will, or will not, evolve from here on.

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• vvWine.ch wrote: 92 points

  March 1, 2024 - (Blind verkostet) Helles Granatrot. Feinduftige Nase, rote Kirsche, getrocknete Kräuter, Leder, Teer. Im Gaumen zugänglich, bereits gut trinkbar, feines, eine Spur herbes Tannin, nicht überbordend in der Struktur, delikat, ausgewogen, mit guter aromatischer Länge und grosser Harmonie. Kein grosses Jahr, jedoch ein sehr guter Wein. Jetzt bis 2032 geniessen.

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• SARED wrote: 94 points

  February 3, 2024 - Decanted a few hours prior. Very pretty midweight barolo with red cherry, florals, red rose, and svelte tannins. Pretty tannic in midpalate and finish. Did not need food. ZW93/95. At times a complete wine, at others more tannic without offsetting concentration. Defer to others on how long to age this one, but certainly has the structure to go many years longer. Great wine from the difficult 2014 vintage.

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• sooper65 wrote: 93 points

  September 17, 2023 - Yeah baby. Lovely soft Nebb. Linear and pure. Mid weight and the better for it.
  Super duper

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• Robmcl920 wrote: 89 points

  May 5, 2023 - The '14 Brunate shows how difficult this vintage was in some vineyards. It shows both less depth and less finesse than the better vintages of this wine. The '14 is a rare miss from Rinaldi, as I've found the winery to do well in tricky vintages including 2017 & 2018.
  
  On the nose, I found the bouquet a bit aggressive and masculine, for lack of a better word, rather than the normal elegance and sweetness of Rinaldi. I found dried red cherry fruit, a touch of menthol, some blueish floral tones characteristic of the G. Rinaldi Brunate, and tobacco, with the aromatics a bit muddled and the fruit not showing the purity and sweetness of the better vintages. On the palate, the acidity stands out prominently, with the wine light in body, with diluted light red fruits, red floral tones, and menthol. While very light in body, the very high acidity and slightly grainy mouthfeel make the wine still come across as quite intense at this stage.
  
  It's hard to see this aging well from here, and yet it's also not that pleasant to drink right now. This is the third time I have tasted this wine, the other two times being on release in 2018 and at La Festa in 2019. It has showed similarly each time, with the wine unfortunately lacking the inner sweetness and vibrancy of most other vintages, although I think if anything it has gotten a bit worse since 2018-2019.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type Red
• Producer Giuseppe Rinaldi
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Brunate
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Code 000004706694

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• Pending Delivery 7 (1%)
• In Cellars 548 (83%)
• Consumed 109 (16%)

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