2005 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra

Community Tasting Notes (113) Avg Score: 93.0 points

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  1/8/2024 - npettit wrote: 91 Points

  Past its prime, drink up

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  1/3/2024 - drmarclevine wrote: 91 Points

  Decanted for three hours and began opening after about two. Black cherry, potpourri, eucalyptus, and pipe tobacco on the nose. Never fully blossomed so a longer decant is likely necessary. Red raspberry, milk chocolate, with a green herbal streak in the mouth but the still-firm tannins dominate. Medium/light weight with a tannic mouth-drying finish. This needs more time and I will hold my other bottles for 3 years minimum in hopes the tannins will calm down. 91 now with a few points of headroom with further aging.

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  1/1/2024 - rlu Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Tannin galore! fruit still young, opened 5-10 years too early. and at the same time wondering, if these tannins will ever embed.

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  12/20/2023 - 100pp wrote: 98 Points

  Elegant, layered with menthol, almond and rose petal. Drank from a magnum.

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  11/21/2023 - jcha24 wrote:

  Still slightly tannic but drinking well. This was the best of the 3 bottles I had.

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