Community Tasting Notes 22

• oldwines Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 12, 2018 - Double decanted mid afternoon for dinner in the evening. Translucent light to medium ruby color with no bricking. On first opening the nose was effusive with rose petals, tar, chocolate and cherry. The palate has medium to high acidity with some remaining un resolved tannins but still with a great textured mouth feel. Palate reflects the nose with some layers of additional spice and fruit like tart blackberry, red currant, anise and a little porcini and raisin on the finish which is quite long. This is delicious, nearly mature traditional Barolo. Delicious at about 9pm with Veal Oso Bucco...nicely softened and richly textured while still showing great fruit and secondary flavors.

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• oldwines Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 19, 2017 - Medium to dark but translucent garnet with just a tinge of brick on the edge. Nose of underbrush, cherry, cedar, violets and a medicinal/spicy aroma. On the palate I get cherry, clove, cedar, earthy mushroom and a slightly tannic finish with some chocolate. Nicely balanced with plenty of life left. This does scream Barolo at the first sip. Better with some air.

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• RichardP wrote: 92 points

  January 26, 2017 - Camphor and roses on the nose. On the palate, cherry and rose petal with notes of clove, anise, orange peel, and bitter tobacco, with no noticeable tannins and moderate acidity on the medium finish. For $30, it was a bargain.

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• oldwines Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 15, 2017 - Six courses on short notice with some great football: Decanted a 2-3 hours before drinking. It is medium to dark though still translucent garnet, darker than the 2008 Riserva we had next to it but little sign of its late-teen age. On the nose I get some earthy truffle, cherry and roses. This is a little more modern styled but still clearly Barolo, fairly big but not overdone in any way. Nicely balanced and good with the Pheasant and black rice.

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• Mossrose wrote: 93 points

  December 11, 2016 - An excellent example of how a Barolo benefits from 18 years of bottle age, that takes off the astringent tannic edge, making the wine more rounded, better integrated, soothing, and lets the fine red cherry and red plum fruit finally shine. Likely as good as this wine will ever get, but will remain eminently drinkable for at least another 5 years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Bussia Vigna dei Dardi
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• In Cellars 67 (35%)
• Consumed 124 (65%)

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