The '04 Bricco Boschis is drinking well, probably around peak for my taste, with a good mix of primary fruit and secondary characteristics and well integrated tannins. On the nose, I found black cherry fruit, balsamic, dark floral tones and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine is medium in body with tannins that are still a touch grainy, but largely integrated, and medium acidity.
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Barolo 2004 with the Jeroboam Club (Little Shop and Pantry, Bristol): Ruby-red with a bit of bricking, slightly dullish. Balsam and cherry menthol at first on the nose, then a yeasty-bovril note that came and went; ultimately fresh and appealing. Fresh on the palate too, vivid, has real energy. Balanced. Clay-like tannins. Now in a very good place, possibly at peak but plenty left in the tank
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Dinner with the wine group (Sole Ristorante, San Mateo): Light ruby, age appropriate bricking; aromatic, red fruited, slight tar and roses; palate is light bodied, tannins still youthful, red cherry fruit, not yet at maturity; finish is medium-plus. 92
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Opened 3 hours prior. Tons of tar and crushed roses. Feels ripe yet with a lot of acidity and tannins. Very vibrant and feels like it could benefit from a few more years to calm down.
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Rich, mature Barolo. Decanted through a metal screen filter, which caught a substantial amount of fine sediment. Full mouthfeel, raisiny fruit reminiscent of an Amarone, fine grip and finish, in great shape and ready to drink.
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Ikke dekantert. Smal, endel syre og ikke åpenbart vennlige tanniner, gammeldags, gøy med gammeldags barolo. Stadig meget i live. 2 siste glass dag 2 enda bedre. Gleder meg til neste flaske om et år!
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Very different from my previous 2 bottles. Colour: Granite, browning, not much sediment. Aroma: Minerality (stoney), dried florals, dried red berries and cherries, light pot pourri, tar/tea. Flavours: Follow the aromas .... with some tar, dried fruits, tea. Mouthfeel: Medium to full ... starts at medium and builds. Still substantial but not overpowering dusty tannins. On the bitter side (not sweet tannins). Overall: Wonderful bottle. This is what I want from my aged Barolo.
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A hint of brett on the nose but the palate is clean. Still youthful and tannic with excellent depth of dark fruits along with notes of balsamic, tar and horse leathers. Layered and rich with good intensity and a taut finish sporting a nice mineral crunch. Very good but still stubbornly youthful. 91+
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Very classical and enjoyable! Medium body, cherrie fruit, roses, almond, and secondary notes of mushrooms and forest ground. In a very nice drinking window now. 93+
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Agree with the past few tasting notes that this is a classically styled Barolo that is at the beginning of it's long peak plateau. Perfect balance of fruit and earth.
I decanted off the sediment and it tasted/smelled so good that I immediately recorked. In hind sight, I would have just left the cork off as the wine continued to improve throughout the evening.
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1.5 hour decant. Medium sediment. Classic tar earth and roses nose leaning towards the earthy side. Still some fresh red fruit as well on the nose. Dry palate with some leather and darker fruit with silky med+ richness, earth and long tart dry finish that is wonderfully intense. Mouth puckering tannins still evident but good with food (fried chicken and mixed beans). Long tingling finish.
Based on the structure this wine could go on for ages but now it is open powerful and a great mix of secondary character and youthful intensity. The 2004s are coming into their own and they are stunning.
I really like the Castiglione Falletto mix of structure and evocative aromatics in evidence here.
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Murky, uninteresting. Air did not help. Big fan of this producer, but this base-level does not seem to have aged well. I hope the Riservas show better.
Decanted. At first showed a pretty nose strong on red fruit with a hint of leather and rose. Palate a bit stiff with an oxidized, porty note. Perhaps an off bottle? After a couple of hours hoped for improvement didn’t arrive. If anything more porty and one dimensional, sad. Will save some for tomorrow to see if it improves. There was a lot of sediment. The cork was perfect, and the wine still had quite a bit of intensity, tannin and fruit.
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Nice. Young and intense from a previous taster is a good high level assessment. The nose is elegant - tar and floral (if not specifically roses) - seems fairly typical. On the palate, quite robust dark fruit, more tar, some stony mineral flavors, and some wild spice that reminds me a lot of garrigue (and now that i write it, it is also present on the nose). Long smooth finish. But wait....
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After 2-3 hr slow ox and then decant, this was drinking nicely, smoother than the bottle I had a couple of years ago -- I think this is the beginning of a long drinking window. More elegant/traditional style of barolo, rose, leather, some cherry, chewy tannins that smoothed out with air. Went really well with a pasta w/ oxtail ragu. A really solid, middle-tier Barolo.
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This Barolo is young, intense and sultry and it needed all of 3 hours in a decanter to show up. Really intense dark cherry fruit persists on the palate with complex notes of forest floor and smoky resins. Cavallotto Barolo's are notoriously traditional and long-lived and they are great but this wine is still 10+ years from peaking. 92+
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Pale Garnet. Red fruit, rose and leather. Very long finish. As the wine opened up it became very aromatic and I recommend decanting. Well balanced and elegant.
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Decanted for about an hour before a dinner of guinea hen with porcini on polenta. Redolent of tar and very subtle violets with soft tannins and minimal phenolics. Very well balanced and further improved with more air. No rush on this one, but extremely approachable right now.
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Really dry and reticent on opening, the tannins still present but they've thinned, and I hope that some fruit will emerge. Air softens the palate, but it's not really as giving as I had hoped, with some cherry and potpourri notes, but I was hoping that 15 years past the vintage, this would be in the drinking well zone. I'm wondering whether I waited too long - - has the fruit dried our already? - - or have I not waited long enough? The second night, this changed in the oddest way. The tone of the palate changed from red to black, and the tannins were gritty, the palate showing coffee grounds in taste and texture. A surprising showing, and I hope other bottles in my cellar show much better.
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Not sure what to think. There is something there in the traditional Barolo sense but then it disappears. Lots of toffee/caramel on the nose and flavour. Maybe the wine is in a bit of a dumbphase … but I doubt it. As it opens up, the caramel flavours disappear. The typical Barolo flavours start to come through. Will try on day 2. Much better on day 2. Toffee/caramel is gone. More tar, dark fruit, earthiness.
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Grande puissance, voir trop. Arômes prononcés de réglisse, toffie. Longue bouche, mais finale assez agressive, voir rapeux. Manque de la délicatesse du barolo typique.
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Sweet cherry, Rose, rose wood, wood. Medium body but creamy mouthfeel. A finish with sweet cherry and vanilla. Fine grippy tannin on the finish. This wine needs food to cut through the tannin, and lacks complexity. Or another 5-10 years. 91-92 today.
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Here I found a forward and fruited bouquet with ripe crushed strawberry, giving way to hints of cedar, sweet spice, dried roses and hints of undergrowth. On the palate, I found grippy, mineral-infused textures, yet its vibrant mix of cherry and strawberry fruit perfectly balanced things out, as well as a bump of zesty acidity that lent the Bricco Boschis an energy that you don't find in many 2004 Barolos. The finish was medium-long, with lingering fine tannin and cascading minerals offsetting dried cherry and hints of spice. I would drink this any night of the week, and what a value it must have represented when released at 2004 vintage prices.
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It was still a little young and tight; went really well with a steak, but didn't drink as nicely on its own. I'll wait a couple of years for the other bottles
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Beau nez sur les herbes et épices avec un peu de goudron. En bouche, c'est ample et satinée, bel équilibre. Anis et prunes avec une belle acidité. Long, puissant et charmeur.
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Dinner at The Bristol (Chicago, IL): I had had this wine a few months ago (not my bottle) and unwittingly opened one of mine despite my previous warning to not do such a thing. Well, the cork was popped, so it had to happen. Immediately off the bat, this showed so much better than my previous experience. Despite this being a brawny wine, there's a beautiful floral and red-fruited nose to this wine that is not shy about what it is. The requisite acidity and tannins are all here. This will have a long life, though I was surprised at how well this was showing tonight.
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Dinner at Ceres' Table (Chicago, IL): This is, alas, still a bit away from showing its full potential. It's clear this is going to be a great Barolo though. Right now, the nose and palate were quite ornery and not showing too much, though I loved the density and concentration of fruit here. The tannic structure is still unyielding and very firm, so some more time, either in the cellar or decanter would be warranted before consumption.
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Gave the bottle about 5 hours of air before my first glass. Flavors were deep and concentrated with lots of berries & floral notes. Palate was definitely still firm with lots of structure.
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Popped and poured; not the best idea. Dried red fruit and iron notes. Opened up a bit in the glass, but still a tight, tense wine just showing some glimpses of maturity. Medium-bodied, and a firm, super-raw tannic middle that obscures the wine a good deal. Clear quality here but in a tough spot.
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A friend brought this to a dinner last night. The wine was decanted at least 30 minutes before it arrived and sat in the decanter another 45 minutes before we poured it.
This is developing the nice aged Barolo characteristics. Notes of burnt orange on the nose and taste. A long and smooth finish.
Not having much experience with Barolos that are older than this, I'm not sure how much life it has left, but it is drinking really nice right now, IF you have the time to decant it.
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Consumed over two days (vacuvined), note from day two. Nose: Medium-plus expressiveness, typical Nebbiolo nose of tar and roses, with tobacco, earth, and saddle leather undertones. Palate: Medium bodied, black cherry and wild game - venison attack, slightly grippy tannins, and plenty of acid adds to a mid-palate lift joined by earthy notes in the back-end whcih all blend together and persist through a 30+ second finish. My second of 3 bottles, first consumed 2 years ago, nicely balanced with the heavy tannins starting to get tamed, feels as though this is entering it's prime (5-10 year+) drinking window.
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Braucht anfangs eine ganze Menge Luft; dann entfalten sich klassische Barolo-Aromen; Beeren- und sogar eine leichte Apfelfruchtnote, Kirsche, Holz, Lakritz, Menthol, noch kaum Alterungszeichen; am Gaumen klar, elegant, aber auch leicht adstringierend; guter Abgang
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Classic traditional, beautifully aromatic barolo. Starts out tight and hard as nails. Decanting helped but this wine still has years to go. I'll be waiting a while before trying again.
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decanted three hours. lovely. I didn't get a sense that it had room to improve significantly, but should at least stay at this place for several years. I'll be opening mine very slowly.
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10 year retrospective: This had huge, but more ripe tannins than the others in the lineup and I felt was more supple, balanced and approachable. Drinking very well now with a light wild strawberry/cherry aspect.
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Certainly a solid and charming wine, with plenty of cherry fruit that takes on a menthol note with air. But amidst a terrific and complex '95 Quintarelli Valpolicella and a '04 Poggio di Sotto Brunello of stunning purity, this comes across as simple and showing one note. Amali with Greg and Bob.
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Ikke luftet, men smakt i Zalto Burgund over noen timer. Kraftig nebbelukt i nesen med en gang, nydelig floral duft ettehvert. Lett rustig i munnen, litt fruktig med behaglige tanniner (har høy terskel for de) og balansert syre. Lang ettersmak. God basic Barolo, spent på hva San Guiseppe gir i samme årgang (den bør vel ligge noen år til). Syntes denne drikker veldig bra nå. 91-92 p.
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Taste: Medium/Full bodied with medium/high acidity and chewy tannins. The structure is certainly very young, but there is a sweetness to the tannins with strawberries, red florals, roasted herbs, tar, and red cherries.
Overall: This still very young. That said, it showed great blind and has a very attractive side to it. I would love to see where this goes with time.
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this wine decanted for approx 1hr 15mins, and was just opening up, an extremely fresh nose of light fruit and spice. a beautiful colour with no signs of any age! a decent weight on the palate and a longgggg finish. a def winner.
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Traditional faded ruby color. Fragrant nose of tar, cherry-wood, forest floor and a hint of ether. The fruit is quite ripe and tangy with flavors of dark cherries, wood-spice and wet forest floor. The traditional rustic texture leads to a clamp-down on the finish with firm tannins but also some complex notes of tar, cherry-wood and spices. A lovely traditional Barolo that needs more time. Better the second day. 91+
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Still hard as nail, but softened up a bit after three days in an open bottle (!) Classic old school Barolo, with some asphalt and roses on the nose, but also plain primary dark fruit from this still too young wine. Good grip obviously due to the tannins, but also nice acidity which I believe will come into balance with the fruit, once the tannins fade away. 10 more years until mature?
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Medium-deep garnet red, young. Nose: red and dark berries, intense, ripe. It has spices too: tobacco leaves, licorice, fennel. It kept changing over two days, and was always fine and interesting. Palate: ripe red fruit, spices, earthy notes. Intense and fresh. Strong and very fine-grained tannins. Powerful but never tiring. Very fine, very enjoyable. It's very good now, but it will be interesting to follow it over the next ten years or so. ***
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Decanted 5 hours, consumed over 3 hours. Nose: Medium expressiveness, dominated by tar and earth with rose, red licorice, and red fruit undertones. Palate: Medium bodied, dark red fruit - cranberry & pomegranate, soy, tobacco, spice, and iron - still has gripping tannins even after 8 hours in the decanter. Finish: Subtle, but lengthy sense of tart red fruit and tobacco. Still to early for this, needs another 5 - 10 years.
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SF Wineberserkers Offline (BerserkerDay) (San Francisco, CA): Nose is slightly muted with some red fruits and floral; palate is stronger with solid red fruits, dense fruits, great acidity, strong but velvety tannins; med-long finish. Stellar backbone, but needs 5-10 yrs to really show well. 92-94.
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Drank at Berserkey Day offline. Still a bit tight but drinkable. Classic Barolo nose of rose petals, truffles and bright strawberry with slight hints of tar. Quite pretty but needs a bit more time, try again in 3-5 years.
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330 NOK Test an nye Zalto glass: Tjære og rose nebbiolo-nese. 3 timer i åpen flaske: Fioler, god vin, men ikke magisk, mulig vi er blitt litt blasert. Roser fioler, tjære, fast avslutning.
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This is only slowly emerging from its shell, but with a bit of time in the glass it becomes a bit more expressive, with quite an animal character on the nose. Give it some more time.
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Well done indeed. Still super dry and somewhat tannic, but not painfully so, and the structure still allows the fruit, flowers, roses/tar to shine through on the nose and palate. This is a fantastic, reasonably priced barolo that doesn't even need food to complement it. I am a huge fan here and while this will improve for at least another 5 years there is no shame in drinking one now. Down the line I can envision leafy, truffles, non-fruit flavors emerging, but this strikes the perfect balance between sweet and savory. Coats the entire palate and the tannins call for some cheese or rich meal, but with 3 hours in the decanter this was great. @$45 this is a buy buy buy.
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Very ready to drink, but will hold and perhaps improve. Has everything you want from a piedmont wine. Fragrant nose, nice structure, balance and finish. Great with sausage and porcini risotto. Very burgundian in a positive sense.
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still too young to drink. I decanted this for 1.5hrs before i tried it and it was still tight and tannic. it has a lot potential which started to show with my last glass about another hr later. I think this will get better. revisit late 2012.
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Nice color. Cherry and licorice with a hint of tar on the nose. Nice acidity, with tart cherry, leather and black licorice transitioning to pomegranate with firm tannins. Very nice.
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Drank at Jackson's Steak House in Pensacola (BYOB). No notes. From memory: Brick color. Nose of cherry, licorice and vanilla. Medium palate of black cherry, blackberry, licorice, menthol, and minerals. Nice length. Refreshing acidity. Youthful tannins. Everyone liked it.
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Opened and left along for four hours. Decanted and poured just prior to serving. This wine shows and accessible and forward bouquet of black cherry, tar, spice and floral notes that are detailed and nuanced. The color is a tarnished medium ruby. The medium bodied palate shows detailed black fruit that is balanced by the acidity and tannins. The wine shows a lengthy finish. This drinks well now with decanting and may benefit from a two or three more years of bottle age.
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This wine is still in its very infancy. Deep ruby with medium (+) nose of tar, oak, baked cherries. Medium (+) acidity, medium body, and medium (+) tannins. Palate dominated by black fruit, tar and minerals. The wine was still very tight, however, it could be great in 5 years, should try it then. Had it with lamb and it was indeed good that way. Cheers!
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Italian Nebbiolo Blind Tasting: Classic nose with coffee, leather, cherry and hint of vanilla. Nice fruit with also some blackberry pie notes. Huge tannic structure. Powerful with a little heat on the finish. Good acidity. Nice and definitely built to age.
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A big, masculine, powerful wine. Rich and dark with sweet, intensely sappy fruit, tar, sweet earth, some spices and menthol and lurking, reticent perfume/roses. Very primary. More rich and soulful than "bright and lifted." Very full bodied with tons of sweet fruit and tons of sweet but not over polished tannins. I like the fact this has a rustic edge to it, not everything need be polished to a high gloss, this is a hugely traditional wine that still has balls. Compared to a bottle ~18 months ago, definitely closing. Check back in 2020+
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Signs indicated that this wine would be slightly off because the cork had been marginally pushed up through the foil by about 1/2 cm. Sure enough, on opening, the wine did not measure up to previous tasting. Such a shame.
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wineflock-2004 Piedmont (The Matasars, Northbrook Il): nose: extremely deep nose filled with roasted herbs, red cherries, roses, sweet tones of perfumes, some tar, and fresh picked berry tones. Melds well together and has a very demure style to it that doesn't necessarily jump right at you
taste: Very pretty and lovely feel on the palate with high acidity and sweet tannins with beautiful tones of tar, red cherries, roses, red florals, and a good amount of roasted herbs. Excellent depth and showing some good layering already
overall: group no2, my no1. This was lovely. Quite surprised to see a traditional barolo fare as well as it did in a blind lineup. This was my bottle and I decanted it for a good 6-7 hours before putting a vacu-vin on it to take to the dinner. This is in need of good downtime and is quite attractive and shows off what I enjoy from a traditional barolo. Subtle and nuanced with a very pretty side to it, it will certainly reward patience and has along distance runner written all over it
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Still very young; classical styled Barolo with good aromatic cherry and red berries fruit, but also a serious tannin backbone and lots of refreshing cherry-like acidity, very balanced, rather long. Needs food to really shine. Needs time, try again in a year or two.
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Still young, very refined and beautifully structured. Lovely integrated and balanced tannins drinking very well already. Traditional styled barolo on the nose, medium body and great lenght. This wine is just so lovely that I cant wait to open another one.
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Late Vintage Nebbioli (The Wine Club, San Francisco): Medium color, more extracted than the Corino or Einaudi wines. Ripe fruit nose with a touch of florality. Bigger than most of these wines and much rounder with monochromatic black fruit. To my taste, significantly less detail, cut, and interest than some of these other wines.
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Opened, not decanted and allowed to sit for a 2 - 3 hours. Darker red in the glasss. Starting to close down, but clear notes of flowers and tar on the nose. Even now it is very well balanced with prominent dark cherrie with smooth tannins, great structure and acidity. A tremendous young nebbiolo that I will definitely buy and cellar.
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Sweet balsamic herbs tar roses violets cherries and raspberries. Insane, more traditional feeling than the bottles I have had from the states. This bottle was straight from the winery. Intense cherry flavors, tar, mineral and finishing notes of rosemary. Long dense and balanced. Med plus acid, high tannin. Med conc med alc. Translucent ruby color. Powerhouse, let's see this in 5 years. Far different than stateside bottles I've had. Love it.
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Dark red colour, very fruity smell of cherry, liqourice, viols and tar. On the palate, soft taste of mature, ripe, dark, dried red fruit. Acid and tannins very well balanced with the high tones of fruit. This wine has a great length, and will last or a long time.
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Relatively pale plum red. Lovely whiff of strawberries on the nose, swiftly followed by waves of liqourice. Reticent on the palate, but not closed, the tannins well in-check; it takes the long flavoursome finish to reveal the wine's true potential. A very pretty wine at this stage of its development, but with the structure for a great future.
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amazing ripeness on the nose defines purple flowers tar and cherry. This wine is perfectly balanced with power and sweetness. Spearmint, cinnamon black cherry and tar roll over the palate very softly. Great length, great wine. 2004 rocks. needs a 30 min to 1 hr decant
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What a great nose of sweet black cherries, licourice, tar and purple flowers. Very deep aromatics for a barolo. On the palate this is impressive with wonderful purity. The acid and ripe tannin perferctly focus the wine around flavors very dark fruits, tar, and violets. So ripe so feminine so focused.
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2004 Piedmont Tasting at WineSense (Andover, MA) Floral aromatics with spicy cinnamon and cloves and sweet fruit, "high toned" tangy and tart red fruit on the palate. This one kept pumping fruit flavors, first cranberry, then raspberry, then a hint of tangerine. Drying tannins on the finish, but big flavors and big acid to go with the big tannins. I could happily wave this under my nose for hours.
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Sampling 2004 Barolo, Part 1: Tight nose, some nettles, a bit spirity. Tastes of very pure fruit, leather, soft, concentrated. Nice chalky, mineral midpalate. Turns brutally tannic on the back end, certainly one of the most tannic wines on the table tonight. Love the softly ripe red fruit and mineral flavors though. The brett police complained about this one as well although it was not over my own personal threshold.
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3/30/2024 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 92 Points
The '04 Bricco Boschis is drinking well, probably around peak for my taste, with a good mix of primary fruit and secondary characteristics and well integrated tannins. On the nose, I found black cherry fruit, balsamic, dark floral tones and sweet spices. On the palate, the wine is medium in body with tannins that are still a touch grainy, but largely integrated, and medium acidity.
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3/20/2024 - wineamateur Likes this wine: 94 Points
Barolo 2004 with the Jeroboam Club (Little Shop and Pantry, Bristol): Ruby-red with a bit of bricking, slightly dullish. Balsam and cherry menthol at first on the nose, then a yeasty-bovril note that came and went; ultimately fresh and appealing. Fresh on the palate too, vivid, has real energy. Balanced. Clay-like tannins. Now in a very good place, possibly at peak but plenty left in the tank
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2/27/2024 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points
Dinner with the wine group (Sole Ristorante, San Mateo): Light ruby, age appropriate bricking; aromatic, red fruited, slight tar and roses; palate is light bodied, tannins still youthful, red cherry fruit, not yet at maturity; finish is medium-plus. 92
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11/9/2023 - Sonnenuhr15 wrote: 93 Points
Grete classic Barolo from the southern more
masculine part ….top notch right now. Perfect drinking window.
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6/19/2023 - Nacnud Does not like this wine:
Way over the hill. Sad.
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6/11/2023 - Rani Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened 3 hours prior. Tons of tar and crushed roses. Feels ripe yet with a lot of acidity and tannins. Very vibrant and feels like it could benefit from a few more years to calm down.
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5/25/2023 - R Z Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rich, mature Barolo. Decanted through a metal screen filter, which caught a substantial amount of fine sediment. Full mouthfeel, raisiny fruit reminiscent of an Amarone, fine grip and finish, in great shape and ready to drink.
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1/1/2023 - popopdrops Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ikke dekantert. Smal, endel syre og ikke åpenbart vennlige tanniner, gammeldags, gøy med gammeldags barolo. Stadig meget i live. 2 siste glass dag 2 enda bedre. Gleder meg til neste flaske om et år!
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4/6/2022 - OttawaB Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very different from my previous 2 bottles.
Colour: Granite, browning, not much sediment.
Aroma: Minerality (stoney), dried florals, dried red berries and cherries, light pot pourri, tar/tea.
Flavours: Follow the aromas .... with some tar, dried fruits, tea.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full ... starts at medium and builds. Still substantial but not overpowering dusty tannins. On the bitter side (not sweet tannins).
Overall: Wonderful bottle. This is what I want from my aged Barolo.
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3/4/2022 - OttawaB Does not like this wine:
Again ... not sure what to think. This is past prime. Lots of that balsamic, caramel. Not sure if it is off or just done.
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12/5/2021 - Jozefs wrote: 94 Points
The long wait was worth it. Still needs air beforehand, but great balance and fruit.
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12/5/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 91 Points
A hint of brett on the nose but the palate is clean. Still youthful and tannic with excellent depth of dark fruits along with notes of balsamic, tar and horse leathers. Layered and rich with good intensity and a taut finish sporting a nice mineral crunch. Very good but still stubbornly youthful. 91+
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10/22/2021 - Larre Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very classical and enjoyable! Medium body, cherrie fruit, roses, almond, and secondary notes of mushrooms and forest ground. In a very nice drinking window now. 93+
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10/9/2021 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
In a very nice place. Note much the same as last bottle, but perhaps more rich than what I wrote before. Should really wait on the last bottle.
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4/24/2021 - Lfholland wrote: 93 Points
Agree with the past few tasting notes that this is a classically styled Barolo that is at the beginning of it's long peak plateau. Perfect balance of fruit and earth.
I decanted off the sediment and it tasted/smelled so good that I immediately recorked. In hind sight, I would have just left the cork off as the wine continued to improve throughout the evening.
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4/20/2021 - Dave Canada wrote: 93 Points
ready to go
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4/4/2021 - LT98 wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for 1.5 hrs. Consistent notes from my last bottle. Very smooth with rose, tar, truffles, mild tannins. A delightful wine at its peak.
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1/18/2021 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 94 Points
1.5 hour decant. Medium sediment. Classic tar earth and roses nose leaning towards the earthy side. Still some fresh red fruit as well on the nose. Dry palate with some leather and darker fruit with silky med+ richness, earth and long tart dry finish that is wonderfully intense. Mouth puckering tannins still evident but good with food (fried chicken and mixed beans). Long tingling finish.
Based on the structure this wine could go on for ages but now it is open powerful and a great mix of secondary character and youthful intensity. The 2004s are coming into their own and they are stunning.
I really like the Castiglione Falletto mix of structure and evocative aromatics in evidence here.
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1/3/2021 - Pknut wrote:
Murky, uninteresting. Air did not help. Big fan of this producer, but this base-level does not seem to have aged well. I hope the Riservas show better.
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1/3/2021 - Richard P Howden wrote:
Decanted. At first showed a pretty nose strong on red fruit with a hint of leather and rose. Palate a bit stiff with an oxidized, porty note. Perhaps an off bottle? After a couple of hours hoped for improvement didn’t arrive. If anything more porty and one dimensional, sad. Will save some for tomorrow to see if it improves. There was a lot of sediment. The cork was perfect, and the wine still had quite a bit of intensity, tannin and fruit.
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12/31/2020 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
Nice. Young and intense from a previous taster is a good high level assessment. The nose is elegant - tar and floral (if not specifically roses) - seems fairly typical. On the palate, quite robust dark fruit, more tar, some stony mineral flavors, and some wild spice that reminds me a lot of garrigue (and now that i write it, it is also present on the nose). Long smooth finish. But wait....
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12/28/2020 - rraaffaa Likes this wine: 92 Points
After 2-3 hr slow ox and then decant, this was drinking nicely, smoother than the bottle I had a couple of years ago -- I think this is the beginning of a long drinking window. More elegant/traditional style of barolo, rose, leather, some cherry, chewy tannins that smoothed out with air. Went really well with a pasta w/ oxtail ragu. A really solid, middle-tier Barolo.
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9/2/2020 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
This Barolo is young, intense and sultry and it needed all of 3 hours in a decanter to show up. Really intense dark cherry fruit persists on the palate with complex notes of forest floor and smoky resins. Cavallotto Barolo's are notoriously traditional and long-lived and they are great but this wine is still 10+ years from peaking. 92+
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5/17/2020 - Cory Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pale Garnet. Red fruit, rose and leather. Very long finish. As the wine opened up it became very aromatic and I recommend decanting. Well balanced and elegant.
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11/10/2019 - LT98 wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for about an hour before a dinner of guinea hen with porcini on polenta. Redolent of tar and very subtle violets with soft tannins and minimal phenolics. Very well balanced and further improved with more air. No rush on this one, but extremely approachable right now.
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10/14/2019 - Pknut wrote:
Really dry and reticent on opening, the tannins still present but they've thinned, and I hope that some fruit will emerge. Air softens the palate, but it's not really as giving as I had hoped, with some cherry and potpourri notes, but I was hoping that 15 years past the vintage, this would be in the drinking well zone. I'm wondering whether I waited too long - - has the fruit dried our already? - - or have I not waited long enough? The second night, this changed in the oddest way. The tone of the palate changed from red to black, and the tannins were gritty, the palate showing coffee grounds in taste and texture. A surprising showing, and I hope other bottles in my cellar show much better.
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9/3/2019 - OttawaB wrote: 89 Points
Not sure what to think. There is something there in the traditional Barolo sense but then it disappears. Lots of toffee/caramel on the nose and flavour. Maybe the wine is in a bit of a dumbphase … but I doubt it.
As it opens up, the caramel flavours disappear. The typical Barolo flavours start to come through. Will try on day 2.
Much better on day 2. Toffee/caramel is gone. More tar, dark fruit, earthiness.
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3/17/2019 - FrancoisD Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Grande puissance, voir trop.
Arômes prononcés de réglisse, toffie.
Longue bouche, mais finale assez agressive, voir rapeux.
Manque de la délicatesse du barolo typique.
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2/16/2019 - SARED wrote: 91 Points
Sweet cherry, Rose, rose wood, wood. Medium body but creamy mouthfeel. A finish with sweet cherry and vanilla. Fine grippy tannin on the finish. This wine needs food to cut through the tannin, and lacks complexity. Or another 5-10 years. 91-92 today.
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1/24/2019 - Nutty08 wrote: 92 Points
Followed over 2 nights. Aromatic and approachable, if still quite tannic. Nice smoke and tar elements. Ripe fruits, sometime hidden by the tannin.
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1/23/2019 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Lovely and very approachable if still just a tad tight.
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11/30/2018 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 91 Points
Here I found a forward and fruited bouquet with ripe crushed strawberry, giving way to hints of cedar, sweet spice, dried roses and hints of undergrowth. On the palate, I found grippy, mineral-infused textures, yet its vibrant mix of cherry and strawberry fruit perfectly balanced things out, as well as a bump of zesty acidity that lent the Bricco Boschis an energy that you don't find in many 2004 Barolos. The finish was medium-long, with lingering fine tannin and cascading minerals offsetting dried cherry and hints of spice. I would drink this any night of the week, and what a value it must have represented when released at 2004 vintage prices.
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8/27/2018 - rraaffaa Likes this wine: 90 Points
It was still a little young and tight; went really well with a steak, but didn't drink as nicely on its own. I'll wait a couple of years for the other bottles
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6/15/2018 - Larre Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very solid Barolo! Many years left...92+
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12/17/2017 - maxima wrote: 90 Points
Beau nez sur les herbes et épices avec un peu de goudron.
En bouche, c'est ample et satinée, bel équilibre. Anis et prunes avec une belle acidité.
Long, puissant et charmeur.
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5/30/2017 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at The Bristol (Chicago, IL): I had had this wine a few months ago (not my bottle) and unwittingly opened one of mine despite my previous warning to not do such a thing. Well, the cork was popped, so it had to happen. Immediately off the bat, this showed so much better than my previous experience. Despite this being a brawny wine, there's a beautiful floral and red-fruited nose to this wine that is not shy about what it is. The requisite acidity and tannins are all here. This will have a long life, though I was surprised at how well this was showing tonight.
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4/11/2017 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Dinner at Ceres' Table (Chicago, IL): This is, alas, still a bit away from showing its full potential. It's clear this is going to be a great Barolo though. Right now, the nose and palate were quite ornery and not showing too much, though I loved the density and concentration of fruit here. The tannic structure is still unyielding and very firm, so some more time, either in the cellar or decanter would be warranted before consumption.
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2/26/2017 - tooch wrote: 90 Points
Gave the bottle about 5 hours of air before my first glass. Flavors were deep and concentrated with lots of berries & floral notes. Palate was definitely still firm with lots of structure.
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12/2/2016 - psmith wrote:
Popped and poured; not the best idea. Dried red fruit and iron notes. Opened up a bit in the glass, but still a tight, tense wine just showing some glimpses of maturity. Medium-bodied, and a firm, super-raw tannic middle that obscures the wine a good deal. Clear quality here but in a tough spot.
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11/8/2016 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 91 Points
A friend brought this to a dinner last night. The wine was decanted at least 30 minutes before it arrived and sat in the decanter another 45 minutes before we poured it.
This is developing the nice aged Barolo characteristics. Notes of burnt orange on the nose and taste. A long and smooth finish.
Not having much experience with Barolos that are older than this, I'm not sure how much life it has left, but it is drinking really nice right now, IF you have the time to decant it.
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8/22/2016 - bglanzberg wrote: 90 Points
Tannins for days - definitely needs more time in the bottle and a nice long decant
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6/19/2016 - prasm Likes this wine: 91 Points
Consumed over two days (vacuvined), note from day two. Nose: Medium-plus expressiveness, typical Nebbiolo nose of tar and roses, with tobacco, earth, and saddle leather undertones. Palate: Medium bodied, black cherry and wild game - venison attack, slightly grippy tannins, and plenty of acid adds to a mid-palate lift joined by earthy notes in the back-end whcih all blend together and persist through a 30+ second finish. My second of 3 bottles, first consumed 2 years ago, nicely balanced with the heavy tannins starting to get tamed, feels as though this is entering it's prime (5-10 year+) drinking window.
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1/24/2016 - wurzel68 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Braucht anfangs eine ganze Menge Luft; dann entfalten sich klassische Barolo-Aromen; Beeren- und sogar eine leichte Apfelfruchtnote, Kirsche, Holz, Lakritz, Menthol, noch kaum Alterungszeichen; am Gaumen klar, elegant, aber auch leicht adstringierend; guter Abgang
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10/18/2015 - AJ1005 wrote: 92 Points
Classic traditional, beautifully aromatic barolo. Starts out tight and hard as nails. Decanting helped but this wine still has years to go. I'll be waiting a while before trying again.
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9/27/2015 - chanukha Likes this wine: 93 Points
Just coming into drinking window. Outshone '04 Alion. Good balance. Not overly astringent.
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4/7/2015 - hselte wrote: flawed
cork
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2/7/2015 - ttholst wrote: 90 Points
Flott tilgjengelig Barolo. Litt rustikk og grov stil, medium + tannin
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2/4/2015 - Sixchips600 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Good traditional barolo. Chewy red and black fruits with fine texture. Drinking well now.
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12/16/2014 - bags wrote:
decanted three hours. lovely. I didn't get a sense that it had room to improve significantly, but should at least stay at this place for several years. I'll be opening mine very slowly.
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12/14/2014 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
10 year retrospective: This had huge, but more ripe tannins than the others in the lineup and I felt was more supple, balanced and approachable. Drinking very well now with a light wild strawberry/cherry aspect.
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12/14/2014 - Pknut wrote:
Certainly a solid and charming wine, with plenty of cherry fruit that takes on a menthol note with air. But amidst a terrific and complex '95 Quintarelli Valpolicella and a '04 Poggio di Sotto Brunello of stunning purity, this comes across as simple and showing one note. Amali with Greg and Bob.
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11/27/2014 - Villa Does not like this wine: 90 Points
Meget skuffende oplevelse.
Drukket semiblindt. Smagte som en moderne træpræget barolo. Meget overraskende.....ikke i balance. Meget sød i smagen
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10/30/2014 - Stickan Likes this wine: 92 Points
Ikke luftet, men smakt i Zalto Burgund over noen timer. Kraftig nebbelukt i nesen med en gang, nydelig floral duft ettehvert. Lett rustig i munnen, litt fruktig med behaglige tanniner (har høy terskel for de) og balansert syre. Lang ettersmak. God basic Barolo, spent på hva San Guiseppe gir i samme årgang (den bør vel ligge noen år til). Syntes denne drikker veldig bra nå. 91-92 p.
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10/25/2014 - lepetitchateau wrote: 91 Points
Needs time to show more interesting character and hopefully gain depth. This was sound and pleasing.
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9/4/2014 - KeithAkers wrote: 93 Points
Chicago Italian Lovers round 12- 04 Nebbiolo Blind (Domaine Wine Storage, Chicago IL): Nose: The nose has a perfumed coolness to it with strawberries, red florals, roasted herbs, tar, fresh picked berries, spice tones, red cherries. The nose is deep with a layering effect that is starting to emerge.
Taste: Medium/Full bodied with medium/high acidity and chewy tannins. The structure is certainly very young, but there is a sweetness to the tannins with strawberries, red florals, roasted herbs, tar, and red cherries.
Overall: This still very young. That said, it showed great blind and has a very attractive side to it. I would love to see where this goes with time.
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6/7/2014 - clarktoews Likes this wine: 93 Points
this wine decanted for approx 1hr 15mins, and was just opening up, an extremely fresh nose of light fruit and spice. a beautiful colour with no signs of any age! a decent weight on the palate and a longgggg finish. a def winner.
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4/18/2014 - RyanJames Likes this wine: 92 Points
Young, ruby red. Very classic barolo nose. Not giving a lot on the palate. Needs time, but very promising.
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3/1/2014 - dream Likes this wine: 91 Points
Traditional faded ruby color. Fragrant nose of tar, cherry-wood, forest floor and a hint of ether. The fruit is quite ripe and tangy with flavors of dark cherries, wood-spice and wet forest floor. The traditional rustic texture leads to a clamp-down on the finish with firm tannins but also some complex notes of tar, cherry-wood and spices. A lovely traditional Barolo that needs more time. Better the second day. 91+
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11/2/2013 - nycebo wrote: flawed
Mildly cooked/corked. Fortunately have a few other bottles to try again.
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5/14/2013 - UTPK wrote:
Still hard as nail, but softened up a bit after three days in an open bottle (!) Classic old school Barolo, with some asphalt and roses on the nose, but also plain primary dark fruit from this still too young wine. Good grip obviously due to the tannins, but also nice acidity which I believe will come into balance with the fruit, once the tannins fade away. 10 more years until mature?
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3/19/2013 - gilrbo Likes this wine:
Medium-deep garnet red, young.
Nose: red and dark berries, intense, ripe. It has spices too: tobacco leaves, licorice, fennel. It kept changing over two days, and was always fine and interesting.
Palate: ripe red fruit, spices, earthy notes. Intense and fresh. Strong and very fine-grained tannins. Powerful but never tiring. Very fine, very enjoyable.
It's very good now, but it will be interesting to follow it over the next ten years or so.
***
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2/17/2013 - prasm wrote: 90 Points
Decanted 5 hours, consumed over 3 hours. Nose: Medium expressiveness, dominated by tar and earth with rose, red licorice, and red fruit undertones. Palate: Medium bodied, dark red fruit - cranberry & pomegranate, soy, tobacco, spice, and iron - still has gripping tannins even after 8 hours in the decanter. Finish: Subtle, but lengthy sense of tart red fruit and tobacco. Still to early for this, needs another 5 - 10 years.
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1/27/2013 - aagrawal wrote: 93 Points
SF Wineberserkers Offline (BerserkerDay) (San Francisco, CA): Nose is slightly muted with some red fruits and floral; palate is stronger with solid red fruits, dense fruits, great acidity, strong but velvety tannins; med-long finish. Stellar backbone, but needs 5-10 yrs to really show well. 92-94.
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1/27/2013 - angryphoton wrote: 93 Points
Drank at Berserkey Day offline. Still a bit tight but drinkable. Classic Barolo nose of rose petals, truffles and bright strawberry with slight hints of tar. Quite pretty but needs a bit more time, try again in 3-5 years.
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1/12/2013 - FjordogFjell wrote: 89 Points
330 NOK Test an nye Zalto glass: Tjære og rose nebbiolo-nese. 3 timer i åpen flaske: Fioler, god vin, men ikke magisk, mulig vi er blitt litt blasert. Roser fioler, tjære, fast avslutning.
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11/15/2012 - kopke wrote: 87 Points
Vin tertiaire, disque orangé, l’évolution du vin a gommé la provenance, je n’ai pas reconnu le Nebbiolo.
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11/15/2012 - nadecesse wrote: 91 Points
91-92+
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11/7/2012 - wineamateur wrote:
This is only slowly emerging from its shell, but with a bit of time in the glass it becomes a bit more expressive, with quite an animal character on the nose. Give it some more time.
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4/28/2012 - RyanJames wrote: 92 Points
Well done indeed. Still super dry and somewhat tannic, but not painfully so, and the structure still allows the fruit, flowers, roses/tar to shine through on the nose and palate. This is a fantastic, reasonably priced barolo that doesn't even need food to complement it. I am a huge fan here and while this will improve for at least another 5 years there is no shame in drinking one now. Down the line I can envision leafy, truffles, non-fruit flavors emerging, but this strikes the perfect balance between sweet and savory. Coats the entire palate and the tannins call for some cheese or rich meal, but with 3 hours in the decanter this was great. @$45 this is a buy buy buy.
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1/8/2012 - mathwonk wrote:
this was really good. we popped and poured, with a steak dinner and potatoes and beet greens. one of the best simple and delicious dinners in a while.
cheaper but better than an arnot roberts 2008 sonoma county claveaux?
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12/16/2011 - melzar wrote: 92 Points
Very ready to drink, but will hold and perhaps improve. Has everything you want from a piedmont wine. Fragrant nose, nice structure, balance and finish. Great with sausage and porcini risotto. Very burgundian in a positive sense.
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8/13/2011 - clarktoews wrote: 91 Points
still too young to drink. I decanted this for 1.5hrs before i tried it and it was still tight and tannic. it has a lot potential which started to show with my last glass about another hr later. I think this will get better. revisit late 2012.
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6/24/2011 - JohnBlueLabel wrote: 92 Points
Nice color. Cherry and licorice with a hint of tar on the nose. Nice acidity, with tart cherry, leather and black licorice transitioning to pomegranate with firm tannins. Very nice.
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3/22/2011 - Wink wrote: 92 Points
Drank at Jackson's Steak House in Pensacola (BYOB). No notes. From memory: Brick color. Nose of cherry, licorice and vanilla. Medium palate of black cherry, blackberry, licorice, menthol, and minerals. Nice length. Refreshing acidity. Youthful tannins. Everyone liked it.
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12/3/2010 - sehill Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened and left along for four hours. Decanted and poured just prior to serving. This wine shows and accessible and forward bouquet of black cherry, tar, spice and floral notes that are detailed and nuanced. The color is a tarnished medium ruby. The medium bodied palate shows detailed black fruit that is balanced by the acidity and tannins. The wine shows a lengthy finish. This drinks well now with decanting and may benefit from a two or three more years of bottle age.
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11/5/2010 - admid wrote: 90 Points
Blind tasting
App: pale ruby red
Aroma: closed, with a touch of violets
Tannic, but balanced. Closed palate, but with a touch of gooseberr.
Very good length
Great potential
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7/6/2010 - Wiltse Likes this wine: 93 Points
Absolutely gorgeous young Barolo. Flowers and tar on the nose. Excellent structure and yet still approachable.
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4/3/2010 - AN Likes this wine: 91 Points
This wine is still in its very infancy. Deep ruby with medium (+) nose of tar, oak, baked cherries. Medium (+) acidity, medium body, and medium (+) tannins. Palate dominated by black fruit, tar and minerals. The wine was still very tight, however, it could be great in 5 years, should try it then. Had it with lamb and it was indeed good that way. Cheers!
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3/16/2010 - french16 wrote:
Italian Nebbiolo Blind Tasting: Classic nose with coffee, leather, cherry and hint of vanilla. Nice fruit with also some blackberry pie notes. Huge tannic structure.
Powerful with a little heat on the finish. Good acidity.
Nice and definitely built to age.
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3/11/2010 - pbjosh wrote: 93 Points
A big, masculine, powerful wine. Rich and dark with sweet, intensely sappy fruit, tar, sweet earth, some spices and menthol and lurking, reticent perfume/roses. Very primary. More rich and soulful than "bright and lifted." Very full bodied with tons of sweet fruit and tons of sweet but not over polished tannins. I like the fact this has a rustic edge to it, not everything need be polished to a high gloss, this is a hugely traditional wine that still has balls. Compared to a bottle ~18 months ago, definitely closing. Check back in 2020+
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12/24/2009 - nycebo wrote:
Signs indicated that this wine would be slightly off because the cork had been marginally pushed up through the foil by about 1/2 cm. Sure enough, on opening, the wine did not measure up to previous tasting. Such a shame.
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12/8/2009 - KeithAkers wrote: 94 Points
wineflock-2004 Piedmont (The Matasars, Northbrook Il): nose: extremely deep nose filled with roasted herbs, red cherries, roses, sweet tones of perfumes, some tar, and fresh picked berry tones. Melds well together and has a very demure style to it that doesn't necessarily jump right at you
taste: Very pretty and lovely feel on the palate with high acidity and sweet tannins with beautiful tones of tar, red cherries, roses, red florals, and a good amount of roasted herbs. Excellent depth and showing some good layering already
overall: group no2, my no1. This was lovely. Quite surprised to see a traditional barolo fare as well as it did in a blind lineup. This was my bottle and I decanted it for a good 6-7 hours before putting a vacu-vin on it to take to the dinner. This is in need of good downtime and is quite attractive and shows off what I enjoy from a traditional barolo. Subtle and nuanced with a very pretty side to it, it will certainly reward patience and has along distance runner written all over it
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11/21/2009 - Jozefs wrote: 92 Points
Still very young; classical styled Barolo with good aromatic cherry and red berries fruit, but also a serious tannin backbone and lots of refreshing cherry-like acidity, very balanced, rather long. Needs food to really shine. Needs time, try again in a year or two.
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5/21/2009 - Marcellus77 wrote: 92 Points
Still young, very refined and beautifully structured. Lovely integrated and balanced tannins drinking very well already. Traditional styled barolo on the nose, medium body and great lenght. This wine is just so lovely that I cant wait to open another one.
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5/12/2009 - il_diavolo wrote: 88 Points
quite tannic and not sure i like it too much. for me certainly a notch below the average 2004 barolo
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5/2/2009 - Jossik wrote: 92 Points
il migliore, avvolgente e profumato. Bocca succosa, naso sprizzante
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4/4/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Late Vintage Nebbioli (The Wine Club, San Francisco): Medium color, more extracted than the Corino or Einaudi wines. Ripe fruit nose with a touch of florality. Bigger than most of these wines and much rounder with monochromatic black fruit. To my taste, significantly less detail, cut, and interest than some of these other wines.
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3/8/2009 - Federsin wrote: 92 Points
Opened, not decanted and allowed to sit for a 2 - 3 hours. Darker red in the glasss. Starting to close down, but clear notes of flowers and tar on the nose. Even now it is very well balanced with prominent dark cherrie with smooth tannins, great structure and acidity. A tremendous young nebbiolo that I will definitely buy and cellar.
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2/8/2009 - LPskeleton wrote: 94 Points
Sweet balsamic herbs tar roses violets cherries and raspberries. Insane, more traditional feeling than the bottles I have had from the states. This bottle was straight from the winery. Intense cherry flavors, tar, mineral and finishing notes of rosemary. Long dense and balanced. Med plus acid, high tannin. Med conc med alc. Translucent ruby color. Powerhouse, let's see this in 5 years. Far different than stateside bottles I've had. Love it.
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2/7/2009 - kaare wrote: 92 Points
Dark red colour, very fruity smell of cherry, liqourice, viols and tar. On the palate, soft taste of mature, ripe, dark, dried red fruit. Acid and tannins very well balanced with the high tones of fruit. This wine has a great length, and will last or a long time.
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1/9/2009 - wineamateur wrote: 89 Points
Relatively pale plum red. Lovely whiff of strawberries on the nose, swiftly followed by waves of liqourice. Reticent on the palate, but not closed, the tannins well in-check; it takes the long flavoursome finish to reveal the wine's true potential. A very pretty wine at this stage of its development, but with the structure for a great future.
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1/5/2009 - LPskeleton wrote: 94 Points
amazing ripeness on the nose defines purple flowers tar and cherry. This wine is perfectly balanced with power and sweetness. Spearmint, cinnamon black cherry and tar roll over the palate very softly. Great length, great wine. 2004 rocks. needs a 30 min to 1 hr decant
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12/23/2008 - LPskeleton wrote: 93 Points
What a great nose of sweet black cherries, licourice, tar and purple flowers. Very deep aromatics for a barolo. On the palate this is impressive with wonderful purity. The acid and ripe tannin perferctly focus the wine around flavors very dark fruits, tar, and violets. So ripe so feminine so focused.
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12/5/2008 - Cahill wrote: 93 Points
2004 Piedmont Tasting at WineSense (Andover, MA) Floral aromatics with spicy cinnamon and cloves and sweet fruit, "high toned" tangy and tart red fruit on the palate. This one kept pumping fruit flavors, first cranberry, then raspberry, then a hint of tangerine. Drying tannins on the finish, but big flavors and big acid to go with the big tannins. I could happily wave this under my nose for hours.
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10/29/2008 - 5laton wrote:
Sampling 2004 Barolo, Part 1: Tight nose, some nettles, a bit spirity. Tastes of very pure fruit, leather, soft, concentrated. Nice chalky, mineral midpalate. Turns brutally tannic on the back end, certainly one of the most tannic wines on the table tonight. Love the softly ripe red fruit and mineral flavors though. The brett police complained about this one as well although it was not over my own personal threshold.
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5/17/2008 - Wrighty wrote: 89 Points
Decanter Great Italian Fine Wine Encounter (Landmark Hotel, London): Deep colour, hints of vanilla. Good structure, little tannic.
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