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Red
1999 Giuseppe Contratto Barbaresco Alberta
Nebbiolo
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Langhe
- Barbaresco
Label borrowed from 2000
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 1990
Community Tasting Notes 6
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mats13 Likes this wine: 91 points
June 28, 2020 - I think I preferred the 2000. Just entering early maturity imo. Relatively straightforward nebbiolo.
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mats13 Likes this wine:
August 6, 2018 - Similar notes to last time - this bottle tasted like it was just made right at the pop, and after an hour started to show classic nebbiolo characteristics and the secondary and tertiary flavors you'd expect from an 18 yr old wine. Tasty; a little short. Try again in 5-7 yrs I think. Could probably go much longer.
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STLMIKE Likes this wine: 90 points
February 19, 2018 - I used a strainer which collected a large amount of very fine sediment. Decanted and returned to cleaned bottle and tasted over 4 nights - stored under vacuuvin. This was best on day 4 and could have made it at least to day 5. Can tell this was monolithic early on as the tannin are only beginning to soften. Integrated and well balanced at this point with nice fruit albeit an enjoyable but medium finish. Overall this wine is of high quality. One more bottle left and will try to wait another couple years.
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STLMIKE Likes this wine: 89 points
August 4, 2017 - Still in good shape and plenty of backbone left. Opened up nicely over the course of dinner. I'll give this a couple hour decant for the next bottle.
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mats13 Likes this wine: 92 points
March 4, 2017 - No notes from last night, but I distinctly remember this still has enough structure to go another 10 years. Enjoyable but not overly complex. Sorry, not very helpful.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- Type Red
- Producer Giuseppe Contratto
- Varietal Nebbiolo
- Designation Alberta
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Langhe
- Appellation Barbaresco
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 34 (77%)
- Consumed 10 (23%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerGiuseppe Contratto
- VarietyNebbiolo
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionLanghe
- AppellationBarbaresco
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