1999 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Barbaresco Riserva Vürsù Vigneto Valeirano

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 94.2 points

• Options

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

  10/22/2021 - StefanAkiko wrote: 90 Points

  With food: 95p
  By itself
  Parkerlove: 97p
  Purist love: 82p
  
  Obviously, the other Svenne Bananisars here had an amazing encounter with this wine. To us, it showed as a gritty, overextracted, non-oaked, yawn-wine. Good faith gives: our btl was in the proverbial tunnel. How we wish to have either been with the Swedes a few years back, or found this btl in a forgotten corner of the wine room some 15 years from now…
  
  Slow-ox'd for 7 hrs bf taking it to Pecorella (Yokohama).
  
  Enormous nose of dark berries, Nebbiolo and dry Northern forrest.
  Sa-tannic with a truckload of nips. The dominating primary (!) fruit of Nebbiolo berries is accompanied by a bashful serving of tertiary aromas towards mature, ta-daah, Barolo. However, no violets today.
  
  The gritty overextraction doesn't really do it for us this time. The acidity is playing its own ball game and the construct becomes shakey. Or, at least, not earthquake safe…
  
  I'm certain that in a blinded arrangement, many ppl would have difficulties placing this as a Piedmontesian Nebbiolo on the one hand and over 5 years of age on the other…
  
  Happy to have enjoyed.
  Happy to not have invested in a full case.

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

• Options

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

  5/26/2018 - doctornoah Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tannins still fairly dusty. Nice red fruit and moderately long finish. Should have waited a decade

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

• Options

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

  6/12/2015 - MWiking wrote: 96 Points

  näsa: tryffel mull skog och dofter av en lite äldre barolo lakrids, rosor, nypon.
  Vinet har en härlig smak med skön mörk frukt viss mognad men ändå ungt, rosor mull hallon jordbubbar. Härliga taniner.
  Oväntat bra.
  
  96-97

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2)

• Options

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

  6/11/2015 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 95 Points

  Det här var verkligen en positiv överraskning. Jag har aldrig tidigare upplevt ett La Spinetta vin på denna nivå. Jag får nog omvärdera La Spinetta som jag inte hållt specielllt högt.
  Körsbär, mint, läder, lakrits, svampskog, tryffel, apelsinskal, rosor och dyr ek med lite rostade toner. Känns som en modern Nebbiolo med en del ek, fin mognad men fortfarande bra grepp i tanninerna, bra syra. Riktigt bra balans nästan lite i Gajas stil.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1)

• Options

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

  6/11/2015 - Ramberg wrote: 95 Points

  My blind guess was Gaja and Barbaresco.
  It was not.
  Nose is quite oak dominated, but showing very fine wood.
  Toasty oak, oak spices, coffee, cedar, herbs, tar with a touch of fine stable, leather and lovely mushrooms and truffles.
  Deep and complex, with clear signs of first maturity and expensive oak.
  Palate shows high acidity, with tart red berries mixed with fat cherries, fine gritty tannins, spices.
  A long finish.
  This is the finest La Spinetta wine I have had.
  A really good effort from a producer I normally are not all that impressed about.
  This however was a really fine bottle.
  In a sweet spot right now.
  Ended up as wine of the night in tonight’s blind tasting, after first round of votes.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1)

View all 6 Community Tasting Notes

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.