1990 Vietti Barolo Riserva Villero

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  6/16/2021 - fredb Likes this wine:

  Double-decanted off a large amount of fine and medium sediment. Medium rust/garnet color with moderate transparency and lots of bricking at the edge. Aromas of leather, black truffle, and cedar. Later, some rose petal starts to emerge. Palate has some walnut notes that complement the leather, truffle, tea, and berry flavors. This bottle suggests that this wine is fully mature and on a long glide path to demise. No hurry, but time to drink.

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  12/21/2015 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Clemens Busch and Barolos: A double decanting five hours before serving. The Vietti threw a lot of sediment. Drunk over three evenings. The less deep colour of the two Barolos, just starting to brown. Apparently the nose and palate of the Villero were at their best just after opening. On the first night it had a lovely, classic Barolo bouquet, more expressive than the Gaja. The aromas were blackberries, dark cherries, prunes and figs, suggesting very ripe fruit. On palate, however, the fruit seemed, even on the first night, to be a little porty and overripe, with the blackberry, fig and Black Doris plum flavours dominated by espresso, dark chocolate and burnt toast. The next day, this profile had taken over the bouquet and the palate had grown harsher, finishing a little bitterly. A good Barolo but not, on this showing, a classic Villero. On the evidence of this bottle anyway, drink soon.

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  10/25/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Muddy character, this is a tired bottle, probably not representative.

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  12/10/2011 - psmith wrote: 89 Points

  Showing more age than expected. Amber. Tarry, earthy wine. Good pitch and acidity, with firm, raw tannins. Not quite the density needed. Enjoyable.

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  2/16/2011 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 94 Points

  1990: Barolo Retrospective (Paprika Restaurant, 110 St. Marks Place, NYC): The Vietti Villero Riserva was a beast of a wine that successfully walked the tightrope between rich concentrated fruit and an earthy, animal expression. The nose show honeyed herbal tea and ripe sliced fig, earthy mushrooms and tar. On the palate, this wine was bursting at the seams with massive dark red fruits, followed by honey, earth and tealeaf. It showed an amazing concentration of fruit without ever becoming tiring or chewy; instead it finished elegant and long.

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