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Community Tasting Notes (69) Avg Score: 90.6 points

  • My wife’s tasting note: It’s old.

    I find it’s a complex one. It tastes oxidized and yet gets better after a half hour. It’s got a nose of raisins like a Pedro Ximenez but a very nice structure of acid and a bit of pleasing tannin. Overall I would buy and drink this again but it’s likely not for everyone.

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  • Stood up for 3 weeks, decanted off 2oz sediment. Light ruby, medium bricking consistent with its age; aromatic, roses and tar; palate is light bodied, medium-plus acidity, tannins present but well integrated, tart red fruit throughout, medium-plus (14%) alcohol; medium length finish, slight bitterness. Overall a good, mature barolo, but not showing any incredible complexity. My last of 3 bottles consumed over the last 7 years, and the first was the best, so perhaps I shouldn't have aged it this long. 90-91

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  • Clearly not past. Deep ruby colored full bodied wine with fruit still intact. Glad I have another bottle.

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  • Stood up for > 1 month and decanted. Light-medium ruby with age-appropriate bricking; medium aromatics with red cherry, forest floor mulch; palate is light bodied, high but plush tannins, medium-plus acidity, balanced mature red fruit; medium length finish. Not quite as striking as my last bottle nearly 5 years ago, but a perfectly nice mature example of Barolo with character of Monforte (slightly burlier and textured). 91
    With an hour of air: a bit of roses on the nose and palate comes out more. A lovely Barolo, though still not a show stopper. 91-92
    Day 2: Tannins a bit more prominent, or maybe the fruit is a bit more reticent.

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  • Ugh... bricking and a bit brown around the edge. Not the beautiful Barolo I’ve had before from Seghesio. Almost spoiled or just got cooked. Only a few (out of hundreds) have left me with a bad vibe but this was one of them!

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    November/December 2000, IWC Issue #93, (See more on Vinous...)

    (Aldo and Riccardo Seghesio Barolo La Villa) Login and sign up and see review text.

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