Community Tasting Notes 41

• RichardP wrote: 93 points

  October 15, 2023 - Cherry and something earthy on the nose. On the palate, cherry and other red fruit with an herbal note on the long finish, with moderate to strong tannins and good acidity. This was opened along with a bottle of Giuseppe Mascarello's Monprivato from the same year, and this was the better of the two. Given the tannins, this has several good years left, and it may improve. This was an excellent value at about $85 a dozen years ago; at its current price it's not recommended.

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• The_Cat wrote: 95 points

  December 30, 2022 - Deep brick red. Still lots of red fruits some roasted notes and flashes of truffle Full bodied with perfectly balanced acidity and lots of mature tannins very long and persistent

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• burlingtonm Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 17, 2021 - A little medicinal on the nose and still a few years away from maturity with violets, leather and fine ripe fruit together with some sweetness on the finish. My first wine tasted from this famous producer who controlled this hot vintage well and it did not disappoint.

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• NYC_Maenad Likes this wine:

  November 2, 2020 - There's always some trepidation when opening a 2003 Barolo, but I had a very open mind considering the wine in question. I believe this was double decanted in order to make a 2 hour drive to our place without undue damage, then served around 2 hours after that in Riedel Vinum burgundy stems. Brick red in color, nice and clear and with visible weight. I did get a slight roasted character on the nose, but no raisiny notes, which are what I hate in the most in hot vintage nebbiolo. In the mouth this was remarkably restrained, while still demonstrating warmth and some dried aspects. I got the feeling it was being held in a bit, the vinous equivalent of a corset, maybe, and that the warm vintage aspects may come out more as it ages. Right now, though, it is quite accessible, if still primary, and was more than up to the roast goat with fennel and onion that we threw at it, with its herbaceous notes playing very nicely on the slightly gamey meat, and the acid balancing the crispy skin handily.

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• Vinomane wrote:

  September 25, 2020 - Tasted beside G. Conterno Barolo Francia of the same vintage with a group of 7. More open, more elegant, with better color than the other, this was the clear favorite on this night. Has entered its drinking window but NR until next bottle. A very good wine from a very difficult vintage.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Bartolo Mascarello
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• Pending Delivery 12 (2%)
• In Cellars 336 (55%)
• Consumed 262 (43%)

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