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1971 E. Pira & Figli (Chiara Boschis) Barolo
Nebbiolo
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Langhe
- Barolo
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Community Tasting Notes 8
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BHP1994 Likes this wine: 93 points
September 5, 2023 - This was a 50th Birthday bottle gift from friends. Shared amongst 8 of us at a special dinner and served alongside a fresh truffle pasta course. Very special if you enjoy older vintages. Wonderfully complex and rich. Leather, tobacco, and herbs. Some floral as well. Very good.
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sharonandroland Likes this wine: 94 points
February 22, 2021 - Pure and incredibly fresh. Very ethereal.
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galenico Likes this wine: 94 points
January 21, 2017 - Ricorda la finezza eterea e floreale dei vecchi Boca di Cerri, fresco, minerale, incredibilmente scattante e profumato. Un sussurro commuovente.
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vindictive wrote:
November 23, 2015 - Another of the Luigi Pira bottlings and excellent again. Decanted about 7 hours prior to drinking, this needs air, but it delivers. Strong barnyard nose gives way to earth, goudron, flowers, musty air, violets etc.. Still vigorous with years to go. It was interesting to see how about 2/3 of the diners, tasting 4 old baroli, kept going back to this wine for that old Piemonte experience with truffles while the remaining 1/3 preferred a 1966 Luigi Calissano Barolo, a wine that really didn't taste that much like a Barolo to me. Could be that some poor wretched souls might not really like old style Barolo. Well, McDonalds always has a line..
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Jeremy Holmes wrote:
November 20, 2010 - The cork crumbled a little but was in reasonable nick as it was drawn from the bottle. The initial smell was of bitter chocolate and sweet cedar. The wine breathed up marvellously and emitted all sorts of ethereal smells including porcini, truffle, dried figs, roses, curry leaf, raisins and earth. In the mouth it was sweet and vinous with outstanding freshness and excellent acidity. A near perfect bottle of wine.
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By Antonio Galloni
Vinous Table: Ristorante Osteria Carletti, Bedano, Switzerland (Mar 2018), 3/18/2018 (link)(E. Pira & Figli Barolo Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2010, Issue #29, Handicapping the 1958, 1964 and 1971 Vintages in Barolo and Barbaresco- Patience in Piemonte Has Such Fine Rewards(Barolo- E. Pira e Figli) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2008, Issue #13, Recently Tasted Italian Red Wines: Outstanding Options Abound(E. Pira e Figli Barolo) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1971
- Type Red
- Producer E. Pira & Figli (Chiara Boschis)
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barolo
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 31 (54%)
- Consumed 26 (46%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarolo