Fall Bachanalia (Green Dolphin St, Chicago IL): nose: very pretty nose, almost like walking through a field of flowers with lots of wild flower tones, rose petals, violets, herbal spices, juniper, and tones of bing cherries
taste: pretty and elegant with tones of wild flowers, violets, herbal spices, and bing cherry tones
overall: a very refined and feminine barolo that is captivating and elegant. Everything about this is soft and refined like a beautiful woman with a beautiful floral attack and a herbal spice+bing cherry finish that doesn't stop
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From a 375ml..The nose is a little reticent at first and doesn't give up much even after almost almost 2 hrs of air. Orangish color in the glass, nice glycerine. Nice fruit balanced by really nice acidity. I waited 1 1/2 hrs before trying the 2nd glass. The flavors really picked up with the airtime and the fruit got stronger balancing out the acidity even more . This is very nice and makes me keep comming back for another glass. I actually liked this better than the last bottle of 2000 Marziano Abbona Barolo Pressenda I had which was rated higher (the concentration and acidity were better )as well as the 2001 Pio Cesare also rated a 94.
Decant this for a minimum of 2 hours. It gets much better after that period of time.
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1/22/2017 - Cmainardi wrote: 90 Points
PnP. Good, mature Barolo. Much better than the "normale". Drink up. Not likely to get better
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12/19/2016 - MattB72 wrote: 90 Points
Best in the first few hrs. Definitely on the decline, but not over the hill.
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5/2/2015 - Davetroup wrote: 78 Points
Past its prime, sadly. Moving toward undrinkable.
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9/15/2013 - Rer wrote: 90 Points
Beautiful nose, very delicate with nice finish
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7/27/2013 - Rer wrote: 93 Points
Elegant, ripe.....nice
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9/15/2008 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points
Fall Bachanalia (Green Dolphin St, Chicago IL): nose: very pretty nose, almost like walking through a field of flowers with lots of wild flower tones, rose petals, violets, herbal spices, juniper, and tones of bing cherries
taste: pretty and elegant with tones of wild flowers, violets, herbal spices, and bing cherry tones
overall: a very refined and feminine barolo that is captivating and elegant. Everything about this is soft and refined like a beautiful woman with a beautiful floral attack and a herbal spice+bing cherry finish that doesn't stop
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6/5/2008 - kstoddard wrote: 87 Points
Odd port like nose. Cherries, roses, violets, tea leaves and earth with loads of brett. Firm tannins. Sour cherry finish. 14.7% alcohol. From 375ml.
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6/5/2008 - jivey wrote: 89 Points
expresso bean, rose peddles, anise, violits med bodied with a cherry tea finish. keeps changing as it evolves in the glass.
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3/10/2007 - beachnic wrote: 89 Points
Not as good as last time. But decent.
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1/16/2007 - beachnic wrote: 92 Points
From a 375ml..The nose is a little reticent at first and doesn't give up much even after almost almost 2 hrs of air. Orangish color in the glass, nice glycerine. Nice fruit balanced by really nice acidity. I waited 1 1/2 hrs before trying the 2nd glass. The flavors really picked up with the airtime and the fruit got stronger balancing out the acidity even more . This is very nice and makes me keep comming back for another glass. I actually liked this better than the last bottle of 2000 Marziano Abbona Barolo Pressenda I had which was rated higher (the concentration and acidity were better )as well as the 2001 Pio Cesare also rated a 94.
Decant this for a minimum of 2 hours. It gets much better after that period of time.
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4/20/2006 - admid wrote: 88 Points
Aroma: ripe cherries, roses, violets and a touch of spices
Good body, balance and concentration. Still a good load of tannins.
Good length
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