Community Tasting Notes 30

• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  March 20, 2024 - Just in a beautiful, stunning place right. Outstanding in every dimension.

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• Rieslingfan wrote:

  January 21, 2023 - This was a gift from my wife for my 40th birthday. A dear, late friend ITB helped her pick it out. Lots of emotions on opening it, as time and memories flood in. Basing expectations on reputation I would have expected something much more creamy and oaky. Instead it was both fresh and developed, lightly browning at the rim, but with vibrant fruit. Flowers, herbs and umami elements dominate the mid-palate and finish, and yes a hint of oak. What’s most enticing is the texture, which is velvety, with little spikes, like overlooked thorns on a beautiful rose.

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• Eric Guido Likes this wine:

  June 5, 2022 - This is yet again another example of where the modern producers of the late nineties, structured vintages, turned out some seriously amazing wine. The 1999 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Is deep, dark and seductive, with mentholated herbs and tobacco giving way to depths of black cherry, mineral stone and grilled sage. Its textures are like pure velvet on the palate matched by rich red and black fruits yet there is a core of vibrant acidity and sour citrus tones that balance the expression out perfectly. This finishes with a minty freshness as an air of dried roses and a dusting of savory spice slowly tapers off. At this time in its life, its oak has been perfectly integrated, as well as its tannins, making the 1999 an expression of pure elegance from start to finish.

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• kenv Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 2, 2022 - 1999 Barolo Dinner (Chez Goldberg, Greenwich Village, NYC): [Double-decanted around 2:30pm for 3 hours.] Nose of rich black fruit. A powerful wine. So much rich fruit, the new oak is almost completely hidden. One of my all-time favorite modernist Barolos. Great length. Many years of life ahead.

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• Marcus Vin Rouge Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 29, 2022 - Fantastic wine at peak. Wonderful nose of roses, tea, lingonberry and with the palate matching perfectly with additional sweet fruit. In my opinion, further cellaring will not benefit the wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1999
• Type Red
• Producer Paolo Scavino
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation Riserva
• Vineyard Rocche dell'Annunziata
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo

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• Pending Delivery 8 (1%)
• In Cellars 420 (58%)
• Consumed 292 (41%)

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