1964 Fratelli Barale Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View sleepyhaus's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/22/2021 - sleepyhaus wrote:

  Really stunning mature Barolo. This seemed so very young. Still has tannins yet to spare and shows fruit along with leather, nuts, withering roses, and cherry pit. Excellent length. With such a youthful showing it's really hard to say how long this could last. Based on this bottle, another 10 years seems too conservative. Loved it and will seek out more. Stood up for about ten days, then decanted off sediment about 3-4 hours before dinner.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Jeremy Holmes's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/6/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  Has plenty of balsamic lift to the aroma, with aromas of grilled nuts, truffle, raisins, tar and dried flowers being punched up into one's nostrils. The palate is even, lacy and engaging. There are all sorts of sweet and savoury flavours that draw you in. The finish is dry and it is a wine of persistence and real character.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Kirk Grant's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/6/2018 - Kirk Grant wrote:

  This showed quite well. It was set at a 45 degree angle for 3+ months to allow the sediment to settle into the bottom back of the punt and then decanted for sediment. The wine was opened at 6am and about 9/10 of the bottle was left after decanting, the bottle was rinsed with left-over 2010 Barolo from the night prior and then the '64 was poured back into the decanter for the long 4+ hours in a car. We drank the wine with a truffle risotto around 9pm and it was in a lovely spot. Easy to love, and quite robust...maybe some Barbera was blended in the wine back in the day? A lovely old wine...but I'm not sure it's 100% Nebbiolo given how dark it was. I would have expected it to be much lighter given my past experiences with older wines from the 60's in Piedmont. It did pair lovely with the risotto...If you had this I don't see any rush in opening it. My guess is that this wine has another 5 - 10+ years left...if not longer. Will it get any better? I doubt it...but it is a lovely drop in the glass.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.