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1988 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo Riserva
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This producer holds stock and ages it in their cellars, releasing wines at various stages as noted by one taster's bottle "decanted 2004" while mine were "decanted: February 2006."
From the back of the label (in part):
"Few Barolo producers undertake ageing of wines themselves, but Borgogno have been making a specialty of this since 1848. Barolo will naturally produce a sediment as it matures. Before Borgogno will export any of their mature wines, each bottle is decanted from this sediment, checked, and then topped up from the same vintage and recorked. For this reason the corks in the older[s] wines will be new, but the quality has been guaranteed by the producer before shipment."
From the back of the label (in part):
"Few Barolo producers undertake ageing of wines themselves, but Borgogno have been making a specialty of this since 1848. Barolo will naturally produce a sediment as it matures. Before Borgogno will export any of their mature wines, each bottle is decanted from this sediment, checked, and then topped up from the same vintage and recorked. For this reason the corks in the older[s] wines will be new, but the quality has been guaranteed by the producer before shipment."