Community Tasting Notes 9

• ILarsen wrote: 95 points

  February 23, 2024 - A great experience - we opened an decanted the wine 5 hours before drinking - you do not think this wine is 28 years old - here I am have to mention that it is a magnum - you get freshness and good acidity and some tannins - but both are well integrated the wine has a great balance - and a got long aftertaste - the wine gives you lots of complexity - we are getting coffee - and chocolate also some tobacco. The fruit is cherries, cranberries, plums and some black berries - I like the wine and think it will be great for some years to come - I think 95 is a fair rating. Just sorry it is my last magnum 1996.

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• NCWW Likes this wine: 96 points

  September 24, 2021 - Boom! Outstanding barolo at its peak and with at least 3-4 years to go. Absolutely excellent. Lots of complexity and great great balance

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• Papies wrote: 95 points

  October 28, 2016 - Truffle Dinner at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): From Magnum of course.
  After a string of bad old Italian wines ( The London purchases of old Italian wines are such a gamble we feel) this wine came to restore our faith.
  We tried this a year ago and rated 93 but this time round this was a masterclass of a bottle. Needs some decanting and post that it sings. Very elegant, good dark fruits, still quite a lot of healthy fruit, round yet firm tannin. Superb wine! We will take the risk again we think. 95 easy maybe even 96

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• Papies wrote: 93 points

  October 17, 2015 - Truffle Dinner at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): From magnum, its only bottled in magnums actually.
  Needs decanting, a good hour or so to open up but also lose a bit of a struck match note.
  Post decanting this is a really fine and elegant Barolo. Having just tried a week ago its sibling from the 2001 vintage ( Papies 95) this felt a bit past its peak and the fruit is staring to die away. A great Barolo nonetheless but one to have sooner than later. 93

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• beatles wrote: 94 points

  September 22, 2015 - My 50th extravaganza (Chez moi): Certainly one of the better showings of this wine – and it is still young, There is fatness and creaminess but also tannins, tar, precision in the attack – a barolo as we like it, showing the great vintage. Great also two days later. Provinence: GL

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Roberto Voerzio
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• In Cellars 75 (71%)
• Consumed 31 (29%)

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