Community Tasting Notes 13

• braised wrote:

  January 30, 2024 - Powerhouse bottle. All strawberry, dark cherry, menthol and burning rubber. The flavors circled and morphed as we worked through the bottle. Served with braised pork perfumed with fennel and anise, the wine was a perfect partner.

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• mattias_hansen@hotmail.com Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 4, 2023 - Il Favot is a charming and rare nebbiolo in that it should be able to please the crowds. Aldo producers this wine from Barolo territory (within Bussia) but from replanted wines that are 15 years old or less. He chooses to limit skin contact to 8 days, so Il Favot has the aromatics and flvour of great barolo but with less tannin and acidity
  
  The downside is that it shortens the lenght of the palate. However, the nose delivers lovely aromatics of roses, blackberry, plum, cherry and leather, palate is rounder, fleshier and more full bodied than almost any Langhe neb (the price is also fleshier though!) but way more approachable and with less tannin than trad barolos. Dont get me wrong, there is structure here but finely finely grained tannins deliver and wraps the palate without leaving you dried out. instead it is sappy and juicy and delivers a full mouthfeel that just leaves the palate a tad sooner than i would have liked. Nonetheless , great value for this producer and an easy quaffer with pasta. Paired with Tagliatelle al tartufo bianco.

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• braised wrote: flawed

  September 29, 2023 - Excellent. Has gained weight since the last bottle. Coffee, cherry/ raspberry and tar give the boundaries of this wine but the acidity, tension and finish is where they shine. This baby Barolo is better than many barolos from the vintage.

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• Joeyskills Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 17, 2023 - Delightful as always.

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• braised wrote:

  November 29, 2022 - Perhaps the best $35 wine I’ve had in a minute.
  
  Rich and earthy, weighty without being heavy. Cherry and wet gravel finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer Poderi Aldo Conterno
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Il Favot
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Langhe DOC
• UPC Code 8028777006171

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• In Cellars 220 (65%)
• Consumed 116 (35%)

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